Oh come on Vladimir...if your wife is for it....think of the extra light you'll have anyways. I have a skylight in my upstairs and it is an area that I have designated as "overflow" in case I have trouble stuffing them all downstairs ;-)

I'm sure your wife is thinking of the many culinary uses she will have for the fruit...

Thank you Mike and Laura!!

Grrrr.. For some reason, I am unable to post more than one picture at a time.. Try, try, again... as they say!!

Here is the Bearss Lemon on the day I received it back in the early part of July.

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Here it is today!

The top canopy had all the leaves. It has a nice sturdy trunk. I am getting some good leaf growth down further along the trunk now, which I like a lot.

The leaves on the Bearss has a nice lemon astringent scent to them..

I will try to post some pictures of the Genoa.

Laura, and, Mike, yes! The Oro Blanco has the most gorgeous and the darkest of leaves. I have yet to have any blooms on mine, but, going by your word Mike, I have a lot to look forward to!! Now, go and get a second one!! What are you waiting for!?? Lol

Laura, I am patiently waiting for a premium size Bergamot, or Seville Orange to come back in stock. No one has any available at the moment.. The Chinotto does have beautiful leaves.. Are you aware that Harris carries the Bergamot and Chinotto for online ordering? They just don't have it listed on their website though. I wish they had it in stock..

Vladimir, my husband and I built a log home a number of years ago, and, while it has a lot of windows, all the wood sucks up the light and so, this spring, we saved up the money to purchase two skylights, which we then ordered along with separate frames. We had three contractors come out and look at our metal roof and they all declined to accept the job! They said that it was hard to put skylights in our kind of roof, without worrying about leaking!! The Amish even turned the job down.. I was crushed.. I would so love to have skylights and some extra sun shining through... Think about it..for your wife!! :D

On a side note, we did have a small sunroom added on to our home.. that helps my spirit a bit more during the long and dreary winters that we have..

Laura, here is the Genoa Lemon. It lost the lower half of its leaves in transit and a few more immediately after I transplanted it in its pot. But, it is still a very lovely tree!!

Owari Satsuma

I love, love, love..the leaves and the way the branches extend outward..

Jinny, skylights will definitely make that room more delightful.

I got an Oroblanco for my wife. Soon after I got it some of the leaves turnd yellowish and dropped. I freaked! It has since recovered and it is beautiful. Up till then I refused to get a grapefruit tree because I find grapefruit to be very bitter and really do not like it whereas she loves grapefruit. (I also find broccoli and brussels too bitter.)

Bearss Lime

I am happy to hear your Oro Blanco recovered, Vladimir!

I love grapefruit and broccoli! I can eat any kind of grapefruit plain, whereas, my husband needs sugar on his! He eats sugar on his cottage cheese also..:D

I do not find broccoli to be bitter when I grow it out from seed.. Even my kids love it, as long as it has cheese whiz on it!! Lol

I am not a huge fan of grapefruit, but my younger daughter (6) loves them! She is the one who loved the Nagami kumquats. Funny, she was just looking at "the Beast" (that's his name) and was thrilled that he was already growing tons more kumquats for her! Jinny, I love the look of the Bearss Lemon and the Genoa. I wonder how different they are from each other (the fruits). Do you have any idea? Your trees look great! The Bearss has really grown in the little time you've had it. I remember when you got it - it was not too long ago. My 6 year old wants me to get a Genoa for some reason. Vladimir, when we remodeled our house, we put another floor on (when I was pregnant with my fourth) because we did not fit anymore. Upstairs, all the rooms have tons of windows and we did put in one skylight. If if weren't for that, I would have put a few over the lower part of the house. I actually was thinking of putting one over my breakfast nook where some of my trees sit for winter. I need to look into that.

Vladimir..That is a riot! Does your wife love the citrus trees too? It sounds like you have something going great there..Is there a room that has some light that is not heated at your home? I have an idea for you) As they say" there is always room for one more" lol..That is how I ended up with over 20 and yet they all live too...There use to be a time I could never keep more than a few at once because I would kill them each year having to buy others...Now it's invasion of the citrus tree, new and old!

Jinny..I LOVE skylights and in fact I have two in my sun room..Would you believe that that is not even enough to keep my citrus healthy all winter at room temps? You have not lost much with that....))

You guys are all buying more tree's and more tree's and i am going out of the container growing soon. Since all my tree's are in 20gls containers it is hard to get rid of them. Citrus, figs, atemoya, and a couple others.

Steve, I thought of you today (and Hobby too) as I sat in my front yard this evening with my daughter picking figs from my tree. There were some I could hardly reach. It is amazing how much an in-ground tree produces! They wonderful this year.

Well, I just did some research on the 'Florida Sour Orange ' that Harris sells on their website. It is a Seville Orange.

So, I just placed an order.. :) Wish I would have known earlier in the summer. I have been wanting one, and it is in stock. It will be mailed out next week, hopefully.. I sent a message asking that they please send the Hirado Buntahn that they are replacing. Our temperature is cooling off into the mid seventies next week..Perfect for shipping

My last order of the year.. No more scanning over the mail order websites. Time to get my sunroom in order... It could be just a few weeks away before we start getting frost at night..

I think I'm done for the year too- if I got any more now they wouldn't have time to get a nice growth spurt before going inside for the winter. Plus my room is already crammed, let's face it lol. My electrician is coming out next week to see if I can add a couple more banks of T5s to my room for added light.

Wow Laura I am jealous of your figs! So how many would you say you got this season?

Since my last post on the fig forum a few more of my trees have sprouted figs but they might not ripen all the way. I think I will get a few for sure though, especially off of the big tree I bought this season. So excited!!!

Good plans ladies! You are right about the growth spurt before winter Hobby. I am still on the fence. My growing season is a bit longer than yours...we shall see. Hobby, so far we probably have eaten 15 figs or thereabouts. There are tons more on the tree - ripening daily...maybe 60...not sure. Some are smaller, so they have to grow a bit before they can ripen. Whether that happens depends on how warm the weather remains. It's up to Mother Nature now....

Last year was a mild fall and if it wasn't for the risk of a few nighty lows that are too low my trees could probably have made it into October. But the moving in and out is too stressful, I just do it once permanently for the season.

Just checked the weather and even next week we have some nights predicted to fall into the 40s/8 Celsius.... ouch! It should warm back up again though.

This is my panic season... all my tomatoes, peppers, squash and eggplant have to be watched for lows.. plus the citrus... I watch the weather like I'm obsessed!

Oh, Hobby I feel for you!

I think I will have one last round of citrus buying in fall , planning a trip down South late Sept , so will get a few then . I did a winter simulation and already on my overflow areas , so cant make too many new purchases .

Anyway therez always one offs like last week I got a Ponderosa and next week I will receive a Castello Lime .

jinny Your trees look great and appear to be doing well. I am glade to see that someone other than myself has a New Zealand lemonade tree.

5b Steve Cincinnati, Oh

I have a New Zealand Lemonade tree too Steve. It had lemons but I think the critters got them all.

Cory

I can't say for sure that I'm going to add one to the collection, but I am definitely considering adding a sweet orange (I have Yuzu, Bearss Lime, and a Meyer). Does anyone recommend a particular variety for Seattle? Our summers are very cool - average July and August highs are 78F, so a low heat variety of variety that can keep fruit on the tree into the summer would be best.

Thanks V, I used to live in zone 8b before I was into citrus... now it crushes me to think of all the good growing I could have done there!

Dev great work on the planning! Now a castello lime, wherever did you find that? You find very unique varieties for up here.

Well if for whatever reason you can't find everclear on your travels I would always be interested in perhaps trading a unique citrus you may stumble across for a few bottles!

Steve, I have a NZL too...It had three lemons on it (little ones), but plucked off two. I still worry it is too small to support a lemon. It is now growing more flowers and shoots, but is barely a foot tall. I've never heard of a castellano lime...what is that?

I have a NZL as well , though its small .

Hobby - The Castello is a long story , I was waiting for a Rangpur lime from my Local Landscaper who orders from a California Nursery , the phytosanitary got lost for one of the boxes in transit ( or so the nursery claims) so not only did Customs notify they will destory that box but also witheld the entire shipment for 2 weeks as a consequence he lost 60% of the plants along with it all Rangpurs . He offered to replace it with a Castello which I accepted . Poor guy ! The nursery readily agreed to replace the box with no certificate hopefully they will ship replacements as well for the rest .

Doubt you can ship Everclear :) wouldnt that be nice !, but I can certainly mail you if I see any unique ones that u want and are small . I recall u wanted a NZL , will check if i come across one again .

Thanks guys and dolls! Steve, it looks like a number of us have a N.Z Lemonade tree! Now, I hope we can compare notes on the growth, flowers, and, fruit set in the future.. along with the fruit itself! :)

Now, a few more pictures this morning after a brief morning rain shower.

Shiranui

Red Shaddock

Etrog

Fina Sodea

The above trees came from Harris back in July, and, are growing, and, greening up nicely. A few still have weak stems and need a bit more support for the time being. . But, they are doing well!

Nice! I spoke to Ruth yesterday about the Bearss lemon and will probably order one. A word of warning...I just noticed this morning that the trees I bought from One Green World all had scale. I had not noticed it yet - it was not terrible, but I saw one, and then, when I looked more closely, saw it along the stem and then noticed the ANTS! I was horrified! Thank God I had them separated from my others in the "new tree shady area". I just sprayed them down with neem oil. Just beware. The trees are nice, growing, and look otherwise healthy, but the scale is a definite problem.

Hobby, I had to pick most of my tomatoes just as they were blushing. The darn birds were pecking them something fierce! They pecked my biggest and best tomatoes!! :(

Someone said they did that because of thirst since it was a hot and dry season, but, we have a few water sources on our property, and a fountain for the birds...

Oh, no, Laura! Glad you caught it in time! I have not ordered from them, but, thanks for the heads up. If I remember correctly, Mike said if you receive trees from them and a few other places , to check for bugs, pests..

I check for bugs etc, no matter where I get my trees. .. You can't be too careful!

I think you will like the Bearss Lemon!

Gold Nugget Mandarin is pushing out a lot of new growth! I recently had to up-pot it in the gritty mix. The roots were growing out of the bottom of the pot. Yesterday I also decided to repot my N.Z Lemonade tree. I had used the 5-1-1 mix on several trees, and, it did not drain as well, or, as fast as I would have liked. The soil just seemed to stay a bit mucky than I would like, and, I had plenty of drainage holes in the pots. I have two more trees to change out, and. pot up into larger pots using the gritty mix. Less chance for knats over the winter..

Anyone know where to get a dwarf size orange tree for indoors that is close to bearing fruit or flowering

You are asking about a fall order, huh? I am planning an order 365 days a year!

-Brett

Yes

Would you recommend me getting a gold nugget for zone 6 b indoors. Do you know if there grafted

I am not sure about that iluvmindy. I would say that Four Winds has some the nicest and largest trees you will find, but they may not be bearing. Patience! ;-)

iluvmindy, this is my first year growing Gold Nugget. On Four Winds website, they state that Gold Nugget is good for container growing, and, that it is a variety that does not need a lot of heat for the fruit to sweeten up and ripen, fruit taste great, productive, so, it is a good choice in my opinion! It was slow to take off earlier in the season, but, it is growing like gangbusters now!!

PacNorWreck, check out the Gold Nugget on Four Winds website.. I am not familiar with what you can grow in your neck of the woods, but, it is a great one for container growing, and, does not need high heat for the fruit to sweeten up and ripen. :)

Oh, and, also check out the Trovita Sweet Orange, it is also supposed to be good for growing in a container, and, does not need high heat for the fruit to sweeten up. I would call and talk to the folks at Four Winds for recommendations.. I have both varieties..

Thank you I will call them today and see how the bigger ones are and see what they recommend for our gloomy winters

My fiancé says stop buying till you see one will make it through the winter. My whole family keeps laughing and cracking jokes coz I'm trying to grow citrus in my area. I woul love to prove them all wrong. PLEASE PLEASE let me do that

You can do that Esmeralda! We will help you! You can laugh back when you are savoring your delicious fruits! But it takes time....be patient!

Esmeralda - I am sure you will do just fine , especially with the wealth of knowledge and support available here . That said I recall in some other post you mentioned you already bought 5 citrus plants this summer , i would suggest to carry on with the existing 5 , get through winter and then continue with purchasing new varieties :) . Anyway its almost end of growing season outside when its the easiest to take care .

Than you Laura I will take that advice and wait till I get through winter. I'm still looking for lighting ideas if any

Lighting needs would depend on the temperature , what will be the temperature of the room where u plan to keep the plants

I usually keep my house between 68-72

I agree with Dev. Things get tougher in the winter months.