As soon as i realized how much i actually enjoy citrus and how important they are,i start seeing a bunch of great content on the subject. UA-cam and a.i. is amazing lol but the content like this is why! Thanks
First time watching your content and I truly enjoyed it. I am in zone 8 and my first citrus was a Meyer lemon which I promptly planted in the ground. It has barely survived my babysitting attempts through two years of Texas freezes. Nov of ‘23 I purchased a greenhouse tent from Aldis and my Meyer is a happy clam! We also have a Moro Blood Orange, a Lisbon lemon, a MeiWa kumquat, several more Meyers from air layering, a Paige Mandarin, a Clementine, several figs, a couple each of peaches, apples, pomegranates, plums. I love your set up and am going watch the rest of your videos for more info. Thank you and many blessings.
Your video is so inspirational! I started planting fruit trees in my backyard since 2022( zone 9b), have some good varieties of citrus trees and other semi-tropical fruit trees like Loquat, Guava, and avocado, etc, got all year long fresh fruits from my backyard, kids love to eat them right out of the trees ❤! Your video inspired me think of expanding my productions to feed my entire street neighbors 😂 Would you mind to share all of the varieties of your citrus trees! Thank you very much! 🙏
Very impressive. What kind of soil or planting media do you use? How high are your beds? Do your beds have bottoms or are the roots growing into the ground underneath? That clementine looks large enough to be and is shaped like a pomelo. I'm in 10B/11A and have a Calamondin, Centennial variegated kumquat, Ray Ruby Grapefruit, a Satuma mandarin, variegated pink lemon, and a couple of Meyer lemons, and an Australian finger lime, all in containers. I also have a couple of everbearing mulberries in the ground. I stared growing them about three years ago and so far, I've dodged the Asian Psyllid. Production and taste get better each year.
My variegated pink eureka took a beating from all of the storms. It couldn’t take much of the cold as the Meyer lemon, even though it got bit a little too from the frost. But the Meyer is more tolerant & is showing signs of regrowing. The pink looks to be also, but it suffered real bad. I’m just waiting until this last frost comes through, & I’m going to prune them when I see the most appropriate time to do it. Now, your citrus farm is beautiful. I want more citrus trees, but I want them more mature to hopefully get fruit faster. I love satsumas & mandarins. And I should be getting my hoop up soon to start the remaining of my spring sowing & growing of various crops.
Your big unkown citrus that was supposed to be a clementine looks a lot like a Cuban Shaddock to me! I've heard of this happening before from reputable nurseries that used it as a roostock but it took over the graft for whatever reason. Beautiful trees otherwise, congrats on all the growth and production!
Were going to start growing etrogs in a 18' X 65' polycarbonate high tunnel in a zone 6a. But we'll be planting in the ground. I wondered why you ate growing in pots instead of in the grounds? Any advice?
Excellent fruit production from your trees and the fruit is so vibrant in color. All of my trees are in pots, zone 9A so I can't expect any where close to your production. What do you use to fertilize your trees and how to you handle pest? Thanks for your response.
Thanks! So I use seaweed, fish, kelp, 13-13-13, azomite and worm castings Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Labor Day. For pest control I use dawn dish soap in a big back pack sprayer. You can also use OMRI listed pest control if you want to go the organic route. I always prefer that myself. Hope that helps.
@@littlebexarfarm It does, thanks for your help. I am on target for what I am using as well. I will be happy with at least a third of your individual tree production in the coming years.
Hi ! It is very hard not to drool! Do you have kumquats? Your trees are so healthy. How do you feed them... What are your specific temperature averages according to seasons? I'm supposed to be in a 9a or 9b zone but haven't yet planted in ground... Only containers. What would you start with if you were in my zone? Best regards from France.
Hello. Thanks for that. I’m usually feed them on Mother’s day, Father’s Day and Labor Day for us. Any seaweed, kelp, fish, azomite and osmocote can work to fertilize the trees. I would think you could grow any of the citrus that I’m currently growing in your zone. Not sure how many freezes you get a year. It all depends on the protection you give the tree. I always suggest high tunnels because it makes it so much easier to grow all year long. No kumquats. They can be hard to sell. Hope this helps. Thanks.
@@littlebexarfarm It certainly does! I've just recently found out about azomite and am able to get some in granulated form. I don't know what is osmocoat yet. Your methods seem quite successful! I'm getting a tunnel greenhouse installed this year for food crops max height 8.8 feet (rather short) and the trees (one, maybe two) shall sadly have to be trimmed regularly but I will also try in ground against a south facing wall. Your fruit baskets are the perfect motivation. All the best for 2024!
I actually say the name of each one in the video. Also I have in some of my other videos the name pop up for each variety within the video. Hope that helps. Thanks.
@@littlebexarfarm Ahh a cunning ploy to get us to rewatch the videos as we research the citrus varieties of interest.... It's a bit more time consuming on the viewer side but we will work through it.
You are a talented and passionate person about agriculture.
Thanks.
Your citrus and fig orchards are very impressive - so many interesting varieties. It would be very cool to see your farm in person one day.
Definitely welcome to come. Just let me know. Thanks.
As soon as i realized how much i actually enjoy citrus and how important they are,i start seeing a bunch of great content on the subject. UA-cam and a.i. is amazing lol but the content like this is why! Thanks
Thanks.
SUCCESS! I've been watching this since the get go. Congratulations brother!
Awesome! Thank you!
I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for sharing and new subscriber
Awesome, thank you!
First time watching your content and I truly enjoyed it. I am in zone 8 and my first citrus was a Meyer lemon which I promptly planted in the ground. It has barely survived my babysitting attempts through two years of Texas freezes. Nov of ‘23 I purchased a greenhouse tent from Aldis and my Meyer is a happy clam! We also have a Moro Blood Orange, a Lisbon lemon, a MeiWa kumquat, several more Meyers from air layering, a Paige Mandarin, a Clementine, several figs, a couple each of peaches, apples, pomegranates, plums. I love your set up and am going watch the rest of your videos for more info. Thank you and many blessings.
That’s awesome! Looks like you have a great set up! Hope all continues to go well with your endeavors. Thanks for the comment.
Your video is so inspirational! I started planting fruit trees in my backyard since 2022( zone 9b), have some good varieties of citrus trees and other semi-tropical fruit trees like Loquat, Guava, and avocado, etc, got all year long fresh fruits from my backyard, kids love to eat them right out of the trees ❤! Your video inspired me think of expanding my productions to feed my entire street neighbors 😂
Would you mind to share all of the varieties of your citrus trees!
Thank you very much! 🙏
Thanks! Good luck!
Amazing, love it 🥰
Thanks.
Very impressive. What kind of soil or planting media do you use? How high are your beds? Do your beds have bottoms or are the roots growing into the ground underneath? That clementine looks large enough to be and is shaped like a pomelo. I'm in 10B/11A and have a Calamondin, Centennial variegated kumquat, Ray Ruby Grapefruit, a Satuma mandarin, variegated pink lemon, and a couple of Meyer lemons, and an Australian finger lime, all in containers. I also have a couple of everbearing mulberries in the ground. I stared growing them about three years ago and so far, I've dodged the Asian Psyllid. Production and taste get better each year.
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My variegated pink eureka took a beating from all of the storms. It couldn’t take much of the cold as the Meyer lemon, even though it got bit a little too from the frost. But the Meyer is more tolerant & is showing signs of regrowing. The pink looks to be also, but it suffered real bad. I’m just waiting until this last frost comes through, & I’m going to prune them when I see the most appropriate time to do it. Now, your citrus farm is beautiful. I want more citrus trees, but I want them more mature to hopefully get fruit faster. I love satsumas & mandarins. And I should be getting my hoop up soon to start the remaining of my spring sowing & growing of various crops.
Your big unkown citrus that was supposed to be a clementine looks a lot like a Cuban Shaddock to me!
I've heard of this happening before from reputable nurseries that used it as a roostock but it took over the graft for whatever reason.
Beautiful trees otherwise, congrats on all the growth and production!
Interesting! Thanks for the info. I’ll keep everybody updated on the fruit production this year.
@@littlebexarfarm you're welcome! I hope it at least points you in the right direction.
Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 I subscribed to your channel 🙏
Thanks!
@@littlebexarfarm you're welcome 😁 your citrus looks delicious 🙏 Great day..
More for the satsumas and lemons but would you keep the spacing or change it
Where do you buy your citrus plants
Is there much difference between Arctic and Orange Frost ?
I personally don’t think so.
What was the variety left of your Page Mandarin that you said was your favorite tasting at 27:05?
It is a honey mandarin.
@@littlebexarfarm Thanks! I'll have to check it out.
Were going to start growing etrogs in a 18' X 65' polycarbonate high tunnel in a zone 6a. But we'll be planting in the ground. I wondered why you ate growing in pots instead of in the grounds? Any advice?
Excellent fruit production from your trees and the fruit is so vibrant in color. All of my trees are in pots, zone 9A so I can't expect any where close to your production. What do you use to fertilize your trees and how to you handle pest? Thanks for your response.
Thanks! So I use seaweed, fish, kelp, 13-13-13, azomite and worm castings Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Labor Day. For pest control I use dawn dish soap in a big back pack sprayer. You can also use OMRI listed pest control if you want to go the organic route. I always prefer that myself. Hope that helps.
@@littlebexarfarm It does, thanks for your help. I am on target for what I am using as well. I will be happy with at least a third of your individual tree production in the coming years.
Hi ! It is very hard not to drool! Do you have kumquats? Your trees are so healthy. How do you feed them... What are your specific temperature averages according to seasons? I'm supposed to be in a 9a or 9b zone but haven't yet planted in ground... Only containers. What would you start with if you were in my zone? Best regards from France.
Hello. Thanks for that. I’m usually feed them on Mother’s day, Father’s Day and Labor Day for us. Any seaweed, kelp, fish, azomite and osmocote can work to fertilize the trees. I would think you could grow any of the citrus that I’m currently growing in your zone. Not sure how many freezes you get a year. It all depends on the protection you give the tree. I always suggest high tunnels because it makes it so much easier to grow all year long. No kumquats. They can be hard to sell. Hope this helps. Thanks.
@@littlebexarfarm It certainly does! I've just recently found out about azomite and am able to get some in granulated form. I don't know what is osmocoat yet. Your methods seem quite successful! I'm getting a tunnel greenhouse installed this year for food crops max height 8.8 feet (rather short) and the trees (one, maybe two) shall sadly have to be trimmed regularly but I will also try in ground against a south facing wall. Your fruit baskets are the perfect motivation. All the best for 2024!
This winter season has been very VERY wet and seasaw temps with some short freezes but not much sun since October!
@@crookedstrings3009 oh wow. Definitely need some heat to really get those citrus trees to produce fruit that will be sweet.
@@crookedstrings3009 thanks! Definitely love to see pics of your progress when you have it done! Good luck!
Share your fertilizer gives plant..?
I was just suggested to this video and already am a bit overwhelmed with all the varieties, Could you tag the trees for easy identification?
I actually say the name of each one in the video. Also I have in some of my other videos the name pop up for each variety within the video. Hope that helps. Thanks.
@@littlebexarfarm Ahh a cunning ploy to get us to rewatch the videos as we research the citrus varieties of interest.... It's a bit more time consuming on the viewer side but we will work through it.
I struggled with limes until I used Jack's Bloom Booster
It’s always the cold. They are super sensitive when it gets close to 32 degrees in the HT.
Where can i buy citrus trees? please