Today I picked the first Oro Blanco hybrid grapefruit of this season..
Though I think it's still a bit early...it was SUPER SWEET !!! Gonna get me the Melogold to go with it this year ...Anyone growing that one ?

Yes, I have a melogold and Oroblanco that I just transplanted last summer to the ground. AND I have your perfect Oros grafted to my melos and oros. But I don't know what they are doing.... They have matured green fruits now and they also have many flowers coming out and at the same time they have new sprouts coming out....... I don't know. I think they are confused with the weather. Sometimes they think it is summer or spring then they think it is winter. The weather here is crazy.
W just got a 28 degrees tempt about 4 days ago now it is getting in the 40'sat niight and low 70's in daytime. But I still have clear plastic and Christmas light on them just in case. I think I spotted flowers from your grafted Oros but the darn snails ate the flowers and the new sprouts. But I know more are coming out.

Everything that I have grafted about 18 months ago are showing signs of bloom!

Right now, I am enjoying mandarinquat, limequats, Kumquat. Clamondins are year round as well as lemons: Ponderosa, Lisbon, Eureka, Meyer. Was surprised that Pink lemons turned out to be juicy and thin skinned like my Meyers, only pink skin and pink flesh.

Washington Navels are almost getting finished off, but there is a second batch that is changing from green to yellow, hopefully orange by March. Cara-cara has prime taste right now. Sanguinelli's fruit is still sour, perhaps 3 more weeks. Oh yes, my limes are starting to turn yellow, have no use for them yet.

In the pipeline are still Midknight (still green), Summer Valencias (still green). Of course there are always lemon flowers and calamondin flowers.

Before the rains fell, I spread very heavily 6-20-20XB fertilizer with minors. Hopefully the rain will dissolve this fertilizer and bring it to the rootzone come spring time when it is needed most.

Picked a handful of Lakeland limequats the other day. That's it for me. The other container citrus is blossoming and setting fruit and the grove citrus is still dormant. Not for much longer though with the way our winter has gone.

.....Alan.

Im pouting as i pick off the blooms from my 2 new trees so that they can grow (Per stan) but what beautiful trees ...Tammy

Westwood, let those flowers bloom, and then pick them up and collect in a jar, cover completely with a small layer of sugar. Do it every time you collect the blooms. After a while, you will have a wonderful citrus scented syrup that you can use in tea or other food that requires sugar.

I also add lemon juice and store this for several months, the lemon's citric acid content will invert the sugars, making it even better and sweeter. I then use that to sweeten up wines or use it during fermentation to produce wines that have citrus flower scent.

Tammy

What does removing the blooms do for the tree?
Does it encourage more vegatative growth?
Is it a selective amount or all of them that you are removing?

Thanks