Please tell us all about it! Thanks, Stephanie

well, I saw a blond thin lady running thru the parking lot with cuttings in her purse, so I guessed it was Patty, and it was!

Millet introduced himself, and gave a talk about potted plants, mostly about good depth for containers and root temps. Hes got a very cute voice.

Mr. Stan and Ned talked about coastal in-ground plants, and had some great slides. Stan wears a white cowboy hat.

Zac from the banana forum spotted me, and we didnt talk much. the fruit judging was neat, and I got to see, smell, and after folks had abandoned their fruits, tasted a few new ones. Taichang lemon was very tasty IMHO, and I tried some great tangerines and mandarines I should have kept better record of!

Patty was nice enough to give me a lift over to the tour, after Eyeckr convinced her she wouldnt get lost. and its eye checker, as in optometrist, desipite there not being an H in the screen name

The tour of Dr. M's place was really neat. I am in love with Keraji, and pineapple guava (feijoas). I would love to have his yard, and his bushels of fuzzy kiwi!

I planted my seeds today, keraji, 10 degree tangerine, yuzu, hong kong bean, sanbokan, and pineapple guava. I have seeds from something else citrus too, but i have no idea what it is. I really have to wait to get any other large citrus because i have no room, but seedlings dont take too much effort. I got 41 or so seeds out of one big trifolate fruit too. yay!

I got a Strawberry Guava in the raffle, and it made it on the plane just fine. the TSA folks seemed a bit charmed.

Maybe Ill try for Galveston next year....?

Stephanie and Garnetmoth, The Expo was a blast as far as Im concerned. Those of us who rode the bus up from S.C. had the priviledge of seeing 29 blocks of Christmas lights on the Virginia Bch boardwalk that Friday nite. Our bus was allowed to drive down the boardwalk to allow us to take in the whole spectacle of lights. It must have taken 30 minutes by bus! Imagine walking the whole distance! The day of the Expo began early for me... Gaylord was at the hotel at 7 am to take me out to the Early Bird plant sale. After twisting and turning thru about 15 miles of curving roads that went thru swamp after swamp.... we finally arrive at the Dentons place where my trailer of citrus etc was parked. Citruholics began arriving at the plant sale from as far away as New York and Connecticut! Being 15 miles away from the Aquarium, I caught a ride with one of the locals who was going back to the event. Bobs presentation was great.. He now has me convinced I need to order some coconut coir for my citrus! Ned and I showed about 100 slides of citrus trees that were located from Va Bch to Georgia and all points in between! .. The tour of Dr Montyca's plantings was indeed the icing on the cake of my day. He has a citrus collection that would be the envy of any south Floridian. All were healthy, happy and loaded with fruit! HE also had some pineapple guavas, kiwis and other fruits. I could have easily spent a whole day just looking at his citrus and asking questions! To say the least, if you missed this Expo, you missed a great event. My heartfelt thanks to Lisa, Gaylord and the Dentons for putting this all together. One last note, I wore the big white cowboy hat at the first Citrus Expo in Columbia SC... its sorta my "Expo Gear"... I bought the thing in Mexico some years ago and only wear it on special occasions, The Expo being that special occasion! Sorry I didnt get to chat with you Garnet, you should have come up and introduced yourself!

Hi Mr. Stan, Im not exaxtly shy, but Im horrible at introducing myself, I dont know why

Its my one-year anniversary at work, and hopefully Ill have the leverage to get a full day off so I can enjoy the dinner and early plant sale next time around

Bob caught me coming in the door and introduced himself to me.

Was that you who brought the basket of fruit? tasty and thanks!

I would love to see a dedicated tasting (possibly with a small fee per person to be distrubuted amongst the fruit growers) to get a better idea of what types of fruit are out there.

I got to snag a Yuzu at the fruit judging and it was still a bit green, but my goodness it was sour!

Great Pics! Great Stories! Videos, the whole nine yards!! REALLY, REALLY makes me wish I could have been there!!!!!!!!
Has anybody thought about or hinted where next year's Southeastern will be? I haven't seen anything.
Darren

How about Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Yup, I vote for Milwaukee!!! How I wish I had been there!

Forgot to thank Stan for a bag of satsumas he handed to me after awards. They were soooo good - I never had one before!
Was also hoping that Ned would do some grafting demos like last year, but there was not enough time in the day.
If the "Citrus Express" did the lights tour after 8-8:30 P.M., I think I saw you go by from my room LOL. I was looking out balcony & saw a huge white bus go by. Not many of them there! I was between the 1st & 2nd displays. If Ida known, Ida taken a pic of you all!

Patty, YOu are most welcome to the Satsumas. I had a bumper crop this year... I figure about 3 bushels on one tree alone! Me and my dog "Cletus" still enjoy eating a fresh satsuma every day. Cletus gets about half and I eat the other half! We are getting our vitamin C in case the weather decides to get cold. The big bus on the boarwalk was the Citruholic Express! That light display was awesome. We all had a great time in Virginia Beach. Finally, Sorry but I have to cast my vote against Milwaukee next year. Id never find my way back home!

Milwaukee isnt bad, we drove from Cincinnati once for a weekend at Growing Power urban mini-farm. just dont drive thru Chicago at any other time than midnight or later. yuck the traffic is bad!