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No blooms this year on a dwarf Washington Orange

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

My tree is in a container. I moved it into a slightly larger container in January 2019. It flowered and had nice oranges. Its now May and nothing. No bloomers. No new foliage. It gets more than 10 Hours of hot California sun and is well fertilized. Do they skips years? Its about 6 years old.

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Matt z5b - Greenhouse 10a
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Is it watered well? I found scale on mine. The only citrus out of 8. Do you have a pic of it?
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Sometimes containerized citrus take a year off, especially after bearing well the previous year. There are varieties known to be alternate bearing, like some mandarins, but I'm convinced containerized citrus are more prone to taking a season off than those growing in the ground.

Now, there could also be other variables in play...proper fertilization, watering, sun, etc, etc. It could be that your citrus may try to throw out some mid-season blooms. When this happens with my containerized plants, they only bear lightly and fruit quality is not so good.

Keep us posted and show us a pic of your tree!
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