Patismansi is fish sauce and Calamansi, a staple condiment in the Philippines. Calamondin juice in fish sauce, a little green onion, a little Thai chile.....so delicious.

Josh

dekopon coloring up

ripe Meyers with new blooms

Some shower time for my trees.

Mike those look great!! Chris, I need to do that already to some of mine. The leaves are getting dusty. I can't do that with my larger trees like Alexander, but one of these warm days I'll bribe my son to help me drag him outside so I can hose him off ;-)

Laura, you should invest in one of these to help you move your trees in and out when needed.

Evan

BEWARE..Barenaked ladies :D Ms. Sudachi and Ms. Yuzu keep stripping off their leaves. Their bottoms are bare and they won't have complete satisfaction until they shred every bit of leaf that covers their skinny little frames.. They have no morals or scruples. . This is the thanks I get for giving them a good home, with good soil to grow in, good food for nourishment and plenty of light/sunshine.. Maybe they just prefer a good shower with no coverage on... sigh..

jinnylea I just finished watching Poldark tonight before reading this. This sounds even more scandalous that what Ross did

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It has been a while since I had citrus trees and I don't think I ever noticed how beautiful new growth is on a Eureka Lemon. It's bright red like new growth on a rose! Just lovely.

Cori Ann,

Now, you know I want one!! I LOVE that kind of growth. That is why I have certain Rose Bushes that do the very same thing..Even without fruit and blossoms that is a beautiful tree, worth having..))) Thank you for sharing.

Jinny, what happened!!?? And it's good to see you back)) What are you doing? Do you think you might not be watering enough? It looks like a mix that might dry out way to fast or not hold on to fertilizer long enough to benefit because the bark size looks way too big..If you want help to get leaves on those, please let us know. We will always share our ideas..). You tell those tree to behave or you will throw them out naked into a snow bank..

Chris, I love to shower mines!! I will take most of mines and bring them out all winter long as long as temps are above 40 and do a mass watering with the hose leaves and all and they seem to relish with that! Nice looking tree.

Calamondin...Just a beauty of a tree you have there. To see it come back like that is a blessing!

Figs, did your son like the taste!! It's like wine tasting for them, and legal..lol Your name is quite cool and yes you would think you are a huge Fig fan..lol Beautiful work my friend and that Avacado you grow, WOW!! Don't feed your kids the same stuff..

John, nice work!! Thanks for sharing with us..Really appreciated...

Not much change but here is what is current in plants and setups. My temps were 30 Saturday morning and every thing was OK. Sunday morning temps of 29 kill everything on the roof that was with in 1 foot of the soil. Fig trees were untouched. All plants at ground level survived. Monday morning brought 28 and only plant 2 feet off the ground on the roof and in the yard survives. All the fig trees are still untouched.

Cuban Shaddock in ground.

Young shoots nipped in frost. This tree grew 9 feet from the ground in one year. I cannot house this tree and it will die this winter

New Zealand lemonade tree with small shoot does well outside all 3 nights. It has been outside since march 8, 2016. excellent growing year.

32 once greenhouse on the NZL shoot protects it from frost.

NZL grafted on US897 in south facing window where it gets light from 10:30 AM till 5 PM. Meiwa kumquat with 32 ounce greenhouse sits in window sill just to the right.

Top view of the NZL above

Seed grown Meiwa kumquat to the right of the above NZL. GH removed.

NZL on US897 get light from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM then goes in front of the east window for sun from 7:30 AM till 10:30 AM.

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Lol, Steve.. I watch very few television shows these days, so I needed to do a search on Poldark. . It sounds like an "interesting" television series on PBS.. :)

Mike, both trees are from Four Winds and had some yellow leaves to start with. I purchased them later this summer..They are planted in a gritty mix and drain really well...While they were outside in the heat I was watering them at least every day or two days. They greened up a bit with a good fertilizer regimen and after bringing them indoors this fall, (they were acclimated and I slowly cut back on the watering) they went in my sunroom where they get a lot of light/sun..Day temps average 66 to 80 degrees, with nighttime temps averaging 58 to 66 degrees.. I use a small propane heater kept on low on really cold nights, and we had a number of evenings in the low 20's outside.. I cut back on watering to once or twice a week when the temperature dropped and since a lot of my citrus are still actively growing, fruiting and blossoming, I am still fertilizing those at full strength. .The Sudachi had a few fruit that ripened, and after I picked the fruit that is when the leaves started yellowing more and started dropping leaves.. At first it was just the older leaves, then more started dropping. I have two fans going 24/7 and I check for pests daily. with my magnifying glass. .I have found a few spider webs on a few citrus pots and webs up through the branches and leaves. I believe they were from regular spiders. I have been able to take all of my citrus outdoors at least once a week and give them a good shower along with a spray of dish soap. They get sprayed down with a rosemary, mint, thyme and peppermint mix oils.. along with neem as needed.. Most of my trees are still looking pretty good with very little leaf drop, to a few others that lost about a dozen or so older leaves.. I will post a few pictures of my citrus. . I wondered if the leaf drop was due to watering issues.. If you can help me and give me guidance for the barenaked ladies, I would appreciate it.. lol

Dave, I have to find a recipe of a dish that I had in the Philippines. I'll come back and share it with you if/when I find it. It was grilled prawns with a calamansi sauce with mango chunks in it. The calamansi sauce was a bit sour, but the mango chunks made it sweet at the same time. It was delicious! Where in NC are you?

Josh, that little concoction of yours sounds great! I have to try it out : )

Mike, they are great! I meant to come back and post (I said I would, sorry for losing track). They are so sweet- I had them once before and I don't recall that they were this good! Legal wine for kids, lol, funny. They are so easy to peel and as my son said, "they didn't even make me do the 'one eye closed clench' because it was too sour," lol. For the rest of the week, my daughter and son will each have one in their lunch box at school. They love that they are completely seedless. Thank you for asking! Regarding the avocado, thank you. It being that big is a freak accident of nature as I didn't even start fertilizing it until this year.

Steve, your various set-ups are always so neat to look at. I love them!

Here is a Key Lime Pie that I made a few weeks back. I picked all of the ripe key limes off of my tree, plus had to use a few from the store to get enough juice. I made a traditional pie crust, and topped it off with a lovely meringue..My hubby loved it. It is a favorite pie of mine.

Key limes, Sudachi and Bearss Lemon fruit picked off of our trees..

Bearss Lemon

I have been off of the forum for a while so now I need to play catch up on all the posts and pictures that I have missed. Mama's Alzheimers is progressing rapidly and she no longer remembers us and it is heartbreaking for the kids and grandkids. We lost a loving, beloved friend and cousin a few weeks ago to brain cancer. She was diagnosed back in May.. She was the epitome of God's grace.. Always had a smile on her face and a hug for everyone she met. We are at peace knowing she is now in heaven..

Dixie says "Hi" from down on the farm.. :)

Jinny, glad you (we're) back. Please accept my sincerest well wishes to you and your family regarding your mom and your friend. Reading of the heartbreak about your mom not remembering you guys gave me a huge knot in my throat. Alheimers is just the worst. I am so sorry.

Your pie looks great! Dixie is just gorgeous, model material, actually. I hope your little bare naked ladies recover! Have a good one.

Thank you very much Figs. I appreciate your kind words of support. :) It has been a tough year for our family, but, God will see us through it!

Jinny, my sudachi and kishu from FW (we got ours around the same time) are both suffering just like yours!!! They were both weak and pale when I got them. They are not as bare as yours, but continue dropping leaves - like they did in the summer. Very frustrating! I'm sorry about your family. Hugs and prayers!

Oh and that pie looks incredible!!!

Thank you, Laura! :)

Yes, the Sudachi looks sad. Seeing how both of our Sudachi trees (and another) from Four Winds arrived with yellowing leaves and are dropping a lot of leaves , I now believe that it is just going to have to run its course and wait for the tree to start putting out new leaves..It is mind boggling and frustrating when you do all the right things to take care of it and nothing helps.. It has to be something that started in the nursery with the trees. I just want to know what, and why...Could we have done anything differently to remedy the problem??

Hopefully, when the new leaves emerge, they will be healthy and green.. and not give us any problems!!!

Lol..Here is mine when it was bearing fruit and still had a number of leaves left on the tree. It dropped more leaves after I picked the fruit off..

My sudachi and kishu both look awful. I'll take pics when I get home. They were like that when I got them though...they've lost more leaves little by little...

Do you know what really drew my ATTENTION!!!??? THAT BEAUTIFUL LOOKING SWEET PERFECTLY PERFECT COLOR LOOKING PIE...

Now, I would eat sugar and citrus anything if I could have a piece of that !

Oh, wait, I need to go back and look at more and all the other posts..I lost track..

And that Cow, such a cute thing! Tel Dixie to be a good calf and keep close watch over your trees..lol What a cutie..

My sudachi indoors now. Picked all the fruits a month ago

Heruga, that is a very lovely looking Sudachi tree. I am curious, how did you utilize the fruit. Did you use the zest or juice in a special dish? I used a few on a roasted chicken with rosemary and it had a lovely flavor. I still have a few fruit in my refrigerator. Still very fresh. They store really well.

I really enjoyed looking at everyone's pictures of their beautiful citrus. Thank you for posting them.

Lol.. Thanks Mike! I will pass on the message to Dixie.

Well what we do(most Japanese people typically) is squeeze the juice on fish whether its a grill or fried or pan cooked. Sometimes we use it on Japanese fried chicken as well(karage). But other than that theres not much use to this citrus, unlike the yuzu. Sometimes I squeeze it in hot water with honey when I'm in the mood. Mine are turning very ripe in the fridge now but its not like we eat fish everyday so we really don't have the chance to use it.. but they last long. I'm probably just going to split it open and propagate the seeds.

Thought I'd share a few more - I have more growth to report!

spectacular colors!!more Meyer lemon buds calamondins ripening NZL with buds and sprouting all overkumquats should start ripening soon!

And Jinny - I keep forgetting to take pics of my sudachi! I watered and fertilized (lightly) everyone today and noticed the pathetic little sudachi has a few buds!!

Final pictures of Cuban Shaddock.

This years haveat.

The fruit ranges in size from a tangerine to a grapefruit and has a fleshy interior the size of a golf ball. while the flesh taste much better than a Meyer it is very hard to separate it from its very thick rind. The tree is very vigorous and large growing with such hard to eat fruit that I can't justify protecting the tree over winter. It will probably die Monday morning in the low 20's. In ground tee pictured below.The fruit came from this 30 gallon tree. It too will be left outside. I have no interest in grafting to this rootstock.

Great pictures, Laura and Steve!

Heruga, thanks for the reply. I am saving a few Sudachi to go along with some salmon that I will be grilling this week.. I cut one open and tasted the juice and it had a very pleasant acidic flavor. I loved it.

Laura, what citrus is the in the first picture, the one with the beautiful leaves? Waiting patiently for the Sudachi pictures! :D

Steve, is your Cuban Shaddock fruit ripe at that stage? I wonder if you can still use the fruits rind and juices to enjoy in other ways? Such a pretty tree. Shame you are giving up on it..

My wife is planing to make a "Cuban Shaddock Meringue pie". They are tasty to eat out of hand but you have to cut it in 8 wedges so you can bite the flesh out of its rind. They are not ripe but it would take another 1-3 months in warm sunny weather. The greenest ones are almost as sour as a Meyer with the ripest loosing much of that sourness. I do not know what a ripe CS would taste like.

Way to cold for Cuban Shaddock

6b Steve

Sorry to hear of your tough news Jinny- we have all been there. Hang in there we support you! Your pie and fruit looks amazing. Dixie is the sweetest thing on earth!!

Great trees everyone! Mine seem to be doing well too, still quite a bit of new growth on lots of trees and some fruiting to boot. My long awaited first ever kiyomi tangor is showing just the hint of ripening up and a new one is starting to form! It's so interesting how some trees want to fruit no matter what you do and some just don't- even when they all get the same mix and care.

My eureekas are colouring up nicely too. I did harvest a handful of meiwas a month or so ago... all delicious and so sweet. It's hard for me to take pics as they are in tight rows and I can't get back there until I move them around next time to inspect for bugs. It's about time for another HO treatment soon so will try and take some then.

Laura my variegated lemon is also going gangbusters.... still no sign of holding fruit but tons of lush new leaves and flowers!

Steve, that pie sounds delicious. Make sure to take a picture of it before it is all gone so we can do some more drooling. .

Hobby, thank you. It is great to see you back on again. I know your a busy woman. It sounds like your trees are doing fantastic and I look forward to seeing a few updated pictures soon. :)

Jinny, the first pic is of the new growth of my variegated pink lemon. I think every branch of that tree has buds from stem to end...amazing! I have never cared for that tree much bc it has not done much, but boy has it proven me wrong! Hobby, mine has two small lemons on it, but based on others here, i am not sure it will hold on to them. Fingers crossed at least one sticks.

A few small Moro blood oranges ripening on the tree :-)

Josh...YAHOO.... Buddy, way to go and I hope you love that fruit. By the way, "bark' buddy, anything yet? Please text me later or call soon...))

this mornings low of 23 F only made it down to 33 F and I am still frost free in 1/4 of my yard. The Cuban Shaddock above are alive and well.

west side of green house completed and needs minor leak sealing.

East side of greenhouse done needing minor leak fixes

top view east side.

NZL on US897 puts out first flower 6.5 months after graft takes hole to grow.

close up

Steve, great closeup...Wow..

greenhouse video

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Kumquats ripening. Can't wait for kumquat pie!

My grow box will be growing beet greens, kale, & citrus root stocks.

6b Steve

Hi Mike! Although I know the month is almost over, here's a new Nov pic for your thread. I hope you (and ALL!) had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday weekend. As for me, family and friends are gone; time to get back into the swing of my regular things. I recently noticed new growth on my finger lime. Wanted to share a pic of the cute, new leaves after a rainfall.

So pretty Figs!!

The citrus tree rootstock seedlings as well as the kale and collard greens made room for 36 beet plants. Box uses 12 CFL's of 13 watts each in a 4 foot square box.

6b Steve

Figs, they look like little red jewels!! I love it. It also tells me that that tree is getting tons of sunlight to grow such beautiful red new growth so tight together like that. Bod do I wish I had that problem with mine...Such a great job you do and Happy Holiday's to you and your family.....I just watched ELF the other day and bot did that make me laugh besides put me into the spirit! You should watch it. What a great family movie...The decorations are up already here at my work with a huge tree behind my desk. I am playing the Carols as I type this with a smile..Darn if you could put mini lights on that tree, it would look so cute..Never too late to post pics this month, why before we know it we will be posting December pics..Sheesh, I hope by the time we get to February, all of us will be able to post happy trees...

Steve, you are crazy!! Either you should live in a much warmer climate since you never want to stop growing a harvest, or make sure to save your dollars for your electric bill...Good job

John, very very nice..Nice ripe fruit. You must love making fresh juice..

Hiro, did your Oncidium ever open yet? How's the fragrance?

Thanks Laura and Mike!

Mike, yes, we do love Christmas movies around here as well. Thank you, happy holidays to you and yours as well. You know, I was THISCLOSE to buying tiny little Christmas lights for some of the citrus trees. We went to a local hardware store because my daughter's band will be marching in a Christmas parade and the kids were encouraged to decorate their instruments. We bought my daughter a stand of battery operated, tiny Christmas lights to decorate her sax with. I wanted some for my little trees as well! I would have to hire someone to do it, but if I decorate our palm tree, I'll send you a pic!

I still have an hour and a half before midnight strikes into December, so I wanted to share some pics of some Meyers (grocery store) here in your November pics before I forget. They come from a local vendor, and they are SO big that I even questioned if they were Meyers! I know that they can get big, but these were huge! To me, they didn't seem "smooth" enough to be Meyers, but the produce guy noticed me gawking over them and assured me they purchased them as Meyers.

Sorry I have been away so so long. I ended bad relationship got married and my mom died. Had to deal with the sadness and come to terms with it. im better now and yes all trees are still good. missed you all. And year Cory the blood orange you gave is still doing well.

Hugs

Trace

Good you are back Trace. You will have to show us an update of your trees. It's nice to hear the Moro and your other trees are still doing well after all you have been through.

Cory

Glad to see you back.

Steve

Tracy..I am so happy to see you are back and I am so sorry for your loss..Time for you to post even more pics on the December one..I have been thinking about you for quite some time..I am happy you have gotten the courage to keep living and enjoying happiness and beauty in your trees..Congrats on your marriage too)

Thank you all hugs