Here are my citrus tree and some other tropicals

Navel Orange (3) pics. My tree has 7 new flushes starting.

New Flush


New bud(hard to see)


Whole Tree


Vainiglia Sanguigno seedlings


Ponkan, Ponkoa, Sastuma manderins, and a Ponderosa lemon


Store bought lemon seedling


Valencia seedling (new flush)


Clementine Seedling(recovering from iron def.)


Pomogrante seedling


Citrus rootstock (FD)
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Key Lime seedling (8 months/ 12" tall)
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Calmondin, I am glad i took this cutting because the parent got root rot real bad(before i starting using CHC)

Here are my other tropicals

My unknown orchid(first flower stock)


Kiwi, i was inspired by Gina


My desert rose yet to produce a bloom but i am very excited for this summer


Coffee Plants


Calla lilies getting them ready for spring, been planted since beginning of Feb.


And now my peach tree( will soon be pruning and dormant spraying)

Peach bud


Whole Tree


I have an album @ http://community.webshots.com/user/Valenciaguy

Cool Valenciaguy!

The Vainiglia Sanguigno is still holding nice and firm on my pigmented orange tree. It has some bit of zest now in the juice. Turned out to be well. Imagine, it was edible when it turned color from green to hints of yellow way back in November, but insipid, and then the sweetness slowly builds up, now a little bit of zest but still very low acid. It holds very well, and it is now March 8.

I find that amazing about the Vainiglia Sanguigno that is why I am interested in growing them.

Derek, your plants look exceptionally healthy. The leaves are a nice dark green and with every plalnt I am always amazed how vigorous Valencia orange seedlings grow. They always seem to grower taller and faster then most other citrus varieties. Your entire crop looks as good as any I have ever seen. Great job, you can be quite proud of your collection. Thanks for the pictures.

Millet
Janet Monaco
A Real Hero

Valencia, you have a nice assortment of very healthy plants! My 'puter is very slow so it only showed half- pics, but I'll try another time.
That orchid looks like Phaleanopsis - or 'phal'...my fav.

Thanks patty for the info on the orchid.

Millet I like they way the Valencia has been growing to, it has the darkest leaves and always seems to be putting out new flushes.

Nice pic's and I concur with Patty on your orchid, I have a few of those and looks like you will have a nice flower spike! Nice healthy plants! Kudo's

Your collection looks awesome!!!
I have pomegranate seedlings as well.. my youngest daughter wanted to try and grow them.. you can see them in the pic of the Bay Laurel off to the right.. they don't look as great as your do though...
I made mistake of moving most of the Kiwi to a box planter and didn't burry the pellets enough and they dried out too much.. I do have one left that is healthy.. my oldest daughter think it is TOO COOL.. even if It never produces I think she will be happy to have the plant.. glad to have her excited about plants.. she doesn't complain near as much about youngest daughters plants in their bedroom now.. LOL

Gina *BabyBlue*

Gina that is great about the kiwi. I have found that using a tiny fan made the pomogrante really strong, bu tin the past two months there has been not new growth what so ever. Does anyone know if only grows when it has a dormant period?

I also have some kiwiplants grown from seeds. They're about 3years old know and 2m. high. Last year they didn't grew a lot because the pot was filled with roots. (They need a lot space!). In the year before, they grew from 20cm til 1.5m! It's a very strong grower and has beautiful leaves. I winter, it stay's outside.

Greetz laurens

laurens do protect the kiwi when you leave it outside, also what is your average low for winter?

Valenciaguy, how did you start your Satsuma and Clementine seedlings.

Were they bought or did you plant the seeds from the fruit, if so which type are they as I think I'm right that not many Satsumas have seeds. I've only seen Owari and Okitsu in the shops here.

Due to lack of space, I'd love a small Satsuma and Clementine and over here I haven't seen any for sale that are about 1ft max. So, I'd thought of trying seeds.

How true are they to the variety

Have you got any tips on conditions and soil to grow them

Thanks

Well I got my Sastuma, dancy, ponkan, and ponkoa seeds. They were very fresh, and I had about 80% germination rate. Also I used a seedling heat mat, which kept them at the perfect temperature. That was really the only special thing I did for the seeds, other than that I just treated them the same as any other seeds. Also I got the clementine seeds from the clementines from the stores.

I think Millet has said that clementines are not true to type--I have a few seedlings from clementines as well, so I guess I will just grow them out to fruiting and then graft if they are not very good.