Mike. You steal my thunder? Never

In fact it is people like you that makes this forum a great place to come to, and such a breath a fresh air.
Many come and go, some just sit by the side lines, while some take an active part in these forums and you are a rich blessing to this one in particular.

Such beautiful blooms and look at all that green. You are doing a tremendous job and wait until you see how they react even further to the gritty mix.

Thanks and as soon as I am feeling better, I will come back and add some pics and what mine are up too.

Great idea and I hope Buylady sees this one:-)

Mike

My lemon is doing well after it's leaf dropping incident it's leaves have almost completely come back.

My calamondim is going mad and it's on it's second set of flowers, the 1st set was almost 100% pollination, I'm very impressed with it and I love the fruit and I don't consider it particularly sour really.

I've got 2 lemon seedlings setting it's 2nd set of proper leaves and I've just planted some kaffir lime seeds. In 10yrs time I'll have a fair plantation going.

Whats everyone else doing?

Well, trying to stop buying citrus trees for one :-) Although I do need to replace 3 little Kumquats that I let die (I did, I'm guilty.) They were in pots in my English Knot Garden, and one has managed to root through the clay pot, but the other 3 I didn't get around to running drips up through the pot, and just got way too busy last summer, and they've succumbed to not enough water. Bad tree mommy. So, I'm going to replace them with a more enticing variety. I'll be very interested to see if my dog starts eating them. We had a little Kumquat tree in our backyard way back in the early 90's that produced scads of Kumquats, but they kept disappearing from the tree. Couldn't figure out where they were all going until I caught my dog in the act of gently pulling them off and eating them. Amazing, since they're pretty sour. And madferret (you must give us your name, I can't possibly call you that), I'm now going to get the gumption up to try one of my variegated Calamondins. I just grow them for their ornamental value, and always thought they were too sour for my liking, but I'm going to be brave and try one, once they ripen up. Off to Costco to do a wee bit of shopping, and I swear, I'm going to walk right past all those 4 Winds citrus trees. I swear I will. They will not find a spot in my cart, they will NOT come home with me (clicking my heels 3 times.)

Patty S.

Hi Patty!!:-))))

We will see about that..lol How can anyone pass up a Four Winds tree and not succumb to temptation?lol
By the way, I have been quite sick lately and did take a look at the last post you made with pics. Was too tired to respond, but now I have to tell you what a beautiful home you have and great yard. You are blessed and so are we to have you a part of this forum. Thanks for the pictures. The more the merrier.:-)

Madferret: Congrats on your trees. I am happy your leaves stopped dropping. You must be doing something right or your tree, you threatened it, or it is just being grateful to be alive now.

Mike:-)))

Well, back from Costco. Dodged the bullet as they only had stuff I already had. And my local Costco had citrus from LaVerne Nursery and not Four Winds. So, I'll be on the hunt to replace my 3 Kumquats with 3 Meiwa Kumquats. Will have to check out all the online options, as I don't think any of my growers nearby have this particular Kumquat.

Sorry you're under the weather, Mike. And thank you for the very kind words about my home. We feel extremely blessed to have had the opportunity to be able to come back home to California. I really thought I'd never be able to come back. And, to be able to select anywhere in California to live allowed us to pick a place that has the "best weather in the United States". So, I literally count my blessings every single night. Just put my Page and my Gold Nugget mandarins in the ground today in the front yard, and will put my Cara Cara navel in the ground tomorrow in the back if I can squeeze it in (I think they are a pretty vigorous tree, so I may end up putting it in the front where it will have more room). So, that's what's up in March for me :-)

Patty S.

Mike: I just had a quiet word with it about how citrus trees make good firewood and a few days afterwards a few leaves popped up. It later confessed to being a little upset about being removed from it's previous home, from it's family and friends, but that actually it liked it's new home and the fresh pot it was in was quite (in his own words) roomy. I apologised for the firewood comment and promised to read to it from my local seed catalogue on cold evenings.

We are now on good terms.

Nick

LOL Thats funny Nick.

Hah, Nick (much better, thank you), you're a smoother talk, lucky little citrus tree to have you! Things are also perking up here with my citrus outside, too. Most everything is pushing out a new flush and either blossoming (grapefruit are actually setting fruit) or pushing out blossoms with the exception of my Bearss lime, Moro and Pixie mandarin, so they all got a good pinch for being tardy. Hopefully I'll see some new growth in the next month from them. Here are some pretty photos of the Cocktail and Melogold blossoms:

First is the Cocktail, which is already setting wee little fruits:
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And the Melogold blossoms are just gorgeous and gigantic. And they both smell out of this world:
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Patty S.

Hey, everyone!

Not much happening out my way, other than a flush of growth on my Moro, and some purple nubs
of new growth on my variegated pink Lemon (which I'm eager to re-pot in the next month or so).

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Josh

Great to see and hear what is happening with your trees. I have a Myers lemon tree, a Satsuma orange, Grapefruit and a naval orange planted in the ground. I also have two Mandarins and a Limequat in large pots.

The ones on the ground lost all their leaves this winder but they are now full of tiny leaves and a bunch of blossoms. The ones in pots did not loose their leaves and they have blossoms and new leaves. The limequat has been producing for the last16 months.

I already have my mixture of organic bug repellent ready to go to keep out unwanted pests. I am new here and if I can figure how to post my photos, I will do so. Love my fruit trees.

I would love to see your pictures Carino. Nice to see you here.

Hey Josh. Sick as a dog today, but not enough to hold be back from saying I love your trees and the looks of them. Keeping my fingers crossed for you to see some nice blossoms. From the sounds of it, your variegated might do something like that. They tend to blossom frequently through out the year.
Are those wandering Jews I see in your pot? Great idea.
Is that the Ponderosa sitting in front?:-)

Patty: Such pretty flowers! Those on the Melogold almost look like my Oro Blanco tree. Big and very fragrant.

Nick, way too funny..lol It works every time. Just ask my gardenias..
Mike

First over winter with my Key Lime and it went terrible. Started off well enough, began to flower but then it started to drop it's leaves and it continued to drop leaves until they were all gone. Thought it was dead until I noticed tiny leaves growing back on one of the stems.

I just don't think I have enough light for a prolonged stay indoors so I can't get this thing outside soon enough.

Well, came back from Clausen's with 3 very lovely little Meiwa Kumquats. Full of fruit. I asked for smaller ones since they're going in these pots (that I plan on removing the bottoms to if I can figure out how to do that with a clay pot, anyone have any ideas??) and a 5 gal. Wekiwa Tangelo. Dr. Manners has warned me, but Ray at Clausen's says that their well established Wekiwa is super sweet and not heavy with Naringin. So, hoping my little Wekiwa will taste as nice.

Asked about an Ugli tangelo, but they didn't have any, nor a Red Smith Valencia, so I ordered the Red Smith from Four Winds. Four Winds didn't have an Ugli, either. I'd love to find one, but cannot find an online source anywhere, so I may be searching in vain for that one :-(

Mike, what on earth is ailing you. I'm and RN. Hope whatever it is, you're on the mend. And those Oro Blanco blossoms will be identical to the Melogold since they are "1st cousins". Just wish my Oro Blanco would bloom. Still trying to recover from 3 cold snaps we had within about a 6 week period. Unusual for us to have so much cold. I see I need to pick up some Tanglefoot as I have ants walking around the Melogold flowers. No aphids now, as I sprayed everything with Spinosad + Volk Oil, so they're searching in vain (queue evil laugh).

Carino, upload your photos to Photobucket, then click on the HTML code. It will copy to your clipboard. Then, just use your Paste command (Ctrl+V) and paste the HTML code right into the body of your message and your photo will appear. Very cool :-)

And, had a taste of a sweet lemon (limetta) at Clausen's. Very interesting! The tree was absolutely gorgeous and I was so mad I left my phone at home, or I would have snapped a photo and posted it. It was so perfect it almost didn't look real. And, acres and acres of citrus trees for sale all in neat little rows. Meyer Mike, you would feel like you died and went to citrus heaven! I promise I'll take some pics next time I'm there. They are wonderful folks, love that nursery. And they give me wholesale prices since I'm a Hort Society member and buy almost all my fruit trees from them (like 90%). They are just great folks and I am so lucky to have them. They are realy a wholesale nursery that kindly lets retail folks shop there. 2nd or 3rd generation nursery and a fixture in N. San Diego County, California. And 15 minutes from my house. Ouch.

Patty S.

Here is a link that might be useful: Clausen's Nursery

I5 minutes from your house!? Ouch is right..

You would find every pay check I get going into their pockets.

I can't get rid of this weakness and nagging cough and heavy chest, so off to the Doctors this am Patty. The Sudafed and Robitussin just are not working since last Saturday. If anything, I feel all drabby with the meds and definitely not my energetic self.:-(

I hope I can get some much needed help this am since my appointment is in 1 hour. Thanks Patty. I will be back to read everything else later.

Have a great day and watch that you don't burn a hole in your pockets..:-)

Mike

So glad you're heading the the doctor's, Mike. And I have promised myself no more trees until I get everything in the ground, lol! I have 6 poms, 4 apples, 2 cherries, 3 kumquats and 3 oranges to get planted. Not to mention about 10 ornamentals. Busy, busy week, lol!!

Patty S.

Hey, Mike, I hope you're feeling better today!

You are correct about the plants I posted: Ponderosa Lemon in the foreground (sorry, barely got in the pic),
and Wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina) in the Moro Blood Orange container.

Thanks for the continuing wishes for blooms...but I still think this new growth is foliage.
Part of the issue might be the large size of the container. I'm going to use a smaller container when
I re-pot the Pink Lemon, to see if that will help with blooming.

Josh

Well the weather went from winter to summer in about a week here. Everything has been outside day and night for awhile now. All is blooming and growing fruits. I had a bit of leaf loss over the winter and a small battle with red mites, but for the most part everything made it through ok.
whole collection
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satsuma flowering nicely
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mike

Wow Mike, that is very impressive! Quite the collection you have! So excited for you!!

I wish it would warm up here too! Still in the 30's at night. We are lucky to be at 55 during the day.... :( It will be a while before mine goes outside I am afraid.

Do you mind if I ask what the green hose looking things are that are coming off all the little pots that are on the shelf?

Do you have an irrigation system set up?

~Jessica

Hey Jessica

Thanks for the comments. Hang in there warm temps are on the way. And dont worry, before too long you'll have more than you can handle also. The green is just some copper wire to hold them in place. In our state song the line "Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain," holds very true here. We have had consistent winds of 15-20 mph with gust up to 30 for days now. In fact the lemon on the left is in a rescue pot because I came home one day and it had blown off the shelf and broken. Luckily it was overcast and cool so it didnt loose much moisture.

mike

I was going to start a thread like this, 'cuz i got news.

You remember when i told you guys that the remaining citrus from the Brother Disaster (as i now call it)had many flower buds? I pinched about half of them off, and leaf buds came up a day later under those flower buds. GOod idea? i think so.

Some lemon seeds i put down in early december germinated recnetly, i saw green today!
I call this ONE, because its biggest.
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This is TWO, its smaller.
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Here are them both, lol, they are very small, i had to get VERY close to the cup
ONE on the left, TWO on the right
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I would take pictures of my new 3 citrus, but someone stole my memory card (long story), so my camera only will hold 3 pictures. My orange's yellow newgrowth has greened up, and is thicker, its doing great, they all are actually. My key lime stopped growing thorns, i hope that lasts.
Andrew

Well look it here!

Mike: Fantastic and they all look so nice. I only wish I could put mine out for a day. I only had a chance to spray them off with a house and them right back into my home and pop up. It is suppose to be 15 degrees colder than normal for the next 10 days! I don't know what is worst now, worrying if my plants will make it, or if I will my next oil tank fill up. At this point, caring for my plants is the least of my problems and far from enjoyable lately having to keep them cooped up indoors what looks like well beyond their time.:-(
Great job Mike

Andrew: Well, well. Look at that. You are going to have fun with them babaies. Congrats buddy! Have fun.

Josh, if you see this: How is it going with you and your plants lately? I hear your weather has been no better than mine, at least in the rain and wind department, and have you sprouted blooms yet?
I am still feeling under the weather. I think I need more than one day of full warm sun to make a difference in how I feel. I am so seasonally affected.

I hear the Ponderosa had an accident? I hope it is ok. Have no fear, I have another waiting in the wings if it should fail you:-) I will e-mail you later.

Hi Patty! How's it going there? How are your trees holding up? Talk about obnoxious weather lately. Our poor trees!

So far so good with my trees. They are all in bloom and clean of pests thank God!

Mike

I only have one little Meyer Lemon tree right now. I hope to buy several more trees this season as soon as they start to arrive in my area. I really want to get my hands on a lime, Washington Navel Orange and maybe another Meyer.

But I thought I would share my little tree with all of you anyway. :) My collection is no where near the scale of some of the more experienced growers collections on this forum are, but I am really proud of it! So I am going to share it with all of you.

The fact that it is just a little 12" stick! , and only has about nine leaves in total, but it has a TON of blossoms on it makes me smile.

Over the last week it has begun to bloom and my house smells amazing! I spend a little time with it each morning, cross pollinating each flower as they open. I am really enjoying the whole experience.

I can't wait to take it outside in a few months.

Meet my (little) Meyer:
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photobucket changed and its hard to find my pics
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LOOK AT THE NEW GROWTH here::::::::
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HAPPY CAMPER here:::::::::::::LOL

wow we all made it thru the WINTER hello every one!!!!

Wow! Little baby seedlings! Still crossing my fingers that my wee fat little Sumo seed sprouts. Nothing, yet, but I only planted it on 3/17, so that would be pretty soon to see any sprouting, even on a mat and in a sunny window.

Meyer Mike, we survived a very blustery storm Saturday through Monday, with pretty high winds (40 mph gusts). Knocked one Rio Red off the little tree, which was still pretty puckery (whew, takes your breath away!) Everything survived, no broken limbs or otherwise unhappy citrus. Lots of blooming, and I think I'm finally seeing the beginnings of a flush and bloom on my Moro and Bearss. But, we're in for more of the same through Friday. MORE rain on top of the 1 1/2" we just received.

Patty S.

Everyone: Wow, i have great weather, 3 days of light rain straight, then 2 weeks of sunlight, and NEW GROWTH ON EVERY TREE AROUND! It even SMELLS like spring here, everything is a different shade of green, its fantastic. I'll take some pics later to satisfy and cheer up you cabin'd up northies. Someone stole my memory card, so i can only take 3 pics at a time, so it's an effort, but that makes it more worthwile.

Now back to my trees!

My meyer lemon put out even more flower buds. They are a vibrant shade of purple, even the stems; that is a good thing, correct?
Nothing open yet though, but close. Those trees have been outside for a week if that helps, they love it. My poor damaged meyer's leaf buds look bigger too, but not much, i sure hope he gets some leaves soon, he's bare almost, a foot long, and 3 leaves :(.

My oranges new growth looks alot better, my key lime is still thornless, and my other meyer still thorny and stubborn.
My orange is the only citrus of mine with new leaf growth, though none of those three young citrus have flower buds yet.

Number ONE pot (see pics above) has another baby seed sprout, i think i planted 5 in each, so i hope to get some more. For those who are eager to plant citrus seeds, GET ORAGANIC CITRUS. The seeds from non-organic lemons were planted a three months earlier, under the same conditions, are have yet to show anything, i'm going to give those up in another month.

The seeds from the organic lemons were nice, big, round, and shapely. The non-organic seeds were small and shriveled, without exception.

Andrew

Hey, all!

It's been raining nearly non-stop for over a week now...lots and lots of water.

Mike, no blooms yet. The Ponderosa was bent over when my cold-frame blew over...during that same
windstorm that Patty mentioned upthread. However, I straightened the tree, and hoping for the
best. I'll keep that extra Ponderosa in mind, though ;-)

Josh

Buylady!!!!!:-)))))))))))))) Look at your trees! I am so very proud of you. How are you doing?
Wish you around these parts more often.
I am so happy to see your pictures, and look how much they have improved since we tried to fix them months ago.
Just wonderful my friend. Many hugs to you and do enjoy this beautiful day. Please don't disappear too long.
I hope there is someone around there to help and suppoprt you to get them outside and get around:-)

Josh: I am just happy they are still alive and doing well after all that! Thank God for your gritty mix and therefore no root rot! I hope you finally get some sun and warmth for a change like I think California is suppose to be.

Andrew: I am so happy to hear you are seeing flowers! Yahoo...Thanks for the advice on organic seeds too.

Patty: TGIF!
I can't beleive all that rain you and Josh are getting! And it still keeps coming. Thank goodness it is not all in snow form. I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys if you keep them crossed for me to get warmth!

Jessica: Bravo! Bravo! I'll bet you just LOVE that fragrance and you are itching to go out and get more as soon as possible..lol. I told you.
Once you see how well your trees do when you aquire knowledge about PWT's in containers, and learn how to maipulate it with the mixes you make, anything is possible!

Thank you for posting your pictures and the hard work you you do to help us to be able to do same.
Your thread about your mixes and process has helped many I tell you.

Mike:-)

we should do one of these everymonth, they are so much fun

i won't Mike promise can't stay away to long an miss out on all pics and progress every one has made...yes they are i love seeing others doing so well....can't wait to get them out on the deck soon wow we had 77 deg. one day an snow an ice the next today infact...holy cow i've got baby fruit on some that lost their tags and now i'll finally no what they are LOL wow i love this site..doin fine how are you doing Mike???

I went to several nurseries today....my grandma felt like goin on a drive. At HD, i got seeds for lemon basil, lime basil, and lemon balm. I also got a large rosemany and some stevia.

But at a different nursery, they had 4 citrus. THESE ARE THE FIRST CITRUS I AHVE EVER SEEN IN ARKANSAS!!!! they were laden with fruit...blooms........and SCALE!!!! I told them they had scale, and someone immediatly walked out with some FE...im so proud of them. Stunk the whole place up though. There were 3 calamondins, and a variegated calamondin. I didnt purchase anything though **ducks your slaps**, on account of the scale. While i was talking the to friendly owner, she mentioned that yes, this was their first time carrying citrus, and since the 20 they got went down to 4 in a week, plan to order some more mid april or may. They will have a much larger variety then, so i plan to go back. Hopefully i can finnaly snag the illustrious pink eureka, but i dont think i will. MAN! i want that tree.

I say just get the Pink Eureka, Andrew. Let the friendly owner know you want one so she can order one for you. They are so pretty. What the heck. You only go around once. Live life on the Pink Eureka lemon edge, that's what I say. Go for it.

For me, getting the entire yard mulched. Will NOT say what this costs. Suffice to say it is many, many, many citrus trees. But, living in So. Cal. as I do, every plant will be very happy come August :-) And, if it will stop raining this weekend, I'll be putting in my Sanguinelli and my wee little Red Valencia. I have to laugh a bit - I'll snap a photo of my $60 Four Winds Red Valencia next to my $42.00 Clausen Nursery Oro Blanco. So you can see why I hesitate to order anything from an online nursery. Only reason I did was 'cause Clausen's and other nurseries didn't have a Red Valencia in stock. Wow. We're talking 2 years or more worth of growth. Not that the little Red Valencia isn't a nice little tree (emphasis on the word "little"), but I guess I'm spoiled a bit, living close to Clausen's :-)

Patty S.

i wish i lived in Cali, i could just GO and get one of these.
Whats a sanguinelli?
They werent very friendly there, i just didnt want to post that there. I'd rather not talk to that lady ever again. If you didnt know this, im 14 and in high school. She was VERY condescending, and it aggravates me to no end.

Sorry about that, Andrew.
As you know, I've had some run-ins with condescending nurserywomen, too....
infact, I almost didn't buy the Pink Lemon because of it, but I really wanted the tree.
And to think, that dummy said I'd kill the tree with the fertilizer I've been using.
Well it ain't dead yet, dumbo! That's all I can say about that.

Anyhow, be patient, you'll get your tree. Hell, I was 32 before I got my first Pink Lemon ;-)
You're way ahead of the curve!

Hang tight, Patty, they *say* we should have some nice weather next week....
I certainly hope so. It's been rain and hail up my way. And wind, lots of wind.

Josh

lol, i sure do remember your saleswoman! It just aggravates me when people equate young with stupid, and/or inexperienced.

Lol, 2min ago, i heard rain...OH SH...OH SHOOT! My citrus were chummin it out in the rain. I would have left them outside, but i heard how big the drops were, and i saw lightining. So, my leaves look like they are freshly misted (covered in water drops)...No problems but 2. In cup TWO of my seedlings, the little guy was buried, and i dont wanna go digging for him in case there are some delicatly germinating seeds still under. Oh well, if he is alive, he'll resurface.
The other problem was the heavy rain KNOCKED OFF ONE OF MY MEYERS FLOWER BUDS...which makes me kinda sad. Oh well, it was the smallest one. There are 4 more.

gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree, gotta get me that tree!

Andrew

Sir Andrew,

At my age they equate old with stupid. Just hang in there and get what you want. Don't let them deter you. And even when they are condescending try to be polite. It puts you on a whole different level than the one they live on. Good luck in your quest. If I had a pink Eureka, I'd send you a shoot so that you could try grafting but I don't. Say that reminds me. If you can grow root stock, even from seedlings, you might be able to get scions from the University of California and practice grafting. Whether they take or not you would learn a lot.

Cath

OOOhhh, i have some natural rootstock going!!!!
do i have to pay for the UofC scion?
i'm poor, and my paypal is barren. Well, i HAVE money, its just not internet transferable, its cold hard cash.

OK, on to other news, and this is for EVERYONE.

With your permission, whatever, i have an idea.
We do these updates once a month. I can make a powerpoint of all the pics from everymonth, and give it to anyone thorugh email who wants it. I think, if everyone posts monthly pics of their plants, its a good way to watch them grow. Kind of like a citrus year (month) book.

Sir Andrew,

Fall of 2009 I ordered fig cuttings from the University of California. They only charged shipping. I only did it once so your best bet is to check the Fig Forum for details of the University's scion program. Then check the University website they give. You'll also have to check the varieties they have available. Good luck.

Cath

ty
I guess my official nickname is Sir Andrew now, lol
Whaddya think about my idea guys?

I'd rather have ur permission to use your picks in a pwrpnt, even though i'd say whose tree it was...

Well, Sir Andrew. You're mighty mature for 14. And yes, I distinctly remember 14. In fact, it is permanently burned on my brain forever until I die (whether I want to remember it or not). I dare say just about every other GW Citrus Forum member will concur. And yes, many "adults" treat 14 yo's like they don't have a brain up there. Mainly because most 14 yo's don't (I was one once, and frequently did not remember to take my brain with me on occasion.) Could be worse - you could be a 14 yo girl mistaken for a 14 yo boy. The two adults weren't condescending, just stupid. Or blind. Or possibly both :-) Yea. That DID happen. And, pretty sure I don't look like a boy. Then or now :-) 14 can be a wee bit rough. It does get better, though. Promise.

And, a Sanguinelli is a blood orange, and quite delicioso. But, rather tempermental as far as weather goes. They like it a bit hotter than I usually get where I live, but I'm going to give it a try, along with my Moro blood orange. Here's a link to the Sanguinelli on the Citrus Pages: http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/bloodoranges.html#sanguinelli
And, I added a link to the Sanguinelli on UCR Citrus Collection's web site, too.

Patty S.

Here is a link that might be useful: UCR Citrus Collection - Sanguinelli Blood Orange

very cool looking, i might have to look into one of those...except i do not think i have the heat for it.

Patty, do you like the idea of a monthly thread and powerpoint documenting the growth of our beloved foliagial friends?

Hail, Sir Andrew of the Lemon! Good morrow! ;-)

I like the idea of a monthly Citrus progress Thread, and I'll try to get a pic or two monthly.
This month, I'm just waiting for some warm weather to kick my trees into high gear.

Josh

Woot, i'll get on that soon.

Dictated, but not Read (jk),
Sir Andrew of the Lemon, Newb Extrodinaire, Slayer of Gnats, Pruner of Trees, Broke as All-Get-Out, and Stabbed by the Thorns

ok, im going to take the initiative and make this ppt

Email me at andrewofthelemon@gmail.com if you want a copy of the powerpoint,
I need to know what OS you are on, because i need to know what compatible version to save it as for you