Citrus Growers Forum

cat_tx · Posted: Fri 11 Mar, 2011 12:41 pm

I am new here! I planted 2 Rio Red and 2 Owari satsumas 10 years ago, not having any clue what I was doing. They have produced abundantly over the years. I retired a year ago and decided to plant many more fruit trees for a hobby. I am here to soak up information. I currently have planted:
Anna apple
Golden Dorsett apple
Tropic Snow peach
Florida King peach
Republic of Texas orange
Clementine mandrian
Ortanique tangor
Pummelo Chandler?
Wilma avacado
in addition to the satsuma and grapefruit.
I just purchased a Dana White macadamia and a Taccoro blood orange.
I have planted many trifoliata seeds as I am interested in grafting.
Nice to meet y'all!
christine

Millet · Posted: Fri 11 Mar, 2011 12:56 pm

Welcome to The Citrus Growers Forum. We are pleased to have you as a member. Millet (675-)

wd40 · Citruholic Joined: 10 Dec 2010 Posts: 105

Me too. I have a yard full of fruit trees now including two cherry trees here in the deep south. Just planted three more. A Mutsu and a Georgia Belle peach. with a North star cherry tree.

Give pineapples a go as well.

Randy

Darkman · Posted: Sat 12 Mar, 2011 10:37 pm

cat_tx wrote:

I am new here! I planted 2 Rio Red and 2 Owari satsumas 10 years ago, not having any clue what I was doing. They have produced abundantly over the years. I retired a year ago and decided to plant many more fruit trees for a hobby. I am here to soak up information. I currently have planted:
Anna apple
Golden Dorsett apple
Tropic Snow peach
Florida King peach
Republic of Texas orange
Clementine mandrian
Ortanique tangor
Pummelo Chandler?
Wilma avacado
in addition to the satsuma and grapefruit.
I just purchased a Dana White macadamia and a Taccoro blood orange.
I have planted many trifoliata seeds as I am interested in grafting.
Nice to meet y'all!
christine

With a list like that you won't be watching the time tick away. Welcome and good luck. I am close to retirement and I am planting my retirement trees now.

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Laaz · Posted: Sat 12 Mar, 2011 11:03 pm

Welcome.

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cat_tx · Posted: Sun 13 Mar, 2011 12:49 am

wd40 wrote:

Me too. I have a yard full of fruit trees now including two cherry trees here in the deep south. Just planted three more. A Mutsu and a Georgia Belle peach. with a North star cherry tree.

Give pineapples a go as well.

Randy

Thanks Randy! I am picking up 2 low chill cherries this Friday. I did not even know they existed. I am getting the Minnie Royal and Royal Lee.

christine

hoosierquilt · Posted: Sun 13 Mar, 2011 1:31 am

Hi Christine. I, too, picked up a Minne Royal and a Royal Lee cherry for my area. They are being lauded here in the S. California coastal area as doing very well for us, so I'm excited to see how they do for me. I think I get about 200 or so chill hours, so I hope to get some nice cherries. Growing up, living between Vancouver, Canada, and Orange County, California, I got to eat the best Bing cherries when we were up in Canada. Our neighbor, an elderly German lady, across the alley had an old, old Bing cherry tree that had just a ton of cherries every year. My sister and I would eat so many, we'd make ourselves sick on them! So, well see how these two low chill varieties measure up for us with low chill hours!

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cat_tx · Posted: Sun 13 Mar, 2011 2:46 am

Hi Patty! The chill hours here are around 200-400, so the cherries should work. I had trouble finding them here and will have to pick them up while I am out of town. I am so glad I found this forum!

christine

Yorgos · Posted: Wed 27 Feb, 2013 5:27 pm

Does anyone know where I can locate avocado budwood in the Houston area? I am looking for Fantastic, Joey, Poncho varieties. I live in town near Reliant Stadium (z8b)

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Sugar Land Dave · Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2013 1:41 am

Hi Christine,

Welcome to the forum! It is always nice to have another SE Texas person here to share local info. You will find many fabulously friendly and knowledgeable people on the forum.

Best wishes,

David

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ivica · Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2013 5:17 am

David, you are too fast Wink

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Sugar Land Dave · Posted: Thu 28 Feb, 2013 11:20 pm

I know! Looking left when I should be looking right, but perhaps someday left will be right. Wink

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ivica · Posted: Fri 01 Mar, 2013 4:58 am

Hi Yorgos,
"Fruit & Tropicals other than citrus" section is better place for your avocado question. You'll get answer faster there.

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mrtexas · Posted: Tue 12 Mar, 2013 10:22 pm

cat_tx wrote:

wd40 wrote:

Me too. I have a yard full of fruit trees now including two cherry trees here in the deep south. Just planted three more. A Mutsu and a Georgia Belle peach. with a North star cherry tree.

Give pineapples a go as well.

Randy

Thanks Randy! I am picking up 2 low chill cherries this Friday. I did not even know they existed. I am getting the Minnie Royal and Royal Lee.

christine

Good luck with the cherries. I don't think there are any successful true cherry growers in the Houston area even with the supposed low chill ones. You might be the first but probably not. True cherries are difficult even in areas that can grow them, what with cherry canker, lack of dwarf rootstocks, fruit splitting, spraying, and birds.

You might check with the Texas Rare Fruit Growers forum about supposedly low chill cherries. http://www.txrfg.org/

Try cherry of the rio grande. Makes a nice looking cherry. Somewhat edible too. I used to have a mature citrus tree sized one. Cold hardy to at least 20F.

They grow cherries in Beaumont. Beaumont,CA that is.

BTW Bob Randall is head of Urban Harvest in Houston. Rick Matt has a Houston area U-pick orchard and gave up after 5 years of trying.

from Texas Rare Fruit Griowers forum:
From: Bob Randall <baeb>
Subject: Re: [txrarefruitgrowers] Re: Minnie and Royal Lee Cherries at Home Depot.
To: txrarefruitgrowers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 1:20 PM

If anyone finds a Capulin cherry that is worth eating, please write about it.

I have I think finally gotten my two Minnie Royal and Royal Lee cherries to stay alive (I think) through intense rains in the summer by putting them on high mounds with good rootstocks (Colt and the Interstem they use ro market).

Last year was the lowest chill in southeast Texas in at least 20 years at most sites, so I wouldn't make judgements based on last year. Even so, as far as I know no one yet has produced decent cherries and they may be a bad experiment at least in the low chill areas of Metro Houston.

Bob Randall
On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:07 AM, claytonbell32 wrote:

> Capulin cherries (Prunus salicifolia) are graft-compatible with the Minnie Royal and Royal Lee cherries (Prunus avium)? Cool! If the Minnie Royal and Royal Lee prove can't be productive here, maybe they can serve as rootstocks for Capulins!
>
> I had a Capulin planted in the ground, and it seemed to be doing fine until it died suddenly. I couldn't figure out why.
>
> Clayton
>I am growing mine in early morning to early afternoon sun only to help with
> > the heat issues. I get flowers each year but little to no fruit. I have
> > grafted named Capulin Cherries on the the same trees. They can handle the
> > heat but have disease every year.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: txrarefruitgrowers@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:txrarefruitgrowers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of claytonbell32
> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 9:02 PM
> > To: txrarefruitgrowers@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [txrarefruitgrowers] Re: Minnie and Royal Lee Cherries at Home
> > Depot.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > That's a real shame. I live just southeast of you, so if they didn't work
> > for you they probably won't work for me.
> >
> > Oh well, I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet. I pruned them back hard
> > tonight, and noted that there were a few nice spurs. Hopefully I'll get a
> > cherry or two this year!
> >
> > Clayton
> >
> > --- In txrarefruitgrowers@yahoogroups.com
> > , Rick Matt wrote:
> > >
> > > I put several in the orchard with 3 different root stocks. After five
> > years I pulled them out, got flowers but no cherry. Big disappointment! They
> > were sold as low chill and good for this area but I think I was a test site.
> > It only cost me $800. If you try it let me know the out come. PS have a
> > friend in Fredrickburg TX growing them in a high tunnel.
> > >
> > > Rick Matt. 281 467-9758
> > >
> > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:28 PM, "joojooput" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I was poking around the fruit trees at Home Depot and was surprised to
> > see they have Minnie and Royal Lee cherries this year (at least at my HD in
> > Pearland).
> > > >
> > > > I know these were much sought after a few years back. Does anyone have
> > any successes to report?
> > > >
> > > > Julia in Pearland
> > > >

Darkman · Posted: Wed 13 Mar, 2013 10:45 pm

Thanks Mr. Texas,

I think I can mark them off the list of things to try to grow.

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