Absolutely incredible sized trees for zone 7! I also live in zone 7 and I have a small trifoliate orange tree. I love the trifoliate orange and its hybrids - the taste compromise is fine with me if it means growing citrus outdoors here!
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'll be crossing my fingers for you. I'm growing in southern NY state; lowest temperatures we had this winter were about 3°F, but there's been huge swings in temperature which killed off some smaller seedlings down to the roots.
I sprouted some seed from mine for the first time this year and they are doing great but I did not hand pollinated so don't know what they crossed with just the mother fruit. I'll do more videos as they start to come out so everyone can see how they did. I think we need to share what works and what does not to grow this his far north.
Beautiful trees! Thank you for sharing. I am on the border of zone 7B/8A up here in Chesapeake, VA. I just put my first 4 citrus into the ground this year in a microclimate against the South side of the bricks on my home. Two Meyer Lemons (Copies on their own roots that I made... so they can come back) and two satsuma Mandarines on Trifoliate. I also have two seedlings of Thomasville Citrangequat in containers that will find a home in the ground when they get to the right size/age. The only other citrus I aim to acquire is Yuzu. All of my trees are under frost jackets and have some of those wonderful C9 Christmas lights on them. They are running right now actually!
That sounds like your coming a long in getting alot of nice citrus going. Next week we are suppose to get down to 8F so will have to get ready for that and hope to make it through.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I hope you do too! Mine were fine down to 12F several times last Wonter in the same area but in pots with the same protection they have now. Those C9 lights bump up the temps 20F under the frost jacket probably.
@@Frank-fs5nv I wound up moving three large 15gal container trees that are 1st year/sensitive up between the Meyer Lemons... then adding a second massive frost jacket layer on top. I hope that will do. I don't have the time to hunt down and acquire some barrels. It is supposed get down to 12F in a few days... and my actual temps are usually about 5F colder than what they predict for my area since I live out in the sticks away from the city and bay/ocean.
I live in the coldest region in Poland and have poncirius trifoliata .It is a very resistant citrus .In high mountains it can withstand up to -27C enough for zone 5-6 .What do you think about citremon ?
Awesome collection. The mandarin one, that looks like Prague Citsuma/Chimera. Have you had fruit off of it yet? Is your orange x trifoliate a Morton Citrange?
I had fruit on the mandarin last year but not many and they are small but by far the best tasting of the cold hardy. I can't remember the name of the Citrange.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 It might be Morton especially if you taste "sea water" I've definitely heard that before haha. I grafted a piece to my taitri which is half sour orange. If I ever get fruit it will be interesting to see if that rootstock has any effect on the flavor of the citrange
I live in south Alabama in zone 8b, I’ve seen several of these citrus trees around town in peoples yard, not sure about varieties though. I see one yard with a large grapefruit tree. I think most are Meyer lemon trees and maybe some cold hardy version of orange.
I think you all down there can grow satsumas which are better then anything we can do this far north. I did not know of any real grapefruit that can grow there, so that sounds neat.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 yeah I don’t know about the grapefruit, I could be mistaken but from a distance the tree looked like a grapefruit, the fruits were large and yellow and it was in November I believe. I’ve only seen that one. I live 30 mins north of the Florida line, I went to a small town in the panhandle last month and I see they were selling satsumas in a few places on the side of the road. I’m guessing that’s probably what some people grow around here too
I’d be interested in making some cutting from those hybrid varieties. In order to reproduce more copies of those trees. Btw, nice trees, most of my citrus are potted and move inside a greenhouse in winter time. Zone 8a
I have not had trouble so far might they are planted in the garden so there are other food they like better(: I do plan on planting some farther out so we will see how they do with the deer.
The biggest ones for 7 years and I just planted some new ones this year. What zone are you in? you might be able to go some of these with some care. We are suppose to get down to 4F now tomorrow night so I'm working hard getting ready since that will be close to where this can handle.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'm in zone 7a. Northern VA. Next year I'm hoping to plant a few other ones in ground. Wow that's going to be super cold for you. We are going down to 8 degrees tomorrow night. Super cold.
@@GardenForaged I'm in 7a too. Yes it is cold for here but not uncommon. The last few years we only went down to 14F but 5 years ago we went down to 0F and all but 2 of my plants died back to the root.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I have Dunstan Citrumelo seedlings, but I also have 5* Citrumelo seedlings several of which are fruiting at 4 years of age. I'm an amateur Cold Hardy Citrus breeder.
@@rafaelramos441 That sounds cool. What zone are you going in? How do your Citrumelo tast like? I got some off of my mandarin X trifoliate and the where really good tasting just small, I was also able to cover it better since it is smaller.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'm in zone 6b. There's a bit of trifoliate flavor, but the grapefruit flavor is stronger. There's also modest sweetness.
@@rafaelramos441 Hello Rafael how big are your 5Star seedling when they flower at the age of 4? I am curious. I have seedlings of 5Star too but not that precocious ones.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 Satsuma Myers lemon Calamandren lime tree blood orange one that just says orange lol and I’m working on about 50 plus seedlings grapefruit and lemon and oranges only time will tell
I’m also in western WA and trying to see what’s going to work good for me. I have a couple mandarins, a rare Chinese grapefruit, a couple different kumquats and a yuzu. Also have some flying dragons and trifoliate’ sim growing for grafting.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 cool I’m still taking mine in my shop and putting them under grow lights for a few more years to get the stems bigger so they can have a better chance at survival but I did leave about 50 seedlings in the green house and there doing fine no heat and I planted a few small lemon trees outside under the bigger trees for frost protection and there doing fine so far the ones that really impresses me is the loquat trees I often think of doing a UA-cam channel of my own maybe in the future just for fun
Absolutely incredible sized trees for zone 7! I also live in zone 7 and I have a small trifoliate orange tree. I love the trifoliate orange and its hybrids - the taste compromise is fine with me if it means growing citrus outdoors here!
Thank you. I think they might have die back t the root this year to early to tell yet. We got down to 0F. Where in the country zone 7 are you growing?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'll be crossing my fingers for you. I'm growing in southern NY state; lowest temperatures we had this winter were about 3°F, but there's been huge swings in temperature which killed off some smaller seedlings down to the roots.
I sprouted some seed from mine for the first time this year and they are doing great but I did not hand pollinated so don't know what they crossed with just the mother fruit. I'll do more videos as they start to come out so everyone can see how they did. I think we need to share what works and what does not to grow this his far north.
thats awsome i want a hardy grapefruit hope they rippen befor it gets to cold here in washington state. Thanks for the tip
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Beautiful trees! Thank you for sharing.
I am on the border of zone 7B/8A up here in Chesapeake, VA. I just put my first 4 citrus into the ground this year in a microclimate against the South side of the bricks on my home.
Two Meyer Lemons (Copies on their own roots that I made... so they can come back) and two satsuma Mandarines on Trifoliate.
I also have two seedlings of Thomasville Citrangequat in containers that will find a home in the ground when they get to the right size/age.
The only other citrus I aim to acquire is Yuzu.
All of my trees are under frost jackets and have some of those wonderful C9 Christmas lights on them. They are running right now actually!
That sounds like your coming a long in getting alot of nice citrus going. Next week we are suppose to get down to 8F so will have to get ready for that and hope to make it through.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504
I hope you do too! Mine were fine down to 12F several times last Wonter in the same area but in pots with the same protection they have now. Those C9 lights bump up the temps 20F under the frost jacket probably.
You may want to place some large water containers around them for extra insulation. Water protects.
@@Frank-fs5nv I was just out putting hay all around them since we are going down to 8F tomorrow night. the water next to them is a good idea.
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I wound up moving three large 15gal container trees that are 1st year/sensitive up between the Meyer Lemons... then adding a second massive frost jacket layer on top. I hope that will do.
I don't have the time to hunt down and acquire some barrels. It is supposed get down to 12F in a few days... and my actual temps are usually about 5F colder than what they predict for my area since I live out in the sticks away from the city and bay/ocean.
Would love to know how you connect the lights to a thermostat. Appreciate the video.
I'll have to do another video and show you. It is just a green house thermostat with plugs. Do you have any growing?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 Yes I do, but I'm doing it all manually.
@@Frank-fs5nv What zone are you going in?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'm in zone 6b/7a in Southern Connecticut along the coast.
I live in the coldest region in Poland and have poncirius trifoliata .It is a very resistant citrus .In high mountains it can withstand up to -27C enough for zone 5-6 .What do you think about citremon ?
Awesome collection. The mandarin one, that looks like Prague Citsuma/Chimera. Have you had fruit off of it yet? Is your orange x trifoliate a Morton Citrange?
I had fruit on the mandarin last year but not many and they are small but by far the best tasting of the cold hardy. I can't remember the name of the Citrange.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 It might be Morton especially if you taste "sea water" I've definitely heard that before haha. I grafted a piece to my taitri which is half sour orange. If I ever get fruit it will be interesting to see if that rootstock has any effect on the flavor of the citrange
I live in south Alabama in zone 8b, I’ve seen several of these citrus trees around town in peoples yard, not sure about varieties though. I see one yard with a large grapefruit tree. I think most are Meyer lemon trees and maybe some cold hardy version of orange.
I think you all down there can grow satsumas which are better then anything we can do this far north. I did not know of any real grapefruit that can grow there, so that sounds neat.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 yeah I don’t know about the grapefruit, I could be mistaken but from a distance the tree looked like a grapefruit, the fruits were large and yellow and it was in November I believe.
I’ve only seen that one.
I live 30 mins north of the Florida line, I went to a small town in the panhandle last month and I see they were selling satsumas in a few places on the side of the road. I’m guessing that’s probably what some people grow around here too
I’d be interested in making some cutting from those hybrid varieties. In order to reproduce more copies of those trees. Btw, nice trees, most of my citrus are potted and move inside a greenhouse in winter time. Zone 8a
Do the deer eat the citrus plants?
I have not had trouble so far might they are planted in the garden so there are other food they like better(: I do plan on planting some farther out so we will see how they do with the deer.
Wow! Those look great! How long have you had them for? I have yuzu or trifoliate oranges planted in-ground here in Northern VA
The biggest ones for 7 years and I just planted some new ones this year. What zone are you in? you might be able to go some of these with some care. We are suppose to get down to 4F now tomorrow night so I'm working hard getting ready since that will be close to where this can handle.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'm in zone 7a. Northern VA. Next year I'm hoping to plant a few other ones in ground. Wow that's going to be super cold for you. We are going down to 8 degrees tomorrow night. Super cold.
@@GardenForaged I'm in 7a too. Yes it is cold for here but not uncommon. The last few years we only went down to 14F but 5 years ago we went down to 0F and all but 2 of my plants died back to the root.
When you say crossed you mean the desirable variety is grafted onto the trifoliate roots?
No most of them are not grafted. The are trifoliate is crossed with a better tasting variety to try and get them more cold hard yet edible.
What is “trafolient”? 🤔 😂🤣
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Nice trees. Is your Citrumelo Dunstan, or Swingle?
I think it is a Dunstan but don't remember for sure. I got it from Stan Mckenzie. Do you have any growing?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I have Dunstan Citrumelo seedlings, but I also have 5* Citrumelo seedlings several of which are fruiting at 4 years of age. I'm an amateur Cold Hardy Citrus breeder.
@@rafaelramos441 That sounds cool. What zone are you going in? How do your Citrumelo tast like? I got some off of my mandarin X trifoliate and the where really good tasting just small, I was also able to cover it better since it is smaller.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'm in zone 6b. There's a bit of trifoliate flavor, but the grapefruit flavor is stronger. There's also modest sweetness.
@@rafaelramos441 Hello Rafael how big are your 5Star seedling when they flower at the age of 4? I am curious. I have seedlings of 5Star too but not that precocious ones.
Western Washington trying it also there all perty small
What kinds do you have?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 Satsuma Myers lemon Calamandren lime tree blood orange one that just says orange lol and I’m working on about 50 plus seedlings grapefruit and lemon and oranges only time will tell
I’m also in western WA and trying to see what’s going to work good for me. I have a couple mandarins, a rare Chinese grapefruit, a couple different kumquats and a yuzu. Also have some flying dragons and trifoliate’ sim growing for grafting.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 cool I’m still taking mine in my shop and putting them under grow lights for a few more years to get the stems bigger so they can have a better chance at survival but I did leave about 50 seedlings in the green house and there doing fine no heat and I planted a few small lemon trees outside under the bigger trees for frost protection and there doing fine so far the ones that really impresses me is the loquat trees I often think of doing a UA-cam channel of my own maybe in the future just for fun
@@yochanontheseeker1942 very cool