Some time lapse photos

9 years ago

I was looking through some my citrus photos today. I didn't find what I was looking for but I was floored by how much some of my trees have grown and how photos help us see that our trees really are growing even if it seems like a snail's pace for some of them.

The "taken on" date really helps find out when trees were planted and how old they are now.

Here is one that struck me....I posted it some years back for some reason and added an arrow showing a very young kumquat tree. Closer in the foreground are two newly planted Satsuma oranges. All of the broken limbs on trees in the background and all the branches on the ground are debris from Hurricane Rita that came through my county in 2005 when the photo was taken.

Here is another photo from about the same angle taken in 2014. The little kumquat is now obscured by the two Satsumas in the foreground. I have also completely remodeled my house and added a big garage in the foreground.

I will try to add a current photo from the same spot. The two Satsumas have grown a LOT since this photo was taken.

I will try to edit this post and add the recent photo below.

Here is another photo set that makes me wonder how this tree will look in another few years. This is a tangerine I planted in a raised bed. In background left, there is a newly planted Ponderosa lemon.

Here is August 2014

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poncirusguy6b452xx

9 years ago

John

That is a beautiful razed bed and tangerine tree. I have a tangerine that is only 5 feet tall with a ridiculous amount of branches.

A word of warning, Citrus trees and concrete do not mix so you will want to watch your tree carefully for health problems.

The only reason my 4 citrus trees are doing well is no one told them that the 2 concrete walls they sit between are very bad for there health. LOL

Seriously we both will need to add suffer or rotting pine needle to keep the Ph down and they will do fine with little effort..

6b Steve

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Sammers510
9 years ago
That's awesome! It;s wonderful to see the progress over the years. It makes me want to take more photos documenting my citrus growth.
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Sammers510
9 years ago
What does the proximity to concrete do to the trees? at what distances is it safe?
poncirusguy6b452xx
9 years ago
Concrete is very alkaline and it leaches into the dirt. The PH of the soil rises and Micro nutrients become unavailable. The roots in the alkaline soils are often more prone to disease. Many new homes have foundations coated with tar and this blocks of any leaching. Houses the age of mine are made of low grade concrete and leach much more.; As long as we are aware of this the problem is easily prevented. For me to grow my citrus trees out side I have no choice but between these 2 heat sink walls.

6b Steve
Laura LaRosa (7b)
9 years ago
That is incredible growth John! I love seeing pics like that. It has happened to me...stumbled across an old pic of my trees and shocked by how different they look now. That was a great illustration!
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Amanda Tyner
9 years ago
That is so cool! The trees have really grown well!
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poncirusguy6b452xx
9 years ago
If you edit your post none of us will get notices, However if you add a comment we will all get a notice and can look at your new picture. You can also edit your post with new picture and add a comment below stating that you edited in some new pictures above and we will get a notice and know to scroll up for new time lapsed pictures.

6b Steve.
kcandmilo
9 years ago
Note to self: take pictures of the trees now, so you can hopefully look back and see how much they have grown!
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John 9a
Original Author
9 years ago
Here are two photos from yesterday to show the present status.

here is about the same vantage point to update the Satsuma's growth.

And an update on the Tangerine in the planter

I have let peppermint go wild. Doesn't seem to be bothering the tangerine. There are also a couple of Japanese plums that came up from seeds I dumped in with other compost. I plan to transplant them out.

Looks like I'm going to get lots of tangerines this year. It's loaded with tiny fruit.
Amanda Tyner
9 years ago
That is amazing! I bet you will get a bumper crop of fruit!
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John 9a
Original Author
9 years ago
Amanda, I hope so! It took longer than I expected for the tree to self-thin some of the tiny fruit and there still seems to be a lot of fruit for such small limbs. I'll be watching it to make sure it doesn't get so many that it bends limbs down over much. It has a nice shape and I would like to keep it.

I believe the raised planter helped me control grass and I was able to create a better soil that's more organic and better aerated.
poncirusguy6b452xx
9 years ago
All your trees look fantastic. Is your kumquat doing well. i would like to see a pick of it. My primary interest is in kumquats followed by sweet lemons.

6b Steve
John 9a
Original Author
9 years ago
Steve, yes, the kumquat is doing fine. I have three, all Meiwas. The one in this photo is the oldest, about 12 years old. The fruit on it have always tasted the sweetest, The fruit on the other two trees tend to be larger but not as sweet.

Just the top as that was what interested me at the time I took the photo :>)

It's still has fruit from this past year and is now putting out new growth.
poncirusguy6b452xx
9 years ago
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Meiwa kumquat fruit is very Dependant on the rootstock used for the flavor they have. Rootstock is almost everything to how a particular citrus variety taste in flavor and juice. Unless you chose the rootstock your meiwa is on or bought them together from the same grafter they are probably on different root stocks.

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myermike_1micha
9 years ago
John nice job! I love how you did that..
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evdesert 9B Indio, CA
9 years ago
I like this idea John, I always tell folks on here to take a lot of photos of your trees as they grow. It's amazing to see how much yours have grown over the years. I'm going to tack onto your thread with my progression pics for my Meyer Lemon that I planted early last year, hope you don't mind if I jump into the thread.

At planting time early 2016
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3 months in the ground
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6 months in ground

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9-10 months in ground
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11 months in ground
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