Hey Millet,
Thanks for the offer!
I am looking forward to being there this year.
I just couldn't pull it off last year, too far away.
Thanks again, see you there!
Darren

Stan that is really nice set up you have there, man i wish i could just plant some citrus outdoors, but here is Ontario

Stans Grove. Frist shot is from last year.



A few from today, they have grown quite a bit.

Stan, they are really coming along. Way to go! It looks like the trees have put on about a 10" flush this year - is that correct? Is that typical down south?
How have the Trifoliate x Pumello X's worked out? Have they produced any fruit? Laaz do you have one of them?

Greg

Hi Greg. No I don't have one. I mostly grow the "good" tasting citrus... I grow Trifoliata, Flying dragon and Swingle for seed for rootstock but thats about it.

We can get some really good growth here in a years time, it all depends on what variety it is. I get about 4-5 growth flushes a year. I'm sure Stan gets about the same.

Laaz thats what I thought I was hoping there was a name for it. I will try anything that may work... I have to deal with not so much the cold, but the lack of prolonged summer heat . Acidic citrus appear to more adaptable to the weather around here (without growing in a cold frame). My citrumelos are doing well as is this pumello X. Its supposed to much more palatable than a Dunstan citrumelo.

Greg

Wow, what a difference a year makes! Everything looks great, Stan.

What are the pot up above the trees?

wow they look great, I was wondering about the pots also

Stan said the pots are there to deflect the water back down towards the ground. They are over the micro sprinklers that he uses for winter protection. In the winter he removes the pots so the mist will cover the trees in ice.

I wonder how ice could benefit citrus during a cold spell? I would've thought having nothing on the leaves more benefical.

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie have a look here http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH182

Isn't it that ice is at 32 degrees and protects against temperatures below that?
I did know the answer to this at one time, but maybe I've forgotten... lol

Ice releases 80 calories per gram of water as it freezes that maintains the existing ice and the tree underneath at 32F which the tree can survive. The unfrozen water also helps maintain the ice at 32, but the flow of water has to be maintained or the ice, while providing some physical insulation, will cool below freezing if the water stops and the temp continues to drop.

This type of protection is designed to save the trunk of the tree--the outer limbs may be lost, but the tree will be back in production in just one year.