Citrus for this year is below average, mainly due a spike this spring while blooming (high eighties) Mandarin bloom was mostly lost. All others were average, but still not complaining.
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Some of mine are loaded except for Kishu and Lisbon Lemon which I moved to the ground this year. My Lisbon Lemon over produced last year, this year it has nothing.
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my potted citrus on the deck arent looking too good due to all the rain. hopefully they bounce back when i bring them indoors at the end of the month.
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I have 30 NZL fruits on 3 trees and 2 fists full of Meiwa kumquats across 4 trees. My Fukushu kumquat are in their third major bloom in which they dropped every fruit in their first 2 blooming’s.
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My Meiwa kumquat has lots of fruit, I think the big rain this year helps.
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We call these everbearing oranges 
Probably from a seed more than 20 years ago, well before we moved in. It’s season is summer/fall and look like Valencia oranges, so they need 17-18 months on the tree to ripen but can hang on for another 8-9 months without drying out. Basically, we can go out any day of the year and pick a few.
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my son had one like that in his backyard in Yuma, AZ. said it had fruit all year if watered. water was expensive so he stopped watering, and they shriveled up.
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Oh no, he should pick them in. My brother has the same problem, he has one acre but only water once a week.
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ah too bad. The water is getting expensive here too (despite the rains we had this year) but luckily we have a more moderate climate than Yuma. Interestingly, even if we want to we can’t water this tree effectively as the feeder roots are paved over with concrete.
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If you leave the fruit on the tree, does it interfere with the following year fruit production.
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It is biennial in terms of production, regardless if I leave the fruits at the late stage or not. I read that if I thinned the fruits early then it will be more balanced across the years. But I achieve the same result with picking fruits over a long period of time.
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My orange trees have fruit every year, not biennial, but one lemon tree is, not sure it’s my fault or what else.
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do they have the same amount of fruits? Mine fruits every year but the quantity is very much different. Thats true for many trees - avocados, citrus, sapote, etc
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If your trees looses all bloom or have very little bloom you could try these products in early spring. I use these chemicals in early spring before bloom.
General Hydroponics bloom.
I use these on just about anything. Humboldt, flower stacker is also very good.
A tspoon per gl, a pint last a long time.
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