Growing Citrus - Page 4

jjjankovsky · 09-30-2012, 07:36 PM

down here in Mexico, the locals drive a nail or a wood stake into the offending tree...and they believe it. I have a few non-producers and a handfull of nails...stay tuned!

Darkman · 09-30-2012, 08:19 PM

All driving nails will do is put holes in your trunk for disease to enter. It will not help your tree. Please do not do this!

Abnshrek · 09-30-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jjjankovsky

down here in Mexico, the locals drive a nail or a wood stake into the offending tree...and they believe it. I have a few non-producers and a handfull of nails...stay tuned!

They short on iron down there? :^)

jjjankovsky · 09-30-2012, 09:45 PM

well...they also hang red ribbons on non-producing trees...I'm doing it all!

cincinnana · 10-06-2012, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cincinnana

I recently received this Reeds Dwarf Orange Citrus Tree from an 84 year old neighbor.
The tree is at least 15 years old and it has never bloomed .
The reason its never bloomed is my friend just wheeled it in his shed in the fall to overwinter never giving it a chance to bloom naturally....... go figure it is still alive. I know you folks who grow citrus like to see a flower ,however I cannot provide you one for a good id.
The tree was purchased at an exit near Tampa,Florida U.S.A.
I have the original orange and green box instructions .
My question is what variety of orange might this be????
Also how can I force this to bloom for my friend.
The tree is in great health

Any other good ideas which might help me ?
I am more interested on the cultivar .....A Guess perhaps?
Toss out a name .
I need to start somewhere.
I will do the research.

jjjankovsky · 10-06-2012, 09:24 PM

Darkman,

We have no winter here...only superstition.

It's Mexico, and southern at that.

amantedelenguaje · 10-06-2012, 10:12 PM

cincinnana,

Does your friend prune his tree often? Citrus must reach a certain node count before they flower. You can consider each new leaf as another node. The problem is that if your tree grows to node 100, for example, and you prune it back to node 50, then the tree must start growing again at node 50. Pretend you need to reach node 300 for the plant to flower. If you keep pruning the tree back, then it will never reach its required node count, hence it will never flower. I cannot tell you a definite node count for your tree or any tree. If the tree is grafted, the scion stock may have already reached the required node count, so your tree may be capable of flowering. However, since the tree has not flowered in the past, it probably has not reached its required node count.

I have citrus trees also. I usually have to bring them inside during the 1st or 2nd week of November and throughout the winter. About 2-4 weeks after I bring them in, they flower. I have to pollinate my citrus throughout the winter if I want fruit. It is my understanding that stress induces flowering in citrus--for instance, a dry period or a sudden change of environment. Is it possible that your friend's tree does flower when he throws it in the shed, but no bees or a person is around to pollinate it? Then the flowers would just dry up and he would never see fruit. My citrus do not flower during the spring or summer when the bees are around to pollinate.

My Meyer Lemon, December 29, 2011

venturabananas · 10-07-2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by cincinnana

Any other good ideas which might help me ?
I am more interested on the cultivar .....A Guess perhaps?
Toss out a name .

We need a close up of the leaves, this photo is too far away, and something for scale. Even then, a lot of citrus look similar.

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