I bought a Tahitian lime tree 12 years ago, I haven’t bought limes in 12 years and I give bags and bags away to neighbours and friends almost all year. This year I made my own lime cordial and lime-cello!!
Finally someone who understands it a bit. The trees are in very good condition, only like all fruit trees they would like to "lighten up". Cut out the inner and intersecting branches.
You make me want to hug your trees! No, I mean it, give them a hug! Tell them how much you love them for all the wonderful fruit they produce and bless them for it! They will love you back for the kind words! More fruit!
Washington Orange - great to eat as a fruit Imperial Mandarin - balanced taste Tahitian / Persian Lime - year round lime Valencia Orange - great for juicing Meyer Lemon - produces lots of lemons
Lemon trees and limes are more susceptible to cold damage- white fleshed citrus. The tangerines and mandarins are better at handling cold for the most part.
The most cold-tolerant citrus types are the trifoliate bitter orange (which is toxic to some people, so be careful), a rare papeda, kumquats, a few hybrids of them (like the citrange and yuzu), and a few special mandarin cultivars. All those can tolerate temperatures significantly below freezing. There aren't any lemons nearly that tolerant of cold.
Australians are cool people and Mark takes it to the next level. Great picks for sure. I am curious why he did not cover the Lisbon and Eureka Lemon given how it is grown there with the Lisbon being the strongest and toughest Lemon tree. I love his other picks though and have planted 4 of his 5 (i planted different new patented Mandarins then his variety) but i recommend them! Good picks! BTW, the Meyer can take very cold weather since it is part Mandarin so a great one to plant for sure which is probably why it is his #1 along with the fact it produces almost all year.
Hi, Mark, can you do a compilation of all the 29 citrus plants that you have in your property? That would be a treat for a lot of us who watch your videos. Cheers from India 🇮🇳
Tangelos will extend your citrus season right into August here on the east coast as well. And don't forget the magnificent blood orange, for eating and juicing alike. Cheers
"Washington" Navel Orange is so named because the original scions were sent from Brazil to the US Agricultural Department in Washington, DC around 1910. They were grown in a heated greenhouse before they were eventually sent to California.
I love my Myer lemon, we do eat the fruit by itself, nice and sweet. Because of utilities easement our tree was moved into a partially shaded spot. Mine fruits twice a year, we go 2 months a year without fruit. I love it, great canopy.
I am wondering if you have heard of the tangor, I was visiting a guy who had several tangor trees, the fruit had an exceptional flavour. It tasted like a cross between a mandarine and an orange, which is what it was. It was growing in the south of WA where the climate is cooler than Perth. Another variety I think I tried in the north of WA at Carnarvon was the lemonade fruit, apparently a cross between a mandarine and a lemon. I was very impressed with the flavour. It is interesting that I seem to like hybrid crosses between the mandarine and orange or mandarine and lemon. the only citrus I have now is the west indian lime which hasn't produced fruit and not being in a tropical climate may be waiting a long time for it to fruit. It is a true lime and I guess the reason I didn't worry about the Tahitian lime is because I thought it tasted too much like a lemon, which it is partly. I bought my daughter a Tahitian lime tree, but she is growing it in a pot as she doesn't have the room in her garden for it to be in the ground. I did have a Washington navel orange tree years ago and the tree produced the best tasting oranges for sure.
Hooray for Meyer lemons! We've had a Meyer lemon for about 5 years, and it is an amazing, prolific producer! The juice makes the BEST lemonade! Since we get far too many lemons to use in one season, we juice most of them and freeze the juice as ice cubes and use them gradually throughout the year. We also grate the zest and dry. This tree has given us so much joy--best decision that we've ever made in planting!
Meyer lemon is considered by some sources as being a cross between a lemon and a pomelo (which is grapefruit). Meyer does have some grapefruit characteristics. Size is one. A little cold hardiness is another. Most lemon varieties have no cold hardiness. Probably no one knows for sure exactly what its parents are. It MAY even be a cross of sour orange and lemon. Most lemon connoisseurs say Meyer is weak-flavored compared to real lemons. It is good, though and very productive.
I have citrus envy Mark... your orchard is amazing and oranges are my favourite fruit. It's a pity the weather over here in the UK just wouldn't allow many citrus fruits to grow. Great video mate, your passion for these fruits really came across... Cheers Adam
Thanks Adam, yeah mate I'm pretty passionate about fruit trees especially citrus but I reckon it would be a good experiment to grow a citrus tree where you are - try a small orange and protect it over winter or grow it in a pot and move it to a sheltered spot when the cold hits etc... Apparently, I can't grow olives here because we don't get enough chill through winter to trigger flowering but I had a go and found we can grow them and get "reasonable" yields of fruit! Have a go ;)
Thanks for the video :) I am in Russia and I grow citrus trees at home (since i live in a flat). I have a Washington navel, a Thaitian lime and a Meyer on my kitchen window :) Of course I can't let them grow as they wish and have to trim them, but I do have about 15 fruit from the Meyer, about the same number of limes and 4-5 oranges every year! Plus I have some other citrus species on my other two windows. I, too, am obsessed with growing citruses :) wish I had a least a balcony though... could have more of them
@@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes I do have one (I actuallly made it for my little granddaughters) where I grafted 3 types of tangerines and a clementine :)
Awesome video. After watching this video early this morning I went to our local Lowe's Home Improvement store here in Central Florida and purchased and planted a new small Valencia Orange 🍊 tree. We had a Navel Orange tree but I was excited to have another orange tree. We just planted a Tangerine 🍊 tree a few weeks ago and we have a Loquat tree too. The Loquat are producing fruit now and the Navel and Valencia are flowering. Great video. I'm subscribed now. Good content too. God Bless you and your family from Sunny Central Florida. ☀️😎🙏👍
Hey Mark I just wanted to thank you so much for your channel. I've been subscribed for a while and I've gained a lot of wisdom and unique ideas from you. Big fan. Bless you.
Hey Mark, what a fantastic, informative, well put together video! It's really great seeing Aussies making vids here as so much of the available information is by OS growers in varying climates to ours. I've subscribed and look forward to your channel and seeing more of your fantastic orchard and citrus loving dog - Cheers mate!
I really enjoyed watching this, I would struggle to have many citrus trees outside in my part of the world, but it's always interesting to see what people can grow in other parts of the world. Thank you.
Thank you and I agree, personally, colder climates interest me because I can learn from different gardening techniques etc I think it's good to keep an open mind. Cheers :)
Ever consider entering the realm of ASMR? I think you'd be a good fit for something like that. You have a nurturing presence and you don't want others to experience the pains you have, which is part of why you teach. You can still reach people in other ways. In time you'll find yourself in the niches of the world which let you shine the most.
This is my second of your videos. I think I will subscribe. This is a good teaching video. I may be an arborist but am not a pomoligist. (No, not that kind of pom!) I wish to simply submit, for the edification of some readers here, that some trees need a year of rest between production years. It is normal. Even some oaks here, which feed the deer, have better crops of acorns every second year. Your orchard is beautiful. It reminds me of my grandfather's orange grove in southern California.
I love my Citrus Trees. They need the feed but they are the best value fruit trees and its true, if you juice them regularly, you wont get a cold. The other thing I like is that they are evergreen and make a great privacy screen. Never had any luck yet getting a lime to grow but maybe this year.
Another great thing about Meyer Lemons is that they are the best lemons to bake with.....lemon bread, lemon meringue pie, etc. The ex loves it when I dump a big bag of these on her porch just before Christmas...
Look at all that Aussie sunshine! Not much hope for me here in the north of England... 🌧️🌧️🌧️ I've tried things in pots in my tiny (unheated) greenhouse, but there's just not enough light between the cold black days of winter and the cold grey days of autumn for anything much to develop. It's fun to try, though, and the little trees are certainly tough. The old Victorian gardeners on grand estates in the south of the country used to grow pineapples, lemons and oranges under cover in gigantic glasshouses (orangeries) as a novelty and for snob-value to impress visitors, heating the roots with mountains of fermenting compost, but it'll always be a problem getting enough light in the short summers here. Having said that, I live close to the spooky 'Yorkshire Triangle', which is an area renowned for growing excellent forced rhubarb by candle-light... Incidentally, when discussing tree shapes, I think Mark may have meant 'wineglass-shaped'🍷, not hourglass 👙. 😲
I love watching your videos ! Very informative . I got my container Meyer lemon plant already 😀 thanks for sharing these lovely videos with us . God bless you and happy new year 2019 💐💐💐
I just love your channel and what you do.. It's my dream to have an orchard with different fruits, just like yours... You are a real hero and I follow you🙏
Now I want more land to cultivate. Here in New England winter bearable is key so I'd look into heritage apples for eating and making cider. Great presentation!
Another favourite of your videos that I don't get sick of watching it over and over again :) I am now convinced that I will get a Meyer lemon out of all the lemons out there. I like the sound of it.
Hi, Mark, good suggestions...I do not know if your Imperial Mandarin is the same as Satsuma Mandarin, but I think the Satsuma is likely the best mandarin all around...It is seedless, easy to peel, and cold hardy to about 15F when mature. The fruits hang on the tree for months as well. I has one hiding in the leaves two months after I finishing picking them in Dec. No rotting...The citrus trees are good in deer county, squirrel paradise, birds and rabbit heaven too.
I am so excited because I got an Imperial Mandarine tree for Christmas 2015 and it's happily growin away in my parents backyard (I'm renting and wanted to plant in the ground not a pot). Can't wait for it to start fruiting! It's one of my favourites too!
i have a small lime tree which is growing well......and recently i planted 6 seeds from a supermarket lemon.....4 of them have germinated.....so hopefully in a few years i'll have plenty of citrics.....pondering valencia organges and mandarins.....i like mandarins better than oranges.....
Growing up we had Valencia trees in our backyard. They're very good. Navel oranges are even better I think and we had a couple of those. We didn't have Mandarins but they're now probably my favorite. We had lemon trees but not the Meyer. I've heard great things about Meyer lemons from various sources though and definitely want a couple of them one day. I also want tangerines as well. We had grapefruit but I wasn't at all a fan back then. I kind of like them now but they're still not a favorite. I think Ruby Red has the best taste. I definitely miss being able to walk outside and pull fresh citrus right off the tree, so I envy you. I want that again one day soon. Right now the best I could do would be containers, but they can't produce anywhere near the volume that ground-planted trees can.
I am quite happy with your top 5 as I coincidently chose your top 3 to grow in a planter box as an espalier along my north facing back fence. I have a Meyer lemon, Tahitian lime and seedless Valencia orange going gangbusters up against some steel reo. All 3 only been in for 2 years. Tahitian lime currently loaded with tiny little premature limes and the Meyer lemon loaded with flowers. The Valencia a little slower in flower production but still got 20+ premature oranges on the tree and it vegetative growth is very vigorous. They are in a bottomless planter box full of high quality potting mix. I pH'd the mix down to 5.8 (I know quite low)... give a monthly drink of gogo juice and bimonthly feed of Black Marvel + Seamungus and they love it. I do water just about every day too which I'm sure helps. But really looking forward to the first harvest... especially looking forward to eating my first home grown orange!
just ordered my Meyer lemon this year, haven't received it yet. I have to grow my citrus trees in containers so I can bring them indoors for winter here in Midwest usa. I sure wish I lived in Australia! lol! you have a beautiful orchard! :)
They are also excellent in the front yard especially as attractive privacy 'hedge rows' of sorts. I have a small string of them blocking the view from the road due to high density evergreen.
Amazingly dreamy citrus garden! I have a mature Valencia and just picked an orange from last season yesterday and it was tasty! I’m adding to the yard this year and truly enjoying it! Awesome video, thank you! 🍊 🍋 🍊
Oh MY! Your favourite is the Meyer lemon and I don't care for them at all. Im an odd duck I suppose. I prefer the old fashioned acidic lemon. But I really like the SUMO fruit than the Japanese have created as the BEST by far eating out of hand citrus fruit. They are given a gifts in Japan. I love kumquats, too! Do you have either of those fruits in your orchard?
Hi! I just finished watching your video about your favorite citrus trees. I was suprised to see that you eliminated the Mandorin Tangelo. Here in the Houston Tx area we can grow almost every kind of citrus if protected from a hard freeze. I have never had a better tasting citrus as the tangelo. Almost everyone that has tried one thinks the same as I do. Please look into it & see if you can grow them down under. Great videos, keep up the god work down under brother!
The climate in America is crazy. Houston is in the sub-tropics yet you are still prone to annual freezes. Where I live in the tropics, the minimum temperature only falls below 20 degrees C (68 F) on rare occasions - usually a couple of times a year in December but in some years it doesn't at all.
Wowww, Amazing trees...How do you get lush, dense, green citrus trees? Mine are semi naked and the leaves aren't dark green and i'm in the Sydney region.😢
I am citrus obsessed and fortunately, they now sell some varieties that can be grown in the UK. I see temperature limits for each plant, but I am yet to see if they tolerate the climate of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. I aim to pamper the trees as far as possible, but I envy your collection there - it is so impressive! Out of interest, the biennial tree - is it biennial or does it tend to go into a biennial habit due to heavy cropping? I have come across both examples with apple trees, where over zealous trees can be manipulated by reducing the number of fruit, say to a third. A true biennial will of course, just fruit every two years. I was wondering which type your citrus tree was and if you have tried manipulating the number of fruit to disrupt its habit. There is certainly something about citrus and you have an amazing collection and knowledge to be proud of. Thanks, Vox. ( Now back to reality, my Valley terraced house and garden!)
Amazing video. I’m really enjoying all your videos over here in Texas. You said your trees are grafted. Where did you get the graft from? And do you have a video on how to graft?
Hi mark i like and support your citrus channel thank you for educating us about the variety citrus fruits I would like to taste the Washington naval orange but we don’t have Uk
Mark, Have you heard of the Rangapoo Lime? I have one here on my property in north Florida that I started from seed. I love the flavor. I have 17 citrus trees on my property and I love the page Orange, Satsumas, Meyer Lemon and Ruby Red grapefruit. Interesting video. Thanks.
Rangpur limes are one of the main rootstocks that is used for all kinds of citrus trees because of it's high resistance to drought and soil diseases and matures very earlier so you don't need to wait 8-10 years for a tree to fully mature and start producing fruit, it cuts down into 2-3 years. Aside of that, their fruits are amazing, especially squeezed on salads as seasoning, making lemonade with it brings an unique flavor too.
@@guilhermeo9 Mark, Thanks for your response. I love my Rangpur lime. I started the tree from seed and it was making fruit in about 4-5 years. I love the flavor and use it in my tea and ice water. I will have to try it as a salad seasoning. My tree has survived temps in the upper 20’s. I read once that Joesph Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy family, had a tree on his Palm Beach estate and preferred them in his mixed drinks. Our citrus is coming in now and make wonderful Christmas gifts to family and friends.
Thanks for the video. I've been told all hybrids grown from lemon and orange seeds will produce bitter lemon fruit unless they are grafted. May I know physically the difference between you orange trees vs the lemon trees?
I love oranges and their juice. I get through a lot and would love one of your trees. I use a little lemon juice on fish and some limes in Thai style cooking, but what do you do with the huge number of limes and lemons that you produce? Do you consume them or are they sold?
Great video Mark, but no grapefruit ? I have a ruby grapefruit tree, and they are beautiful, I must get at least 200 plus grapefruits every year. 1 grapefruit will fill almost a cup in juice. If you don't like grapefruit try juicing it as the pulp is the acidic part. The best juice i have ever made was 1 grapefruit / 4 orange ratio. Just watch if your on meds as it increases the uptake.
@@nathalielady2592 We get around 4 days a year of -2 - 0 degress C, I have never had a problem with it. Mid Winter is when we can start picking the fruit.
another amazing citrus is the citrus bergamia (aka bergamot orange), it's not edible but its juice has unique medical properties. A must have for citrus lovers.
Not edible? You can't eat it raw for sure, but the peel and the juice are simply extraordinary when properly cooked, the aroma is so strong and unique.
@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 I don't know that recipe, despite me being from the place where the bergamot was originally breeded in 1750 :-). Here we cultivate it mainly for its essential oil, but in the recent years a drinkable fruit juice has been also commercialized. Amazing fruit indeed.
Excellent video Mark!. Thanks for all the advice and tips you have given us!. Because of you I have planted a 'Dwarf Washington navel', a Eureka lemon (which btw has grown 2 meters in just one year. And also a 'Sunrise finger lime X qumquat which is also doing well with plenty of fruit setting. Cheers from the south side of Brissie!.
Hey Mark, I am looking at buying some dwarf citrus trees (bunnings has them for around $45 currently). As I am renting in a share house I want to keep them in pots, which this video has given me more confidence in doing so, so that when I move to my own block, I already have a bit of a head start with the fruit. My question for you is are you aware of the fruiting situation with dwarf citrus trees in comparison to their standard relatives? So for example if you get X amount of fruit per square meter on a standard, is it likely to be similar ratios with the dwarf counterparts or do the dwarf trees produce significantly less fruit per square meter of foliage. Thank you in advance. Kindest regards
I would like there to be a video on how to grow citrus trees in a tropical climate. Overall, the internet is biased towards people growing things in cold or temperate climate conditions, but some of us live in the tropics. I guess this could be because the majority of western countries lie within the temperate zone, but still, it would be nice to have a bit more more balance. I am growing lemons and I live in a tropical climate. 350 days out of the year the max. temperature is above 30 degrees Celcius and 355 days of the year the minimum temperature is above 20 degrees Celcius. For 4 months there is consistent rainfall, for 2 months there is some sporadic rainfall and for the remainder of the year (6 months) there is little to no rainfall. During the latter dry period, I generally water my plants daily as it's bone dry and with the low humidity and high temperatures, the soil dries up very quickly. I have three lemon trees. Two of them were purchased at the same time, about 2 years ago, the third one about a year ago. The one growing in full sun (all day sun) has not borne one single fruit. I pruned it down and am now letting it re-establish itself. The second one in partial shade receives little sun in the morning, but full sun in the afternoon. It is producing a good amount of lemons. In the first year, I got about 16 lemons. This year I've already harvested around 20 and there are around 25 more left on the tree. Some lemons have discolored flesh, but the juice tastes exactly like what lemons should taste like. I'm getting some rather small lemons and a few rather large ones. Why is it that lemons grown in temperate climates seem to produce consistently large, bright yellow lemons, but here I only get greenish-yellow or discolored yellow flesh and the fruit are often rather small? What can I do to get the lemon tree planted in full sun to flower (and therefore, to fruit)?
What is the size of your property? It is amazing. You have really put in lot of hard work plus success cannot be achieved if you don’t have passion for that subject.
I'm 5 years late but I only just found this video! I have an big old orange tree we don't know what type, maybe a late navel or a Washington navel or maybe a Valencia??? Anyway, I'm thinking of trying to propigate it using cuttings.
Hi Mark! Another great video that I hadn't watched before! Always so much interesting information and inspiration thank you! I would appreciate your help! I'm going to have to MOVE my raised beds to a different area of the property because here, on the south east coast of Italy, this year has been in the 40C plus degrees. The heat and direct sun and has ruined and burned most of my veggies from salads that didn't stand a chance, to sweetcorn, beetroot etc. despite watering, (zucchini are the only ones to produce well, even the tomatoes have suffered with tough skins and cotton-woolly flesh - ok for passatta though! So... I would love your advice please: I have an area of garden where I planted a few fruit trees that in a year or two will provide a little shade, although they are suffering in the heat this year too, as some of them were only planted at the beginning of this year. Can I successfully plant a raised bed vegetable garden amongst the trees? It will mean moving all the raised beds from their location I built four and a half years ago plus all the soil but it may well be worth it... also I have a Well in that location! The only other area I could use is to move the hens to the fruit tree area, and use their enclosed area but the snag is it is also totally exposed to the burning sun dawn until dusk! thank you so much...
For Meyer, at what time they produce the fruits and how long the fruits last. I had one lemon it was here when I bought this house the fruits look similar Meyer or Ereka but I had harvest fruits all year. The fruits not fall off they hanging on the tree until wilt and dried. Unfortunately it die few years ago. I try to find out what it was so I can replace them. I have one Tahitian lime the fruits fall off when it ripen. So I after November I have no lemon and lime for my cooking.
Love your citrus collection. I have 2 young Washington Naval Orange trees. They flower well in spring but the little fruits fall off after a couple of months. I feed them potash. Is there any advice you can give me
What orange variety is super sweet with no acid and no tartness? I had some I was growing from seeds but they all died last summer they were about a year old.Thanks Mark
Hola from south Texas! I just bought a home in June and have 7 mature citrus trees in my backyard and fortunately 6 trees have fruit (I think they're grapefruit and limes?) Not too sure but wasn't to know how much should I water truth be tiled I haven't done any watering but we did have a rainy summer so was hoping weather did my job for me😅
I bought a Tahitian lime tree 12 years ago, I haven’t bought limes in 12 years and I give bags and bags away to neighbours and friends almost all year. This year I made my own lime cordial and lime-cello!!
Finally someone who understands it a bit. The trees are in very good condition,
only like all fruit trees they would like to "lighten up".
Cut out the inner and intersecting branches.
You make me want to hug your trees! No, I mean it, give them a hug! Tell them how much you love them for all the wonderful fruit they produce and bless them for it! They will love you back for the kind words! More fruit!
Washington Orange - great to eat as a fruit
Imperial Mandarin - balanced taste
Tahitian / Persian Lime - year round lime
Valencia Orange - great for juicing
Meyer Lemon - produces lots of lemons
Lemon trees and limes are more susceptible to cold damage- white fleshed citrus. The tangerines and mandarins are better at handling cold for the most part.
@JP JP Know your shit and eat eat wealthy oranges
The most cold-tolerant citrus types are the trifoliate bitter orange (which is toxic to some people, so be careful), a rare papeda, kumquats, a few hybrids of them (like the citrange and yuzu), and a few special mandarin cultivars. All those can tolerate temperatures significantly below freezing. There aren't any lemons nearly that tolerant of cold.
Australians are cool people and Mark takes it to the next level. Great picks for sure. I am curious why he did not cover the Lisbon and Eureka Lemon given how it is grown there with the Lisbon being the strongest and toughest Lemon tree. I love his other picks though and have planted 4 of his 5 (i planted different new patented Mandarins then his variety) but i recommend them! Good picks! BTW, the Meyer can take very cold weather since it is part Mandarin so a great one to plant for sure which is probably why it is his #1 along with the fact it produces almost all year.
Hi, Mark, can you do a compilation of all the 29 citrus plants that you have in your property? That would be a treat for a lot of us who watch your videos.
Cheers from India 🇮🇳
or a list of the ones that did not make it and why. you could make a 5 video series :)
The flowers smell heavenly also.
Tangelos will extend your citrus season right into August here on the east coast as well. And don't forget the magnificent blood orange, for eating and juicing alike. Cheers
Finally, someone who knows what they are talking about. Thank you so much!
"Washington" Navel Orange is so named because the original scions were sent from Brazil to the US Agricultural Department in Washington, DC around 1910. They were grown in a heated greenhouse before they were eventually sent to California.
I love my Myer lemon, we do eat the fruit by itself, nice and sweet. Because of utilities easement our tree was moved into a partially shaded spot. Mine fruits twice a year, we go 2 months a year without fruit. I love it, great canopy.
This is my new favourite channel! Such great info. Thanks Mark 🙏🏻
I love this guy. I feel like I'm growing when I watch him grow as a person
I am wondering if you have heard of the tangor, I was visiting a guy who had several tangor trees, the fruit had an exceptional flavour. It tasted like a cross between a mandarine and an orange, which is what it was. It was growing in the south of WA where the climate is cooler than Perth. Another variety I think I tried in the north of WA at Carnarvon was the lemonade fruit, apparently a cross between a mandarine and a lemon. I was very impressed with the flavour. It is interesting that I seem to like hybrid crosses between the mandarine and orange or mandarine and lemon. the only citrus I have now is the west indian lime which hasn't produced fruit and not being in a tropical climate may be waiting a long time for it to fruit. It is a true lime and I guess the reason I didn't worry about the Tahitian lime is because I thought it tasted too much like a lemon, which it is partly. I bought my daughter a Tahitian lime tree, but she is growing it in a pot as she doesn't have the room in her garden for it to be in the ground. I did have a Washington navel orange tree years ago and the tree produced the best tasting oranges for sure.
You have giant back yard, and you keep if so green and beautiful. I love Meyer lemon too, great choice for every one
Hooray for Meyer lemons! We've had a Meyer lemon for about 5 years, and it is an amazing, prolific producer! The juice makes the BEST lemonade! Since we get far too many lemons to use in one season, we juice most of them and freeze the juice as ice cubes and use them gradually throughout the year. We also grate the zest and dry. This tree has given us so much joy--best decision that we've ever made in planting!
Meyer lemon is considered by some sources as being a cross between a lemon and a pomelo (which is grapefruit). Meyer does have some grapefruit characteristics. Size is one. A little cold hardiness is another. Most lemon varieties have no cold hardiness. Probably no one knows for sure exactly what its parents are. It MAY even be a cross of sour orange and lemon. Most lemon connoisseurs say Meyer is weak-flavored compared to real lemons. It is good, though and very productive.
I have citrus envy Mark... your orchard is amazing and oranges are my favourite fruit. It's a pity the weather over here in the UK just wouldn't allow many citrus fruits to grow. Great video mate, your passion for these fruits really came across... Cheers Adam
Thanks Adam, yeah mate I'm pretty passionate about fruit trees especially citrus but I reckon it would be a good experiment to grow a citrus tree where you are - try a small orange and protect it over winter or grow it in a pot and move it to a sheltered spot when the cold hits etc... Apparently, I can't grow olives here because we don't get enough chill through winter to trigger flowering but I had a go and found we can grow them and get "reasonable" yields of fruit! Have a go ;)
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Look at “Citrus in the Snow” on RUclips if you want to grow in the UK.
Thanks for the video :) I am in Russia and I grow citrus trees at home (since i live in a flat). I have a Washington navel, a Thaitian lime and a Meyer on my kitchen window :) Of course I can't let them grow as they wish and have to trim them, but I do have about 15 fruit from the Meyer, about the same number of limes and 4-5 oranges every year! Plus I have some other citrus species on my other two windows. I, too, am obsessed with growing citruses :) wish I had a least a balcony though... could have more of them
Нина Семенова you should try a citrus cocktail tree by grafting multiple varieties to a couple trees!
@@SammytheawesomeILikePotatoes I do have one (I actuallly made it for my little granddaughters) where I grafted 3 types of tangerines and a clementine :)
Your citrus trees look so incredibly healthy! The leaves are so gorgeous, mine are always being attacked by fungis and bugs
Awesome video. After watching this video early this morning I went to our local Lowe's Home Improvement store here in Central Florida and purchased and planted a new small Valencia Orange 🍊 tree. We had a Navel Orange tree but I was excited to have another orange tree. We just planted a Tangerine 🍊 tree a few weeks ago and we have a Loquat tree too. The Loquat are producing fruit now and the Navel and Valencia are flowering. Great video. I'm subscribed now. Good content too. God Bless you and your family from Sunny Central Florida. ☀️😎🙏👍
Get a kumquat tree too! You won’t regret it. Makes wonderful jelly and jam. You can eat the skin with fruit as there is no pith.
WOW amazing orchard!! I too am very envious!!
This is very nice video. Lemons are my favorite. Feels like we are roaming with you in your backyard !
Hey Mark I just wanted to thank you so much for your channel. I've been subscribed for a while and I've gained a lot of wisdom and unique ideas from you. Big fan. Bless you.
Hey Mark, what a fantastic, informative, well put together video!
It's really great seeing Aussies making vids here as so much of the available information is by OS growers in varying climates to ours. I've subscribed and look forward to your channel and seeing more of your fantastic orchard and citrus loving dog - Cheers mate!
Very calm video
Maybe it's because you spend lot of time in nature .
Cheers mate!
I really enjoyed watching this, I would struggle to have many citrus trees outside in my part of the world, but it's always interesting to see what people can grow in other parts of the world. Thank you.
Thank you and I agree, personally, colder climates interest me because I can learn from different gardening techniques etc I think it's good to keep an open mind. Cheers :)
That's not back yard, it's a botanic garden!
Yesss❗🙌🏽
Hahaha so true
Thank you for tour. It’s like living in heaven.
Ever consider entering the realm of ASMR? I think you'd be a good fit for something like that. You have a nurturing presence and you don't want others to experience the pains you have, which is part of why you teach. You can still reach people in other ways. In time you'll find yourself in the niches of the world which let you shine the most.
I live in Georgia USA and l loved this video. It was most helpful. Thanks
This is my second of your videos. I think I will subscribe.
This is a good teaching video. I may be an arborist but am not a pomoligist. (No, not that kind of pom!)
I wish to simply submit, for the edification of some readers here, that some trees need a year of rest between production years. It is normal. Even some oaks here, which feed the deer, have better crops of acorns every second year.
Your orchard is beautiful. It reminds me of my grandfather's orange grove in southern California.
Interesting how similar pom is to porn
I love my Citrus Trees. They need the feed but they are the best value fruit trees and its true, if you juice them regularly, you wont get a cold. The other thing I like is that they are evergreen and make a great privacy screen. Never had any luck yet getting a lime to grow but maybe this year.
Always amazing and inspiring. Great work Mark.
Beautiful looking orchard flex.
Another great thing about Meyer Lemons is that they are the best lemons to bake with.....lemon bread, lemon meringue pie, etc. The ex loves it when I dump a big bag of these on her porch just before Christmas...
Look at all that Aussie sunshine! Not much hope for me here in the north of England... 🌧️🌧️🌧️
I've tried things in pots in my tiny (unheated) greenhouse, but there's just not enough light between the cold black days of winter and the cold grey days of autumn for anything much to develop. It's fun to try, though, and the little trees are certainly tough.
The old Victorian gardeners on grand estates in the south of the country used to grow pineapples, lemons and oranges under cover in gigantic glasshouses (orangeries) as a novelty and for snob-value to impress visitors, heating the roots with mountains of fermenting compost, but it'll always be a problem getting enough light in the short summers here.
Having said that, I live close to the spooky 'Yorkshire Triangle', which is an area renowned for growing excellent forced rhubarb by candle-light...
Incidentally, when discussing tree shapes, I think Mark may have meant 'wineglass-shaped'🍷, not hourglass 👙. 😲
I love watching your videos ! Very informative . I got my container Meyer lemon plant already 😀 thanks for sharing these lovely videos with us .
God bless you and happy new year 2019 💐💐💐
I just love your channel and what you do.. It's my dream to have an orchard with different fruits, just like yours... You are a real hero and
I follow you🙏
Beautiful orchard.
Now I want more land to cultivate. Here in New England winter bearable is key so I'd look into heritage apples for eating and making cider.
Great presentation!
Another favourite of your videos that I don't get sick of watching it over and over again :) I am now convinced that I will get a Meyer lemon out of all the lemons out there. I like the sound of it.
Hi, Mark, good suggestions...I do not know if your Imperial Mandarin is the same as Satsuma Mandarin, but I think the Satsuma is likely the best mandarin all around...It is seedless, easy to peel, and cold hardy to about 15F when mature. The fruits hang on the tree for months as well. I has one hiding in the leaves two months after I finishing picking them in Dec. No rotting...The citrus trees are good in deer county, squirrel paradise, birds and rabbit heaven too.
that might be the seedless he referenced.
I am so excited because I got an Imperial Mandarine tree for Christmas 2015 and it's happily growin away in my parents backyard (I'm renting and wanted to plant in the ground not a pot). Can't wait for it to start fruiting! It's one of my favourites too!
Excellent! You won't be sorry the Imperial is awesome! Thanks for sharing your story :)
Waoo
I like this kind busness
i have a small lime tree which is growing well......and recently i planted 6 seeds from a supermarket lemon.....4 of them have germinated.....so hopefully in a few years i'll have plenty of citrics.....pondering valencia organges and mandarins.....i like mandarins better than oranges.....
Growing up we had Valencia trees in our backyard. They're very good. Navel oranges are even better I think and we had a couple of those. We didn't have Mandarins but they're now probably my favorite. We had lemon trees but not the Meyer. I've heard great things about Meyer lemons from various sources though and definitely want a couple of them one day. I also want tangerines as well. We had grapefruit but I wasn't at all a fan back then. I kind of like them now but they're still not a favorite. I think Ruby Red has the best taste. I definitely miss being able to walk outside and pull fresh citrus right off the tree, so I envy you. I want that again one day soon. Right now the best I could do would be containers, but they can't produce anywhere near the volume that ground-planted trees can.
I am quite happy with your top 5 as I coincidently chose your top 3 to grow in a planter box as an espalier along my north facing back fence. I have a Meyer lemon, Tahitian lime and seedless Valencia orange going gangbusters up against some steel reo. All 3 only been in for 2 years. Tahitian lime currently loaded with tiny little premature limes and the Meyer lemon loaded with flowers. The Valencia a little slower in flower production but still got 20+ premature oranges on the tree and it vegetative growth is very vigorous. They are in a bottomless planter box full of high quality potting mix. I pH'd the mix down to 5.8 (I know quite low)... give a monthly drink of gogo juice and bimonthly feed of Black Marvel + Seamungus and they love it. I do water just about every day too which I'm sure helps. But really looking forward to the first harvest... especially looking forward to eating my first home grown orange!
just ordered my Meyer lemon this year, haven't received it yet. I have to grow my citrus trees in containers so I can bring them indoors for winter here in Midwest usa. I sure wish I lived in Australia! lol! you have a beautiful orchard! :)
Good on you for growing citrus in pots! I love hearing these stories of people growing plants outside of the climate range - great stuff! Thank you :)
They are also excellent in the front yard especially as attractive privacy 'hedge rows' of sorts. I have a small string of them blocking the view from the road due to high density evergreen.
Amazingly dreamy citrus garden! I have a mature Valencia and just picked an orange from last season yesterday and it was tasty! I’m adding to the yard this year and truly enjoying it! Awesome video, thank you! 🍊 🍋 🍊
My mouth is watering like crazy watching this episode.
Oh MY! Your favourite is the Meyer lemon and I don't care for them at all. Im an odd duck I suppose. I prefer the old fashioned acidic lemon. But I really like the SUMO fruit than the Japanese have created as the BEST by far eating out of hand citrus fruit. They are given a gifts in Japan. I love kumquats, too!
Do you have either of those fruits in your orchard?
What citrus trees can I plant in pots I live in an RV? In Texas thank you any help would be appreciated. I absolutely love your Channel
Thank you for making this video! It was so informative, and I appreciate you sharing your own experiences of each fruit.
Hi! I just finished watching your video about your favorite citrus trees. I was suprised to see that you eliminated the Mandorin Tangelo. Here in the Houston Tx area we can grow almost every kind of citrus if protected from a hard freeze. I have never had a better tasting citrus as the tangelo. Almost everyone that has tried one thinks the same as I do. Please look into it & see if you can grow them down under. Great videos, keep up the god work down under brother!
The climate in America is crazy. Houston is in the sub-tropics yet you are still prone to annual freezes. Where I live in the tropics, the minimum temperature only falls below 20 degrees C (68 F) on rare occasions - usually a couple of times a year in December but in some years it doesn't at all.
I love your program and I love planting my own vegies at home
Wowww, Amazing trees...How do you get lush, dense, green citrus trees? Mine are semi naked and the leaves aren't dark green and i'm in the Sydney region.😢
i LOVE my Valencia oranges :) thanks for all your awesome content. ... even more than my meyer lemon tree :)
What great information!!! Love it!!! Thank you soooo much for this video and your channel in general! A great benefit to mankind 🤗🙂😀
I am citrus obsessed and fortunately, they now sell some varieties that can be grown in the UK. I see temperature limits for each plant, but I am yet to see if they tolerate the climate of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. I aim to pamper the trees as far as possible, but I envy your collection there - it is so impressive!
Out of interest, the biennial tree - is it biennial or does it tend to go into a biennial habit due to heavy cropping? I have come across both examples with apple trees, where over zealous trees can be manipulated by reducing the number of fruit, say to a third. A true biennial will of course, just fruit every two years. I was wondering which type your citrus tree was and if you have tried manipulating the number of fruit to disrupt its habit.
There is certainly something about citrus and you have an amazing collection and knowledge to be proud of. Thanks, Vox. ( Now back to reality, my Valley terraced house and garden!)
Amazing video. I’m really enjoying all your videos over here in Texas. You said your trees are grafted. Where did you get the graft from? And do you have a video on how to graft?
Hi mark i like and support your citrus channel thank you for educating us about the variety citrus fruits I would like to taste the Washington naval orange but we don’t have Uk
Mark, Have you heard of the Rangapoo Lime? I have one here on my property in north Florida that I started from seed. I love the flavor. I have 17 citrus trees on my property and I love the page Orange, Satsumas, Meyer Lemon and Ruby Red grapefruit. Interesting video. Thanks.
Rangpur limes are one of the main rootstocks that is used for all kinds of citrus trees because of it's high resistance to drought and soil diseases and matures very earlier so you don't need to wait 8-10 years for a tree to fully mature and start producing fruit, it cuts down into 2-3 years.
Aside of that, their fruits are amazing, especially squeezed on salads as seasoning, making lemonade with it brings an unique flavor too.
@@guilhermeo9 Mark, Thanks for your response. I love my Rangpur lime. I started the tree from seed and it was making fruit in about 4-5 years. I love the flavor and use it in my tea and ice water. I will have to try it as a salad seasoning. My tree has survived temps in the upper 20’s. I read once that Joesph Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy family, had a tree on his Palm Beach estate and preferred them in his mixed drinks. Our citrus is coming in now and make wonderful Christmas gifts to family and friends.
Great trees . Want to get a lemon in a big pot , our winters are not good for citrus even in southern england we get some hard frosts.
Wow! Very valuable sharing! thank you~
I want my lime and lemon tree to be like that. I will follow your tips.
We just bought a mayer lemon and a Valencia no seed tree today then I found you lol awesome
Love your video’s, great inspiration
Thanks for the video. I've been told all hybrids grown from lemon and orange seeds will produce bitter lemon fruit unless they are grafted.
May I know physically the difference between you orange trees vs the lemon trees?
I love oranges and their juice. I get through a lot and would love one of your trees.
I use a little lemon juice on fish and some limes in Thai style cooking, but what do you do with the huge number of limes and lemons that you produce? Do you consume them or are they sold?
Great video Mark, but no grapefruit ? I have a ruby grapefruit tree, and they are beautiful, I must get at least 200 plus grapefruits every year. 1 grapefruit will fill almost a cup in juice. If you don't like grapefruit try juicing it as the pulp is the acidic part. The best juice i have ever made was 1 grapefruit / 4 orange ratio. Just watch if your on meds as it increases the uptake.
WAZNIK1, HOW COLD DOES IT GET WHERE YOU LIVE? DOES THE GRAPEFRUIT TREE SURVIVE WINTER?
@@nathalielady2592 We get around 4 days a year of -2 - 0 degress C, I have never had a problem with it. Mid Winter is when we can start picking the fruit.
Loved your videos and tips you gave, Im a fan, and I wanted a backyard orchard as well👍
Great channel great video My fave is the Valencia Orange tree How long til it makes fruit?
another amazing citrus is the citrus bergamia (aka bergamot orange), it's not edible but its juice has unique medical properties. A must have for citrus lovers.
Not edible? You can't eat it raw for sure, but the peel and the juice are simply extraordinary when properly cooked, the aroma is so strong and unique.
@@vacciniumaugustifolium1420 I don't know that recipe, despite me being from the place where the bergamot was originally breeded in 1750 :-). Here we cultivate it mainly for its essential oil, but in the recent years a drinkable fruit juice has been also commercialized. Amazing fruit indeed.
Love your channel...thank you for your information!! 🤗
Excellent video Mark!. Thanks for all the advice and tips you have given us!. Because of you I have planted a 'Dwarf Washington navel', a Eureka lemon (which btw has grown 2 meters in just one year. And also a 'Sunrise finger lime X qumquat which is also doing well with plenty of fruit setting. Cheers from the south side of Brissie!.
Hi there and thank you! Yes the Eureka, sunrise, and dwarf Washington are all good trees so best of luck with them and happy growing. Cheers :)
Hey Mark, I am looking at buying some dwarf citrus trees (bunnings has them for around $45 currently). As I am renting in a share house I want to keep them in pots, which this video has given me more confidence in doing so, so that when I move to my own block, I already have a bit of a head start with the fruit. My question for you is are you aware of the fruiting situation with dwarf citrus trees in comparison to their standard relatives? So for example if you get X amount of fruit per square meter on a standard, is it likely to be similar ratios with the dwarf counterparts or do the dwarf trees produce significantly less fruit per square meter of foliage. Thank you in advance. Kindest regards
I bought 20 grafted citrus plants but chose a wide selection so they would ripen at different times. It seems to have worked out.
OHi! Alice from Colorado USA, I'm so gelouse of all your acreages! Nice looking trees. Good job! Happy Holidays🎅👋
Colorado, wow! That's a very high elevation part of the world! Can you even grow citrus trees there with all the cold and snow and all?
Thank you for the video! It was very educational.
Just want to say in terms about you lemon comment and not biting into one.... I am not a fan of oranges but love eating the lemons instead.
I love this video and I have shared it. Thank you.
I would like there to be a video on how to grow citrus trees in a tropical climate. Overall, the internet is biased towards people growing things in cold or temperate climate conditions, but some of us live in the tropics.
I guess this could be because the majority of western countries lie within the temperate zone, but still, it would be nice to have a bit more more balance.
I am growing lemons and I live in a tropical climate. 350 days out of the year the max. temperature is above 30 degrees Celcius and 355 days of the year the minimum temperature is above 20 degrees Celcius. For 4 months there is consistent rainfall, for 2 months there is some sporadic rainfall and for the remainder of the year (6 months) there is little to no rainfall. During the latter dry period, I generally water my plants daily as it's bone dry and with the low humidity and high temperatures, the soil dries up very quickly.
I have three lemon trees. Two of them were purchased at the same time, about 2 years ago, the third one about a year ago. The one growing in full sun (all day sun) has not borne one single fruit. I pruned it down and am now letting it re-establish itself. The second one in partial shade receives little sun in the morning, but full sun in the afternoon. It is producing a good amount of lemons. In the first year, I got about 16 lemons. This year I've already harvested around 20 and there are around 25 more left on the tree.
Some lemons have discolored flesh, but the juice tastes exactly like what lemons should taste like. I'm getting some rather small lemons and a few rather large ones.
Why is it that lemons grown in temperate climates seem to produce consistently large, bright yellow lemons, but here I only get greenish-yellow or discolored yellow flesh and the fruit are often rather small?
What can I do to get the lemon tree planted in full sun to flower (and therefore, to fruit)?
What is the size of your property? It is amazing. You have really put in lot of hard work plus success cannot be achieved if you don’t have passion for that subject.
I live in Canada if I potted a lemon tree would it survive the qinter indoors . I love watching your videos
Yeah if ur lighting in the room is good
I'm 5 years late but I only just found this video! I have an big old orange tree we don't know what type, maybe a late navel or a Washington navel or maybe a Valencia??? Anyway, I'm thinking of trying to propigate it using cuttings.
Hi Mark! Another great video that I hadn't watched before! Always so much interesting information and inspiration thank you!
I would appreciate your help! I'm going to have to MOVE my raised beds to a different area of the property because here, on the south east coast of Italy, this year has been in the 40C plus degrees. The heat and direct sun and has ruined and burned most of my veggies from salads that didn't stand a chance, to sweetcorn, beetroot etc. despite watering, (zucchini are the only ones to produce well, even the tomatoes have suffered with tough skins and cotton-woolly flesh - ok for passatta though! So... I would love your advice please: I have an area of garden where I planted a few fruit trees that in a year or two will provide a little shade, although they are suffering in the heat this year too, as some of them were only planted at the beginning of this year. Can I successfully plant a raised bed vegetable garden amongst the trees? It will mean moving all the raised beds from their location I built four and a half years ago plus all the soil but it may well be worth it... also I have a Well in that location! The only other area I could use is to move the hens to the fruit tree area, and use their enclosed area but the snag is it is also totally exposed to the burning sun dawn until dusk! thank you so much...
For Meyer, at what time they produce the fruits and how long the fruits last. I had one lemon it was here when I bought this house the fruits look similar Meyer or Ereka but I had harvest fruits all year. The fruits not fall off they hanging on the tree until wilt and dried. Unfortunately it die few years ago. I try to find out what it was so I can replace them. I have one Tahitian lime the fruits fall off when it ripen. So I after November I have no lemon and lime for my cooking.
Might get a lemon and Valencia orange and grow in pots. I already have a lime :) thanks for the info
Go for it Carol! Cheers :)
Great video friend, definitely a great list ! 😊
Thank you :)
Blood orange will be great addition of your orchard
I was hoping you would feature kafir lime and calamansi
Awesome video! Thank you
I love this show !
Love your citrus collection. I have 2 young Washington Naval Orange trees. They flower well in spring but the little fruits fall off after a couple of months. I feed them potash. Is there any advice you can give me
What orange variety is super sweet with no acid and no tartness? I had some I was growing from seeds but they all died last summer they were about a year old.Thanks Mark
Hola from south Texas! I just bought a home in June and have 7 mature citrus trees in my backyard and fortunately 6 trees have fruit (I think they're grapefruit and limes?) Not too sure but wasn't to know how much should I water truth be tiled I haven't done any watering but we did have a rainy summer so was hoping weather did my job for me😅
As I think ur area is also winter areas so need some guidance from you how to grow different fruit trees in these areas