Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

When you talk to Horticulturist that don't grow, repair, graft, propagate, etc trees I find they offer little good information on Citrus growing. It is very important to feed your citrus trees with a worm casting, a organic time release citrus balanced fertilizer, and most important - Ironite.



Our Moro Blood Orange got infected with Mites and Greasy Spot. So that is a insect & fungus at the same time. By feeding in December & treating with Neem Oil it was able to spring right back over the winter. In the first & second picture you can see all the new growth along with a ton of blooms. The second picture is the leaves the tree is shedding due to the treatment working.



Here is our Rio Red Grapefruit, a 3 year old tree, so I only allowed 9 grapefruit to remain this past growing season. They take over a year to ripen fully. The second picture are the blooms of a healthy citrus tree fed in December.



Check out the blooms on our Meyer Lemon. Just as temperamental as a Blood Orange, just running away with new growth due to the December feeding.



Key Lime & Persian Lime loaded with blooms.



This tree is 2 years in the container so a total of 3 years old. It was unusual when sold because it was a tiny wisp of a tree just a year old. Not allowed to fruit and regular feedings is why it is growing so fast.