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ewitte · 07-14-2008, 05:54 AM

Over my 1 week vacation that just ended. The citrus had fruit on them already when I purchased them. The average I've seen listed for here is 350 chill hours so I went with the lowest on the apple trees just to be safe. Couldn't you bring that # up artificially though? If you lay something frozen like an ice pack on top of a small layer of mulch it should be above freezing yet under 45F. Also watering once a week with water at 40-45F.

Mexican Lime (moved to 7.5gallon from 3gallon)
Clementine (moved to 7.5gallon from 5 gallon)
Dorsett Apple (ground from 7.5gallon)
Anna Apple (ground from 5 gallon)
Raja Puri (moved to 20gallon from 7.5gallon)
(not fruit) Self watering container of black Aztec corn

07-14-2008, 05:54 AM	#14 (permalink)
ewitte ewitte's Photo Gallery Location: Houston Zone: 9 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 449 BananaBucks : 68,471 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 194 Times in 107 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	Re: What did you plant today? (Fruit Trees) Over my 1 week vacation that just ended. The citrus had fruit on them already when I purchased them. The average I've seen listed for here is 350 chill hours so I went with the lowest on the apple trees just to be safe. Couldn't you bring that # up artificially though? If you lay something frozen like an ice pack on top of a small layer of mulch it should be above freezing yet under 45F. Also watering once a week with water at 40-45F. Mexican Lime (moved to 7.5gallon from 3gallon) Clementine (moved to 7.5gallon from 5 gallon) Dorsett Apple (ground from 7.5gallon) Anna Apple (ground from 5 gallon) Raja Puri (moved to 20gallon from 7.5gallon) (not fruit) Self watering container of black Aztec corn Last edited by ewitte : 07-14-2008 at 06:04 AM.