2021 Buds, Flowers and Fruit!

SoCalGardenNut · October 30, 2021, 5:14pm

Any day now, I have 2 Satsuma trees and this one is loaded with fruit.

Bradybb · October 30, 2021, 7:40pm

Because of more chillier temperatures starting,Citrus and other warm loving plants were moved in a greenhouse.
Here is a photo of the only Xie Shan Satsuma fruit.Others were cooked by the sudden heat wave,earlier in the year.Is this the best time to pick for flavor?There was a Houzz article,where a grower picked theirs,while still green and was reported to taste okay.So maybe now is fine?
If this is normal ripening for my area,this will be a good one to grow.

californicus · October 30, 2021, 8:11pm

Guava season is quite late here due to mild summer. Lemon, pineapple (Nikita) and Malaysian Red guavas

Phill_Boise_7a · October 30, 2021, 9:46pm

Do you heat your greenhouse over the winter?

Bradybb · October 30, 2021, 11:37pm

Yes,there is a small electric heater,that keeps the minimum at about 40F.

Luisport · October 31, 2021, 8:05pm

Big feijoas!

warmwxrules · October 31, 2021, 9:58pm

Is that the only citrus fruit? How old of a tree is that? Looks ready to pick to me.

Bradybb · October 31, 2021, 11:15pm

I’ve had the tree for a couple of years,is about three feet tall and that’s the only one.The last day or two have been sunny,so maybe that will help add a little sweetness.
There is another,probably Gold Nugget,that regrew fruit,but they are unripe and small.If they do ripen,that will be next year.

clarkinks · October 31, 2021, 11:28pm

Those look a lot like Roxbury russet!

murky · October 31, 2021, 11:38pm

What variety of feijoa? Let’s see inside!

Luisport · November 1, 2021, 8:38am

Hi! It’s apollo and mammoth i think… ok i will do it…

Luisport · November 1, 2021, 5:40pm

Feijoa Mammoth

TNHunter · November 1, 2021, 10:41pm

Keto meatloaf for dinner tonight… with perhaps the last 12 inch skillet full of fresh okra. Love this stuff… much cooler weather sure puts the brakes on okra production.