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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Thu 11 Aug, 2011 12:06 pm |
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Few updated photos to add..
Bearss lime
Meiwa Kumquat tree
Meiwa fruit
2 year Sanguinelli first fruit(hidden in the back)
Page - one of my favorites
Key
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Ivannn
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Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 176
Location: Bologna, Italy
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| Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2011 6:21 am |
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Great trees Ryan! They look incredibly healthy!  |
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mgk65
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Joined: 08 Feb 2010
Posts: 84
Location: WV (Zone 6)
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| Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2011 1:16 pm |
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Nice looking trees!
How do you keep insects from eating them up? |
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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2011 1:44 pm |
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| mgk65 wrote: | Nice looking trees!
How do you keep insects from eating them up? |
I really don't have insect problems, even deer & Japanese beatles stay away which are a huge problem with crops in North Carolina! I think it's due to the fact that normal citrus pests cannot survive the NC winters.
Winter storage is the only time I preventative spray(hort oil & mild soap) for bugs (spider mites and soil gnats are the only things I really see) Maybe I'm just lucky? what has your experience been with bugs out side of the citrus zone? |
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mgk65
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Location: WV (Zone 6)
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| Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2011 2:11 pm |
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Well, I battle slugs, snails and some flying insects that I have yet to identify.
I finally got the slugs under control this year using Sluggo and some midnight hunting.
With flying insects, I spray with fish emulsion as others seem to find relief with it. |
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gotro17
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Joined: 21 Jun 2011
Posts: 89
Location: Newbury Park, CA- ZONE 8b/9a
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| Posted: Tue 06 Sep, 2011 3:27 am |
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WOW! Your trees are pretty as a picture!  Feel free to let us all in our your secret...lol
They really all are perfect looking! Thank you for posting, I enjoyed looking at them~ Congratulations! |
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SeaHorse_Fanatic
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Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 86
Location: Burnaby, BC Zone 8b/9b
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| Posted: Sat 24 Sep, 2011 4:10 pm |
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Gorgeous citrus collection. I only hope that one day I can grow as many & keep them as healthy & beautiful. Something to aspire to.
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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Mon 17 Oct, 2011 6:58 pm |
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Been lucky to have a bumper crop of key limes this year, Ive been wondering what to do with them, so I picked some...
And of course, had to make a key lime pie.
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Mon 17 Oct, 2011 8:37 pm |
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Ryan, looking at the deep green of your tree's leaves, I am going to make a guess that the nitrogen source in the fertilizer that you are using is either from an ammonium ( NH4+) or a urea source?? - Millet (455-) |
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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Mon 17 Oct, 2011 10:59 pm |
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Millet,
Here is a photo of what I use as a nitrogen additive(about 100-200ppm each watering + my normal all purpose liquid organic fertilizer) I do see some NH4 at 3%. I have had pretty good luck with it? I do spray the foliage about once a month or so with N+kelp, I believe this could be contributing to the dark green color too.
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Karoly
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Joined: 27 Dec 2010
Posts: 231
Location: Hungary, Europe, Zone 6
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| Posted: Tue 18 Oct, 2011 3:22 am |
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Key Lime pie looks very delicious, yummy! .gif) |
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RyanL
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Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Posts: 410
Location: Orange County, North Carolina. 7B
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| Posted: Thu 03 Nov, 2011 3:28 pm |
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Thought I'd post a quick update before they are all gone(its hard to keep the kids away when they start turning orange  )
This is Page, around 10 fruit left, going fast though. It is seedy this year, I'm thinking its because of the introduction of clementine. Could someone confirm this, thanks. Flavor is great but still a bit tart, very juicy.
Meyer, starting to get good color, have not tried one yet.
Meiwa, some of these are completely orange and are very good sweet/sour taste, very nice texture, mabe 1 or 2 seeds, some seedless.
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igor.fogarasi
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Joined: 11 Apr 2011
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Location: Novi Sad, Serbia
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| Posted: Thu 03 Nov, 2011 5:36 pm |
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great job, ryan! 
seedy fruit could easily be caused by cross-pollination with other citrus varieties, clementine introduction in your case.
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Lemandarangequatelo
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Joined: 01 Mar 2010
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Fri 04 Nov, 2011 8:04 am |
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Very nice trees! |
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Sven_limoen
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Joined: 08 Apr 2011
Posts: 305
Location: Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, Zone 8
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| Posted: Fri 04 Nov, 2011 1:17 pm |
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Your trees are producing fantastic!
Did you actually harvest ripe key limes after 6 months form flowerbud to fruit?
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