Patty

Nagami--Meiwa !! I see you got good taste. OOOH-YIaaaa Don't forget the bloomsweet. Very nice trees.

Steve

Good job, Patty. Thanks for sharing.

John

Thanks, Steve & John :-) Funny, I'm not really a fan of kumquats, too sour for me even with the skin, but I just love how they look in my garden. Same with Calamondins, yet I have an entire row of variegated Calamondins along the north side of my driveway. Again, love how they look. Both are used pretty frequently here in S. California as ornamentals . I've been trying to get to this project for weeks, now. So, I'm glad I was finally able to carve out enough time to get the trees in their containers. One more tree to put into the pot I removed the Bloomsweet from. I'm hoping the Bloomsweet doesn't have some significant transplant shock. That pot was completely full of roots, and the shape of that pot made it very difficult to remove the tree, as the opening of the pot was narrower than the fatter bottom part. We'll see how it fares. Sadly, I think I am seeing some very, very early flower buds finally, so I may end up not getting any fruit this next season. Oh well, patience is a virtue, I guess!

Patty S.

PATTY! Unbelieveable! Love it. Ive been looking around for wine barrels everywhere. If u know somebody who has some please let me know im willing to pay and travel if the price is right. I just posted some pics yesterday ofall mine.

Thanks, Joe. For the 1/2 wine barrels, check your local Home Depot's and Lowe's. They have them seasonally, usually late summer/early fall. I also just saw some last week in San Marco's, at Green Thumb Nursery. I would call around to all your local garden centers to see if they have any still in stock.

Patty S.

Im definately going to do that. My neighbor has 4 with nothing in them but he wont budge for anything

Great Pictures, Enjoyed them very much! Why did CA say no more to the Chironja orangelo?

Patti

I must admit that your pots and container are infinitely more attractive than mine. I do however faver my steel half drum over a whiskey half barrel.

Beautiful landscaping and yard.

Steve

Thanks, Steve. Don't have any access to steel half drums, and not sure they would so much mesh with my Tuscan landscape, but it certainly would work well if you could drill drainage holes in the bottom, no doubt :-) Again, thanks for the nice words. This is just a tiny part of my yard, the small patio by the pool (where the Ortanique and Chironja are situated), and the north parterre garden. The rest of my in-ground trees are either on my front slope (about 1/2 acre) and my back yard upper slope. I'm sure one of these years I'll finally give up the effort of managing over an acre of intensely planted yard, but for now, it's a lot of fun.

Patty S.

Patty!!!! I had to save the BEST for last...

I don't even know what to say except thank you so much for showing me your sweet babies in pots!
I knew you could do such a great job and your trees testify to the integrity and love you show them...Marvelous !!

I love them all..None are my favorite but the story behind the two you thought were goners impresses me so...
Amazing and look at the fruit...
Look at the mix too..You certainly know the meaning of using a great mix that holds moisture more than what some of us are use to but not too much...One that encourages GREAT root growth and one that is stable for your trees.
You have figured out what is good to use for your area and everyone trying to grow under your conditions should take what you use to heart..

But it is not just the mix that prove how wonderful you can grow trees in pots, but your dedication and hard work you put into them.

You gave those trees a chance to live when many others would of given them up for dead and now they reward you with such beauty.

I am very proud of you and if I lived near you, you would be my citrus buddy and mentor...

I can't thank you enough for thinking of me and us, and in sharing your gorgeous trees!!
Have a wonderful night and please be safe..

By the way, it means a lot to me that you would post Kumquats specifically:-)))))
That is my next choice of tree once I can afford it:)

Mike:-)

Mike I am tempted to say if you pass through Cincinnati i'll give you a tour of my "farm" and send you off with my kumquat tree. Give me about another year and I might be ready to give you my 4 sweetlee tangerines and 3 poncirus trifoliata trees. I'll keep my bucket lights though.

Steve

Terrific plants, Patty! I especially love the progress reports on those poor trees. You have some cool little nooks on your property, too.

Josh

Stunning citrus, Patty! Thanks for sharing. Two questions if you do not mind...

1. Does every pot get 2 sprinkler heads and are they set for 180 deg coverage?

2. How is the Chironja as far as taste?

Thanks!!

Serge

The only pots that are dripped are the kumquats that sit in my parterre garden. The rest are dreadfully hand-watered (which I despise doing, lol). And, those are on a fairly low single drip head, since the pots are small, and the bottoms of those old clay pots are pretty much rotted out. So, they are sort of really planted in a "mound" surrounded by a pot :-) The Chronja tastes more like a spritely orange, than a grapefruit. It's good. If you like Minneola, you'll like Chironja.

Patty S.