Thanks for sharing your experience. Here is a Tip for making your satsuma or tangerine flowers. I have a 3 ft tall tangerine tree that I planted straight in the ground. Happy to say that it has been fruiting for the past three years since I planted it by watering it with blooming fertilizer by miracle grow. Starting in early spring when the sap is rising. All it needs is one table spoon of the mix in one gallon of water. Use rain water and let the mix sit for at least 24 hours before watering. Then repeat after two weeks. Try it you never know. Mine usually starts to flower in about 5 days. With such a small tree I would get about two dozen fruits each time. But my 20 ft tall grapefruit tree can produce tons!
I added a grow light next to my owari satsuma last winter. I think it did pretty well, all things considered. It set a bunch of fruit this year, but it's only holding onto one now (I'd like to get it to ripen over the winter). I'll probably graft some other stuff onto it once it gets a little bigger. Wouldn't mind a lime or lemon and maybe a kumquat, too. It's in a 15 gallon container right now, and I will probably root prune it occasionally to keep it from getting too big.
@@sirauron14 Roleadro LED Grow Light, Galaxyhydro Series 1000W Indoor Plant Grow Lights Full Spectrum with UV&IR for Veg and Flower on Amazon. Plenty of similar ones. Full spectrum and no/low heat.
I'm in zone 6 and have a Meyer Lemon and Naval Orange, both planted in half whiskey barrels. If I could do it over I honestly wouldn't have bought them. I dont have a good spot to store them in the winter and the varieties are ones that could be purchased year round at the grocery store. Definitely should have up potted slowly because they take up way too much room so now I plan to graft the orange onto the lemon and just have one tree to deal with.
You also said in this video you would show the indoor growing space. I probably don't need it but others may have wanted to see what you do. I use grow lights, humidifier, fan and window light.
I bring my 3 years old citrus when outdoor and door temperature is approximaly same. And take out citrus the same way. Had no problem. Flushing like any other plant
I'm using a similar potting mix for my citrus as I have for my figs. I think I'm somewhere between 20-25% coarse perlite and the rest is water retentive materials (i.e. peat, coir). The tree seems to be really happy, and my other fruit trees like the fast draining, well aerated mixes. My tree started off in a 3 gallon pot for the first year, 8 or 10 gallon for the 2nd and now is in a 15 gallon now. If I had anything but a really well draining mix, I don't think the tree would have tolerated those size jumps. I definitely had a soil mix that was too moist at one point and you could tell what part of the roots had died back.
I have a citrus I started from seed just for fun. It is a sweet variety, so I am now not expecting too much. Can I graft lime and lemon onto that root stock?
Are lime, lemon and sweet orange part of the citrus family? If so, just do a T-insicion on the sweet orange and graft buds (very short, green cuttings) from pruned off lime and lemon branches and slide them in the insicion, keep the graft moist and hopefully the it will take hold.
Ross, I like the microphone you are using. Which one is it please? Thanks. Thought we were going to see you bring them indoors, and do you use lights on them indoors? I use a fan, humidifier and lights.
Hi Ross I have a lemon tree I bring in for winter i am in the NYC area. Is it a good idea to hit plant with a bone meal high phosphorus to strengthen the roots for winter ?
@@gardenoftruth8265 Grapefruit is not considered more cold hardy than oranges in general, both are typically cold hardy to about 27-28 F° or -2/-3C° if hardened to cold weather in advance. Maybe you're thinking of a certain cold hardy variety of grapefruit? To play it safe, it's always best to avoid frost altogether, but if not possible, only subject them to frost for shorter periods of time, such as during the night. @Guitar Kitchen Grapefruit is called Citrus x Paradisi, and is considered something in between an orange and a lemon. The 'x' in the scientific name hints that it's a hybrid, or cross, between other citrus.
Don't take this the wrong way, but I personally find your videos too long. Some may have time to watch all but many don't. I find myself FF to the informative bits. If you can condensed them and keep them under 10 mins it would be fantastic. Thank you for making these videos.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Here is a Tip for making your satsuma or tangerine flowers. I have a 3 ft tall tangerine tree that I planted straight in the ground. Happy to say that it has been fruiting for the past three years since I planted it by watering it with blooming fertilizer by miracle grow. Starting in early spring when the sap is rising. All it needs is one table spoon of the mix in one gallon of water. Use rain water and let the mix sit for at least 24 hours before watering. Then repeat after two weeks. Try it you never know. Mine usually starts to flower in about 5 days. With such a small tree I would get about two dozen fruits each time. But my 20 ft tall grapefruit tree can produce tons!
I added a grow light next to my owari satsuma last winter. I think it did pretty well, all things considered. It set a bunch of fruit this year, but it's only holding onto one now (I'd like to get it to ripen over the winter). I'll probably graft some other stuff onto it once it gets a little bigger. Wouldn't mind a lime or lemon and maybe a kumquat, too. It's in a 15 gallon container right now, and I will probably root prune it occasionally to keep it from getting too big.
I added a grow light last year for overwintering and it made a huge difference. No defoliation and fruit grew through the winter.
What kind of grow light did you get?
@@sirauron14 Roleadro LED Grow Light, Galaxyhydro Series 1000W Indoor Plant Grow Lights Full Spectrum with UV&IR for Veg and Flower on Amazon. Plenty of similar ones. Full spectrum and no/low heat.
Dan G thanks!!
Ross, you sound so Italian talking about cooking with citrus!
I'm in zone 6 and have a Meyer Lemon and Naval Orange, both planted in half whiskey barrels.
If I could do it over I honestly wouldn't have bought them. I dont have a good spot to store them in the winter and the varieties are ones that could be purchased year round at the grocery store. Definitely should have up potted slowly because they take up way too much room so now I plan to graft the orange onto the lemon and just have one tree to deal with.
Beef roast with onion garlic mushroom and thyme with red wine reduction- slow cook in Dutch oven -excellent.
You also said in this video you would show the indoor growing space. I probably don't need it but others may have wanted to see what you do. I use grow lights, humidifier, fan and window light.
Great video Ross, almost lost my lime last winter due to huge scale attack and root rot, will be much more careful this year
I bring my 3 years old citrus when outdoor and door temperature is approximaly same. And take out citrus the same way. Had no problem. Flushing like any other plant
I'm using a similar potting mix for my citrus as I have for my figs. I think I'm somewhere between 20-25% coarse perlite and the rest is water retentive materials (i.e. peat, coir). The tree seems to be really happy, and my other fruit trees like the fast draining, well aerated mixes. My tree started off in a 3 gallon pot for the first year, 8 or 10 gallon for the 2nd and now is in a 15 gallon now. If I had anything but a really well draining mix, I don't think the tree would have tolerated those size jumps. I definitely had a soil mix that was too moist at one point and you could tell what part of the roots had died back.
Thank you for your information 🤳
I have a citrus I started from seed just for fun. It is a sweet variety, so I am now not expecting too much. Can I graft lime and lemon onto that root stock?
Are lime, lemon and sweet orange part of the citrus family? If so, just do a T-insicion on the sweet orange and graft buds (very short, green cuttings) from pruned off lime and lemon branches and slide them in the insicion, keep the graft moist and hopefully the it will take hold.
Ross, I like the microphone you are using. Which one is it please? Thanks. Thought we were going to see you bring them indoors, and do you use lights on them indoors? I use a fan, humidifier and lights.
if you are willing to bring inside citrus trees get some jaboticaba and they produce tons worth bringing inside too
Great information for this first time citrus grower on S. What was the name of the silica foliar spray you used? Thanks.
Do you have citrus trees that hold fruit on the trees through the winter
Hi Ross
I have a lemon tree I bring in for winter i am in the NYC area. Is it a good idea to hit plant with a bone meal high phosphorus to strengthen the roots for winter ?
Good question
I wonder if I already killed my lemon tree. Just lost all leaves.
Ok. Prining and spray. Is that all there is to it before bringing inside?
Proper humidity and lighting inside and beware of too much water.
:( The camera isn't showing the plants well. Can you lower it next time? thanks so much.
Hy my friend I have too lime trees I have planted six years ago by seed and have never fruited
By seed it takes too long to get fruits.
Hi - are grapefruit considered sweet or sour, in terms of growing in colder climates? Thanks!
Grapefruit are more cold hardy compared to Orange if you have any questions just Google
@@gardenoftruth8265 Grapefruit is not considered more cold hardy than oranges in general, both are typically cold hardy to about 27-28 F° or -2/-3C° if hardened to cold weather in advance. Maybe you're thinking of a certain cold hardy variety of grapefruit? To play it safe, it's always best to avoid frost altogether, but if not possible, only subject them to frost for shorter periods of time, such as during the night.
@Guitar Kitchen Grapefruit is called Citrus x Paradisi, and is considered something in between an orange and a lemon. The 'x' in the scientific name hints that it's a hybrid, or cross, between other citrus.
It would be nice if you could put the camera on the plant you're talking about instead of on you.
Yes, SEE the subject of interest: HEAR the narration.
That's okay I like looking at him and the trees
Don't take this the wrong way, but I personally find your videos too long. Some may have time to watch all but many don't. I find myself FF to the informative bits. If you can condensed them and keep them under 10 mins it would be fantastic. Thank you for making these videos.