Hi All:

I have a Moro blood orange that seems to be doing well, but hasn't bloomed yet. It has been in the ground over two years now. Here is a picture:



Below is what it looked like 2 years ago. You can't really tell the scale but it is several feet shorter than now.



Am I getting too impatient? All my other citrus bloomed this year (many for the first time).

Thanks,

P.

I bought moro orange in may. It was a seedling 4 years old with lot of flowers. I do not know if it has bloomed earlier in its third year.

seedlings of Moro bloom late ...
maybe have to wait 3-5 years more ...

Nowhere in Pertman's post does it say that his Moro Blood Orange tree is a seedling. We do not know if it is a seedling nor a grafted tree. - Millet 75

my moro orange is grafted on citrus aurantium.

I see.

Aurantium is best and standard in Italy.

Sanguinelo, i am leaving tomorow to Dalmatia to plant Wienna citrus. I hope they will have long life there.

Good !

You mean the Ones you bought in Vienna ...

I hope this winter will not be that hard ...

Fresh planted trees are more sensible.
So better give a protection if the themperatures are extreme low.

Cover with anything.

Pertman, if it's any consolation, I had a Moro orange tree in my yard I inherited when I bought our place in 2006. It was in such bad shape, I thought it was a goner. I pruned back all the dead branches, created a well,l dripped it and fertilized it. It took 3 years, but finally bloomed and produced its first fruit for me last year. And that was a mature tree (probably in the ground for at least 5 years). In fact, I had no idea it was even a Moro, thought it was just a Valencia, until the fruit started to ripen, and I noticed the red blush on the skin. So, be patient. You'll get blooms and then fruit. Your little Moro looks very healthy, so keep doing whatever you're doing, as the tree is liking it, and it will reward you with fruit very soon.

I think I recognize the house in the background of the picture

I have an in-ground Moro (on c35) that I planted 17 months ago from a 3 gallon container. It's currently about a foot smaller all the way around than your Moro in the picture. I'm located nearby in continental ranch. No blooms on my moro either, although it's smaller than yours. I had plenty of blooming and some fruit set on same age Oro blanco, Trovita and Gold nugget. Don't know what the deal is with my moro, but it's still young yet. I do notice that it doesn't seem this year was a particularly heavy fruit set on the more mature trees in my neighborhood. Maybe this past winter/spring weather wasn't as good as it seemed or maybe there are lingering effects from the big freeze the winter before last. At my previous house in Oro valley, I planted a Moro (on sour orange) that was pretty prolific from it's second year and made some good oranges for the 5 years I lived there and as far as I know still does.

Hopefully this next spring will be a good bloom and fruit set for both our Moros.