Going to all minis citrus tree’s , more fun, less work, no spraying. Easy to move.
Pomelo’s will get about twice as big, picture showing, broken branches? Possible.
I grow trees for pleasure not mass production. 80% Sam,s, 20% home orchard.
The most gratifying part is that 80% are my own grafted trees, maybe 90.
Nice!
How tall/wide do you plan to keep them and still productive?
Will you have to take them indoors during the winter?
Like to keep them around 5 feet, some are not even 4. Late fall they in my workshop, some go in the garage, some can handle 32*.
My citrus colony consist of 3 lemons, 7 Pomelo’s, 20+ mandarins, 4 avocados. A few more semi tropicals.All potted.
how much do you fertilize in these size pots? They look so productive!!!
How warm do you keep your workshop when the trees are in there?
Heating is from whole house system, registers are closed, no return.
Fertilizer during the outside growing months are Jack,s 25/5/15 H/P
and Osmocote added twice a year, so that they never run out of something to eat. I also add if needed a couple applications of micro,s
Thank you very much. I have always wondered what you kept the garage at. I have been admiring your ability to easily overwinter your citrus for a while. I bring mine inside every year also but they are barely alive come spring for one reason or another.
My garage is well insulated, because I knew that tree’s going in there, also 6 extra windows, 2 not fixed for cross ventilation. No heat, some mandarins do Not loose their leaves.
Garage is mainly use for my better figtrees, the others go in the ground.
Bob, you have inspired me! I just ordered my first citrus, a Meyer lemon.
If you buy any more tree’s make sure you do some reading on the variety you want. There is no end to the different varieties, like anything else. Meyer lemon is for some the most difficult to grow. They need more fertilizer than any other variety, because they constantly produces fruits. One of mine just finished blooming, while carrying 5 months old fruits.
Thank you for the advice! I will definitely feed it well; I’ve got some Espoma Citrus-Tone to start with. It’s pretty little right now—so I probably won’t be getting fruit anytime soon. 
If it’s still alive come spring, I’ll probably try some more citrus.
What are the easiest citrus to grow and fruit in pots? I’ve heard that kumquats and Persian limes aren’t too bad. I was really surprised to see you growing—and fruiting!—pomelos in pots!
I suggest using Dyna Grow, Foilage pro 9-3-6 if you only have a couple tree’s.
Here it is almost the end of December and my Four Season lemon is finally ripening. Lemon cake for Christmas.
i have a calamondin, a kumquat and dwarf mineola, ive been harvesting calamondin for a few weeks now have about a doz left. kumquats covered in blooms right now and the mineola has 1 fruit sizing up on it. have them in 5 gal pots. havent gotten the fertilizing down yet as they have some leaf discolorations but they are producing so im doing something right.
Definitely! You’re way ahead of me on production. I’ve got one little green kumquat on my Changshou, maybe a Meyer lemon or two. My big success of the year was a single small Persian lime that ripened this fall. We made a small batch of lime ice cream out of it, and I sure did enjoy it!
I’m still figuring out the fertilization, too. Right now I’m giving them Osmocote Plus twice a year, Citrus-Tone about monthly, and when I water a rotation of fish emulsion and Foliage-Pro. They seem to be responding to it pretty well; at any rate, they look a little bit better than they did. I occasionally foliar feed the pineapples with the Foliage-Pro and, while I’m at it, often spritz a little on the citrus as well.
By the way, Steve, I was inspired by one of your posts: I’m trying the Vipar-Spectra lights for overwintering, too. Seems to be working well thus far! I just about light-starved the poor little guys last winter; I think that’s how I killed my Meiwa kumquat.
My tree spends the year outdoors. I fertilize with liquid citrus fertilizer every two weeks. (Not from Dec.-Feb.). Starting again in March. Works for me!
all mine are in south facing windows with no supplemental lights but im sure supplemental light should definitly help. they are out in full sun on my deck from june to late sept. thats when they do their growing. so far all are under 5ft. and im going to try and keep them that way. i too use osmocote plus and miracid. next spring im going to make up a citrus friendly soil and replace the soil that’s in there. you should be able to cover at least 2 small trees with the 1000w equiv. viparspectra.
