I don't have many flowering trees as our yard is filled with oaks. I planted small saplings last year of redbuds, amelanchier, and others, but they're too young to flower. I'm waiting on a couple of redbuds to put out leaves to see if they're just in deeper shade or dead. It's hard to tell when they don't flower so all you see if a bare skinny minny trunk which looks more like a tall stem! I will say that our first two days of warmth, which was probably two weeks ago, resulted in my milkweed going from about 4" to over 12". That was the most drastic result of sun that I've seen in my garden. I hope your trees fruit easily now that they are flowering.

Mike, they look great! Nice blooms :) Nice and dark green too, they look so healthy.

Atheen, your trees are so pretty with all that fruit basking in the sunshine!

I’m a little jealous as mine have just grown foliage. A couple weeks ago I added some osmocote on top and trying to be better about to adding fertilizer to the watering can, maybe that will help along with the heat, sunshine and sudden humidity?

Thank you, but i promise you I had my share of growing pains, lol. What a nice color those leaves have! They must be happy for sure!

Atheen, remember the time when you use to ask for help all the time? Look at how far you have come. You should be very proud of yourself and to think they have that much fruit coming out of winter. I am thrilled to see how much you have and yes, what a difference the sun makes for sure. Nice job. OH, and GREAT to see you around again)))

Nancy, thank you so much. Yours looks ok too. Now that the sun and warm nights above 55 have come, maybe we can finally breath a sigh of relief and get things going. I see 50's again next week, can you believe in July??!!! That is nuts . Thank you. Looks liek Europe is getting the heat we are suppose to get.

Deanna, me too. lol My Milk Weeds did the same thing! Lol. Thank God for the sun now...

What Mike is too nice to say, is that I used to drive everyone here crazy having a panic attack a day about my Meyers, lol. There was the time i had scales and sprayed my tree with alcohol and they lost ALL their leaves... The time I actually made them rain coats because I was afraid it was raining too much and they were gonna drown... The time I had spider mites and no idea what Neem oil was... The time i over watered them (before repotting them in 511) and almost lost both to root rot. Seriously, just name it, I probably messed it up the first year. :)))

If it hadn't been for Mike, Steve, John and Laura, I would have had a nervous breakdown, LOL
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But, seriously, the most important thing they taught me is... To leave my trees alone. Don't overdo it. Don't sprinkle 17 things on them. Don't mist their leaves with water. Don't over water them. Don't try to help the blooms pollenate. Just get them in a good soil mix, like 5-1-1, get some neem oil, some foliage pro and a good insecticidal soap to be ready, check them once a week for mites and scales, and leave them alone.
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I'm still a student on this board, and God knows I still screw up, lol. But that much, I can pass on.
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Atheen

Very nice, Atheen, you've come a long way! I guess there is still hope for mine, lol :) I had a good laugh for your citrus raincoats! Looked like something I'd do for my succulents, much easier than bringing them all in, like I've done in the past.

Mike, what weather site you looking at to see 50's? I see 60's as lowest for the nights, much better than what we've had. I'm hopeful the waters (ocean/ponds) will warm up quickly, pool felt okay that I could swim. I can't believe Europe's hot weather, its really crazy!

My Valentine pomelo are showing their appreciation, have two of them growing,supposing they like a lot of sun for a long while, all the way till next year. I would like to try one next week.

Negronne fig Breba are ready to pick.

Nancy. This one. Oops my bad. My poor friends over there. Lol

I can do without sunlight here in GA as it would be more bearable. Believe it or not, with the rain and heat we had for the past week or two, my citrus trees are thriving. New growth everywhere. If people can burn on cloudy days, then there is enough beneficial light being generated for the trees to grow.

Atheen, I, too, cover up my plant pots with plastic when we have many days of rain. My pots are much bigger so I use lawn bags by placing them on top and wrapping the edges around the trunk and place a brick on top to keep it in place. When there is too much water sitting, I just remove the brick and lift up the plastic and the water drains away. Somebody told me not to leave the plastic on too long or I would be encouraging mold/rot under the plastic because it cannot breath.

Ohh no worries, thanks Mike, not sure where that is but nights sure look chilly.
I may get some t-storms later, strange looks like you don’t... yet again:( I’d share if I could ;)

Ha ha..I know what you mean. That is my friends temps in Jackson Hole Wyoming. They could never grow like we grow in pots, poor thing. I've determined that we either have aliens that keep putting the force field up or that we live under a dome..lolol Thank you Nancy. This is the reason why I get drought in summer. It rains every where but here not enough to sink into teh roots of my plants. All the storms with beneficial rains and down pours just dry right up and leave me no more than a dusting of rain and wet. I have yet to see a thunder storm. Stinks.

Denise, at this time of the yeara you are right). NO wonder I am still getting a few flowers even though it has been mostly cloudy. It's the same reason one can get a sunburn on the beach even on overcast days. I'll bet you are baking down there. We might finally see 90 in a day or two. Not enough rain here though to water anything deeply. It's very depressing to see that rain shrivel up just a few miles west of me..Nancy knows, ha. Stay safe and cool ok. Just call it "Under the Dome"

The only growth in the past 2 months

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Steve, don't you just LOVE this time of the year? It is so much easier to grow and our trees love it. What nice new growth you have there. Great job buddy!

Thanks mike. This has always been the slowest time for growth of my citrus trees. Everything else grows great.

Steve