Hey fella's,

The last couple of weeks I noticed my new mitis (which is about 40 to 50 cm tall) starts making flowerbuds, a huuuuuge load of flowerbuds! I just took it out under our willow tree to cut of some buds since the plant looks young to me and because I wanna go carfull on new plants. But I cut off like 50 buds already and there are still more then that on it! I was wondering if that is normal? I gave it willow water the last couple of weeks like the other ones.

On the other hand, the citrus limon also looks in perfect shape although this one doesn't make new buds. I've cut all of the previous buds of to give the plant kindoff a rest but he isn't making any new ones like the mitis.

Is there a reason for these 2 totally different behaviours? Both plant do look perfect.
And should I cut of the rest of the mitisbuds as I was already doing to give the young tree some help?

greets

Sven

edit: after a good look I found some buds on the lemon to. But that still keeps me wondering for the huge amount on the mitis. And whilst sitting outside I got thinking. What would be the best place to store my citrus for the moment? I got them in a small 'tent' inside the tunnelgreenhouse but I also have a porch where there never is direct sunlight. Temperatures are getting to hot here so the greenhouse is extra hot. Just a thought I would like your opinions on.

By Mitis, I assume you are writing about some form of citrus. You don't need to remove flower buds from any variety of citrus, "Mitis" included. The tree will automatically discard flowers and even small fruitlets that the tree is not capable of retaining until maturity. Of all the flowers that a citrus citrus tree produces, only 1 to 3 percent will ever produce fruit, the rest will be discarded by the tree. - Millet (567-)

Does this apply for recovering citrus to? (aiming at my 2 citrus that lost all of their leaves and are now producing new leaves) That would make my budcutting useless.

I'm not sure what you mean with 'forum' . Was that supposed to be form? In that case I mean citrus mitis aka citrus calamondin.

By the way: what would you suggest about putting the citrus on the porch instead of keeping it in the greenhouse?

By "mitis" I believe he is talking about Calamondin. They produce quite a bit of fruit, even on a small tree.

Sven_limoen, yes I meant from, thanks for pointing out my error, I have corrected it. This time of year in the northern hemisphere, you can put your trees anywhere outside where they will received sunlight. You can also leave them in the greenhouse if the greenhouse has enough cooling pads to keep the greenhouse sufficiently cool during the summer months. As for the word "Mitis", it has been such a very long time since I heard that name for Calamondin, I forgot it. Again thanks for the reminder. I no longer grow Calamondin, as I do not like the taste of the fruit. Citrus produce flowers in the course of regular seasonal production, but they also produce flowers after the tree has been through a situation that threatened the tree's life. Normally, the latter comes just before the death of the tree. - Millet (568-)

I'll put them on the porch since that will be easier then a double greenhouse. According to one of my topics, recovering trees should be kept in a shaded enviroment rather then a sunny place. Is that still valid?

I will gently bump this one...

yes I would keep it in the shade for a bit and slowly take it into full sun. It wouldn't hurt.