Nice trees! Keep up the good work!

thanks
4 years ago the satusma had 25 fruit, this year I get 5 lol

same with the meyer,
these guys are about at the max ht for the protection I can give in my zone

Frank, just wanted to congratulate you on the great job you are doing with you citrus. When I shipped those trees to you up there in the Boston area several years ago.. I pretty much had concluded that they would meet their demise in short order! You have proved me wrong! Im happy for guys like you who are willing to push the envelope to prove that the almost impossible can be done! Great job!

thanks Stan

btw any know how long it takes for a 10 degree tangerine to fruit, it is getting to be a big tree w/o flowers...
the thomasville citraquat is a fruit machine ,,,, I hope to find my pics for those

Hey Frank, Not sure exactly.. If its a seedling tree, they usually start at about 4-5 yrs.. but Im pretty sure yours was grafted... Not sure what is going on.. Like Clemson Football.. Maybe next year! lol

gssh Stan LOL

it actally isnt that hard
I picked about a dozen citraquats today before I buttoned up my last area..............the remaining citraquats should be ripe com March, at least last year they were

so as the winter approached I picked about 20 thomasville citraquats. all very green and left them on my counter, almost to the point where I though they were going bad.

For whatever reason the fruit tastes a lot better even with the small less ripe fruit,

lmk if others try this!!
Thanks

My citrangequats are starting to ripen on the tree. Still a little ways to go. To me, they are like a large kumquat at this point. Although, the skin isn't quite at sweet as a kumquat. Hopefully, that will improve as they ripen.

cool
mine were not ripe, but as I had a ton , ate them as the got bigger, all were green .............the peal isnt that great

with the warm weather , we have no snow cover, hit 60f last saturday.
I opened the enclosure with the thomasville and found some ripe fruit, they were very good fwiw

so far a low of 9f this year

nice setup Frank! I'm in Massachusetts too but I'm in the tropics compared to you........I'm zone 6b your 5b. I only have P. trifoliata and a new untested Citrumelo. Can you make any suggestions for a Mass zone 6b climate??

wow that looks awesume

as far as what would do well for u, how much protection are u willing to give it


my outdoor satusmas are close to flowering!!

Hi Frank

I do protect some plants now such as my Trachtcarpus nainital, Wollemi pine and a fig tree. Can any citrus survive a Massachusetts winter in a nice microclimate?

well I do a good amount of protection, I have leaf lost on some branches, but no death due to cold.....................the trees are still fairly small which I will keep them at or try to to make them more managable....

the THomasville is our favorate and fruits pretty fast