I have 20 something trees, most of them mandarins and am not really looking to purchase more trees. There are two I am interested in, but somebody would have to give me those as they are not available at this time in the US. Some of my trees are really young and are blooming this year for the first time so I am excited and hope to get at least 1 fruit from each. I have a Tango that I purchased a few years ago from a big box store that I am not really impressed with. I love very sweet fruit, and this Tango does not meet my expectations. I will try another year with it and harvest fruit later in the season to see if it makes a difference. My husband does have a say too. lol.

I find mine interesting enough for now, simply for the fact that to have things growing and blooming in the winter when I can't be in the garden outside is a big pick me up. I'd be very judicious on buying anything new - perhaps a true premium orange grafted to FD, space is an issue. I'm a little space cramped because I'm still trying to grow cold hardy things to size for outdoor (with passive protection). Although I could expand more, I would rather not. I have a Owari mandarin, Fukushu kumquat, Miho Wase mandarin, meyer lemons, Kishu mandarin. But I'm also trying to grow a morton citrange, citrangequat cutting (backup) and a Keraji mandarin on trifoliate to size for ouitdoors creating a conflict. I eventually hope to have just a few that I can properly care for as they grow.

I want all the trees I can get. When I graduate and we buy a bigger house/property, I’m building a greenhouse to fill with all the trees/plants I can. I’m also planting a mini orchard with deciduous fruit trees. I’ll dig up all the berry bushes here and transplant them over too. I love gardening and growing plants.

Amanda, I want a greenhouse so much!! I also have a plum, a pluot, an apple and an apricot, two persimmons, a nice patch for vegetables but there is so much more I want! If I were a billionaire I would do what the Jobs' did, buy the house next door and turn it into a garden with orchards and a greenhouse and a meadow. Every time I see their garden I think, yep, that's how my money would be spent!

KC

I got everything I want and they are interesting as well as trying.

3 NZL's, 5 Meiwa kumquats, 2 fukushu kumquats, 1 valentine pomelo.

I have eaten a Meiwa kumquat and a New Zealand lemonade. They are both delicious. I keep thinking of a Citsuma Prague and a Marumi kumqaut on flying dragons but I have no room and we are a zone to cold for Marumi and I have no commitments from the community garden on whether they would support me on the Citsuma Prague.

Steve

I currently have 20 trees (if all of my new grafts continue to survive), 17 of which are different varieties of lemons. I was able to locate budwood of a few Italian Femminello varieties such as Lunario, carrubaro, and the infamous Amalfitano Sfusato Lemon. I have a Tarocco and am looking to add a few more blood orange varieties to my collection in the coming year. There are a few mandarins that I have my eye on, too. I really need a greenhouse lol.

Kelley, interesting!!! Yes, a greenhouse is ”The Answer” for you, but you better study first while you have time all the goods and more important the bad. There is a lot to it. Knowing a little about you, don,t skim on size For starters, you are smart. Your collection will fill this thing in no time.

How annoying. I commented on this thread at I guess it never posted. I’ll come back and give my two cents later :)

Laura, make it 2 dollars, have never known you with two cents advice.

We generally have smaller backyards here in the Bay and therefore I think locals, including me, are limited to only-half interesting collections, unless they have a lot of $$$ :)

I still have many interesting trees and maybe I will add some more varieties using cleft grafting.

I have:

GN (ground)

Tango (ground)

NZL (ground)

Fukushu (ground)

Meiwa (ground)

ST (ground)

Meyer (container)

Clementine (container) - is going to Sacramento soon to my relatives

Wishlist:

Kishu

Satsuma

I also like other fruit trees and enjoy them as much:

Red Angel pomegranate (ground)

Cot-N-Candy Aprium (ground)

Catalina plum (ground)

Multi-Bud Pluot (Flavor collection) (ground)

8 small fig container trees that I am planning on keeping as small bushes

Mikhael, are you in the sunny part of the east bay, like Livermore valley, or the foggy part like Oakland? Over here on the peninsula, my fog doesn't burn off till noon, and the nights are always cool, so apparently not hot enough for a grapefruit. But it sounds like you doing fine with mandarins?

KC

Mikhail

Could you share a picture of your Meiwa and Fukusu trees.

Steve

KC, I live in the Oakley/Brentwood area. It is very sunny and warm. We have morning fogs during winter too but it is not as bad, even though I live pretty close to the Delta. East Contra Costa is more like Sacramento with slightly warmer nights. I lived in San Jose before we moved here and probably it was slightly better for citrus trees but this area is better for figs and we have enough chill to grow pluots and Japanese plums.

Steve,

I posted a pic of my Meiwa couple of weeks ago, so I will post it here again and I just did a pic of my Fukushu. My trees are very young though.

MEIWA

FUKUSHU

Gorgeous, Mikhail! Micro climates make such a difference, don't they?

KC

As do macroclimates!

Thank you

I found the Fukushu Thread about an hour after posting here .I was out of town and missed it. I also missed the Meiwa all together. They are gorgeous. I hope mine grow into nice trees like yours. Mine are very young yet.

Steve

Vladimir, but that you expect, right? But Mikhail and I are probably 40 miles apart as the crow flies but I can't get the heat he does! And my older home is barely 15 miles down the highway, and oh what glorious sunshine I got there! My citrus in that house was unstoppable, as were the other fruits and oh the roses, don't even get me started! Do I sound bitter? I am, I am! I am in a pocket of cool summers and morning fog, and while it's great for my electricity bill, it maddens me in the garden! We get maybe 2 weeks in the year when the nights are warmer than 55 degrees!

KC

KC, they do. Especially here in the Bay. Mount Diablo and The Delta create our microclimate.

Steve, all my trees are young too. Fukushu is actually the largest one at this point, even though NZL on C35 is much more vigorous and will be my biggest citrus soon. However, it is quite ugly, and probably it is too late to correct it. Hopefully, it will correct itself in the next 3 years.

KC I feel so bad for your situation I could not bring myself to click the like button for your interesting post.

Nik It will correct itself after it fills out. I have trimmed mine to no avail and it sends out ugly shoots after ugly shoots.

Steve

I need to reduce a bit more. I have a few on my relocation list - baboon lemon and maybe the nules clementine. I do love the oranges - possibly more than the mandarins, unlike you Bob. I want to give the clementine tree more time because it was a stick when I got it and it is now finally big enough to produce. I have lots of lemons of different varieties, but do like them because I love cooking with them and the rind is wonderful. I made pesto with a lemon added recently (the juice and rind) and it added a wonderful flavor.

Lol Bob, you crack me up. I found my message just now....typed, but not posted! I'm usually trying to do several things and once and sometimes things slip. To add to my list of relocations - maybe one limequat. I have two, and really compared to the key lime tree, they are not as productive. The fruit are great though, so I should keep one.

Steve, if my prague cuttings take, I can send you one. So far most look green still. One of the rangpur lime cuttings is already growing. I need to go and give the prague more protection today as we are getting another blast of cold tomorrow night. I do hope the fruit are edible after all this trouble!

I'll add kudos for the Satsuma orange. It did better than almost all my citrus during last year's unusually cold winter (for my location). We had three nights in a row get down to 19, 17, and 19, respectively. My two in-ground Satsumas were too big to cover and didn't loose a leaf and made great crops this year. The Meiwa kumquats also did fine but most would probably agree the Satsuma is more useful. If you don't have a calamondin, it's fairly easy to grow, makes lots of gorgeous little orange fruit, flowers as long as the light and temp is favorable, and is a great flavoring to add to other citrus dishes. Calamondin is a bit on the strong side for some but it adds a bit more complexity to the flavor to some of my favorite recipes for pies, lemonade, and ginger ale. The fruit can't handle much freeze though. They will turn to mush after temps around 30F.

Lol, Steve. I know, I know! Honestly, the weather couldn't be better! Today is blue skies, highs of 63, lows of 48. I just need a little more rain to make it perfect! But what I realized after visiting my kiddos in NYC and Chicago is that our lows remain there year round, but you can get nights in the 70s and 80s in the rest of the country! Mind boggled!!

KC

Thanks laura

Kcandmilo, I hear you about a few miles difference in the temps department! I can't stand living where I do, just about 10 miles to far east to not get the warm air inland, while I get all the coastal fog, seabreezes and cool air. It is depressing when you want to enjoy warm nights earlier than July and need hot days for many of the sun loving fruits. Especially figs trees.

I have so many trees that I can no longer remember the names since the fruit at one time never meant anything to me. It was the flowers and fragrance I originally bought them for, and now the fruits are starting to matter. My favorite is the Kishu Manderine, not sure that's how you spell it for eating which I tried, then ornage for blooms production. I have trees all over the place.

Some planted in the ground, some in my greenhouse, most on my porch and a few in my sunporch. I would like to get a Satsuma, not sure where to get one, but I hear everyone seems to like that one.

I do have a few figs trees in dormancy along side of my citrus trees, looking good thus far!!

Mike

I am taking a break to bring a new variety for now; grafted last fall Shiranui, Gold Nugget, Tango and Valencia ( many thanks to Amy and Brian for cuttings). Want to grow the mentioned ones to a larger fruit bearing size, I have Meyer, calamondin, Meiwa, Bearss and key lime, clementine Fina, unknown variety of lemon (Eureka ?) and clementine grafted from store fruit twig. May be in time will have Santa Teresa lemon (last one for me).