Totally cool! It'll prolly look really awesome as it fills in. Nice selection of hairstyles too, lol.

Hey, the house looks cool too and the completed hedge. If you want fruit though don't trim as the tree needs to attain a certain node count before they fruit.

Nice work! Those citrus trees sure are lucky to have such a wonderful view of the water! This here's an example of edible landscaping at its finest:)

I'm jealous! Wish I lived in a climate where I could plant my citrus in the ground. Where did you get all the unusual varieties? I have this thing about collecting one of everything. I want one of them all.
Marty

Thanks for all the comments everyone! I think I am about done now. Just some grafting to do now.

Bencelest, Good to know about the node count. I wonder if there is a table somewhere?

Marty, My complete collection is 90% from 2 nursuries. Durling's and Four Winds. Clausen, Brokaw and Laverne make up the other 10%. Four Winds is the only Mail Order.

I don't think there is any. I learned that from Millet. All he said is that citrus has to grow so many nodes before it will flower and if you keep cutting or trimming those branches you are taking away the nodes that is suppose to add to the node counts so in theory if you keep prunning your citrus every year it will never flower or fruit.
He never say how many or there is a table.
Just ask him.
But this I don't believe pertains to grafted trees. Only trees that came from seed. Grafted trees have already satisfied their node counts but still if you cut the tops off you will drastically reduce your crop.

Here's the answer we were looking for. Mr. Childers also known as 'buddiman' has answered our question regarding the node count. He is a kind and very knowledgeable man regarding citrus. He taught me a lot taking care of my plants.
"Some where I have read they have to make so many flushes of growth before fruiting. If I remember right it is 7 or 8 flushes before they start bearing. The seedling you have can be grafted from bearing trees and they will normally bear the second or third year after grafting. The university of Arizona has excellent instructions on t-budding citrus."

Citrus, I love the way you planted the hedges.. Are you going to keep them pruned or allow to grow tall? Toni

Thanks for the Node Count info Benecelest! I now officially have too many citrus to count flushes, nodes, etc. I think my total number of actual citrus trees is 53. They will fruit when they fruit. I"ll just keep looking at your trees if I want fruit!

Hi Toni, Not going to get tall. Don't want to block too much of the view of San Pedro and the Ocean. I will prune down to 3.5 to 4 feet. But will let them get as wide as they want. The ants are getting to be a problem. So I am working on a tanglefoot, ant bait solution...

Citrus, you have ants..Please check your trees for scale. Do you know what they look like? Toni

Yes indeed. My big in ground grapefruit had a bad problem 2 years ago. Checking tomorrow for problems...

Your citrus hedge looks great. If you are going to have a hedge, why not get fruit from it?

Here's a year old photo of the citrus hedge I am growing in front of my greenhouse. I planted the trees "3 to a hole" so I have 18 different cultivars in the 25 foot raised bed. The hedge is a little over two years old. The trees are a lot bigger now.

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Here's a more recent photo after I took the grass out.

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YOU! You were the person we were talking about early on in this post!!! Your hedge is perfect! And yes, I will be getting fruit from it in about 6 months I think.

I like the photo after you took the grass out.

Thanks!

Cagery, ohhh, how nice..I love it. What do you have 'growing?' in the brick structure? God, you guys are so lucky living in an area where citrus can be kept out yr round..Toni

Toni,

Thanks. The new raised bed has four kinds of plants. The outer ring has almost 100 different kinds of Adenium (Desert Rose) plants and the two inner rings have about 50 varieties of plumeria. There are also a few pineapples and one Euphorbia. I like it better than the grass, too.

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Euphorbia
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Wow, never saw an Adenium w/that color flower..It's beautiful!! And your Euphorbia..Wowie. Do u know its type? I love the leaves and flowers..they're huge. At first glance I thought it a Plumeria..HOw nice..Toni

Toni,

Its Euphorbia punicea.

citrusboy How's your citrus doing today? I'm interested to know how this went for you as I'd like to do something similar