DFV | Planting Citrus in AZ | Variegated Cara Cara Orange Tree
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2021
- March is the perfect time of year to plant citrus in Arizona. Today we're planting 3 citrus trees including a Variegated Cara Cara orange tree that we purchased from Reid at RSI Growers. In addition we're planting another Pineapple Guava in our tropical section of the farm.
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Boy the orchard is looking fantastic I have stayed away from the Nurseries because I see a tree I don't have and I get it each time I tell my self you don't need it I guess its better than gambling The trees will keep on giving not taking.
We know just how you feel Pamela. Fortunately for us we have to make a concerted effort to get to a nursery being this far out, so we don't have the impulse buys we used to. Plus we have to plan ahead with irrigation, because hand watering is too much of a chore with everything going on!
I have the same problem 😫
I've had my Bearrs lime less than a year and I love it already! Got 6 ripe limes last year and it's already full of blossoms and baby limes this year! I just need a blood orange now!
Those Bearrs limes are fantastic trees. It's the last tree on the list for this season, so hopefully we'll track one down soon. Blood oranges are a little finicky, but they're a unique fruit that is worth the wait.
You guys have planted so many trees and your place is really going to be so fantastic in a year or two. The wood chips have proven to be such an asset for now and the future. Great job!!
Hey Richard! We're looking forward to that as well. It's almost time to hang up the shovels for a few months, so we're anxious for that downtime right now!
I could have used that chipper today to take care of my pruning pile. It would have taken care my pruning pile in minutes which took me two hours using our Harbor Freight chipper, thank you for sharing.
Yeah, it's one of the advantages to that PTO on the tractor. It's designed to make big jobs easier and this was no different. We were talking about how much time it would have taken with the old Sun Joe that was our workhorse on the old property.
Great Video guys! Calling Reid tomorrow to get on the list. 👍🏾
You'll have to let us know what he says. He told me we were clear to let everyone know he would eventually have them. It's a cool, unique little tree that I think a lot of us tree fanatics would like to have.
So cool! I want a variegated cara! I heard they can spontaneously appear on a regular cara so I'm hoping one of my branches turns.
That's my understanding as well and it can go both ways. This guy has a new branch with no variegation on it!
Beautiful farm! Nice citrus trees.
Hello Mia! Thanks for the comment. We're hoping they grow well and give an abundant harvest.
Nice !😎
Glad you enjoyed this one Finca!
Wow the farm is evolving nicely. You all may need to open a grocery store soon.
It's starting to take shape for sure. Hopefully that grocery store is an option a few years down the road!! :)
Plant more of those Moringa sticks around your live stock area for wind breaks and fodder. Moringa is free food tree for everyone. Evidently you just shove the stick in the ground and they grow.
Great suggestion Kelly and we do plan on having them in a few areas on the farm. The key for us is ensuring we have irrigation run to the trees (or sticks/starts) until they are well established. Definitely like the idea of putting them around the livestock areas!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Fodder trees like Lead trees and Moringa don't need much water. Mulch them really well and build a trench to collect rain water and you should be fine. You will have an endless supply of mulch fron those tree's.
Hoo rah, Lori! That tractor looks good with you on it.
I was a little surprised you found a Ruby grapefruit. With the North Pole visiting Texas, and Texas famous for Rubies, I would think the trees would be grabbed up. But, as I understand, if the tree is killed to the graft, they simply graft what comes up.
Pineapple guavas are tropical? Semi, maybe...But, you encourage me to try to find room for a loquat or two. Definitely, tho, peach and an apple will go out front.
And, I can see the cows lining the fence staring, longing for a chance to get a bellyache overeating that chicken pasture...But don't we all. Such is life :)
Here's another one of your comments that was put into UA-cam prison for some reason. Please know we're still seeing them and appreciate you Martin!
My Cara Cara orange tree is starting its second summer in ground. I kept it protected with 30% shade cloth last summer. Today was the last day of May and I put up 30% shade cloth just for the western sun. It is getting full sun from morning until 1pm. It was looking like the leaves on the western side were getting sunburned. My other citrus trees are doing great. Have you found the Cara Cara variety needing a little extra protection to get started?
Thanks,
Dave
Hey there Dave. We do not shade any of our fruit trees here on the farm, that definitely includes citrus as they have a rich history of thriving here in Arizona. I'll link the video we did covering some of the reasons why for you here;
ua-cam.com/video/DKR4aRpd5vY/v-deo.html
Given the rabbit problem you have I would pollard rather than coppice everything that needs cutting back.
You're spot on. We actually don't coppice anything here on the farm because of that very thing. Eventually these citrus trees will be trained up to branch at around 3' which puts them above the rabbit pressure.
If you guys need some moringa seeds i have tons by the way!
Thanks for the offer. We still have a big bag we saved from the tree we lost on the old farm. Once we have the irrigation in we'll test the longevity of those seeds!
I noticed that you don't break the root ball when planting. Can you give me your thoughts on that?
That is a very good question. If the root ball is pliable and the roots are not wrapping around the ball we keep it intact. We didn't capture it on camera, but we had another citrus that came from Summer Winds that had a hard root ball that was a little dried out, so we broke that up once it was in the hole before we backfilled.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm i see thanks for sharing
Hey D+L. Did you get any frost damage on the trees that had already broken dormancy?
Not anything that we can see. The only flowering is on the FlordaPrince, Early Amber and potted Dorsette, so I suppose we'll have to see if they set in the next couple of weeks.
I live in Western Arizona desert. Get a lot of constant strong wind like you wouldn't believe. Dust storms, dirt devils, and 40+ mph gusts. How do you protect against the wind? I don't have walls or anything. Been using cardboard, but that can only do so much. Worried my citrus and stone fruits wont handle.
Hey Anthony. Great question and we deal with that here as well, although not nearly with that type of gust on a regular basis. We don't do anything specifically for wind, except for keeping our trees pruned nice and low to the ground. You can plant native trees (such as mesquite) as wind breaks and they do quite well. Usually the trees hold up pretty good to the wind once they've been in the ground for a year, but again that's with keeping them pruned nice and low. If you're going to stake the tree, be sure to use double stakes so the tree knows to put those roots down nice and deep to compensate for the extra stress from the wind. If you do stake a young tree you'll want to remove the stakes after a year so it gets used to the pressure of your winds.
Hi! Your channel is my go to ! I live in the Sahara with an aride climate as yours. I want to plant an orchad. The soil is very sandy and poor. But very mineral. Any way i thought cirrus trees require a certain number of chill hours ?
Hello in the Sahara! Yes, our climate is very similar to many parts of Africa and the Middle East. Our soil is more clay than sand, but there are areas in California and Florida that do very well with citrus and they have more sandy type soils. The don't require any chill hours and actually thrive in hot weather. The important thing for you will be to make sure you have irrigation run to the trees (or water deep, but infrequently by hand) and also fertilize on a regular basis. I imagine your seasons are very similar to ours and we fertilize in February, May and September. What kinds of citrus do you have access to over there?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm hello to my western desert friend ! Thanks That's way I like your content ! I hope that one day I can have such beautiful garden.
Regarding citrus trees I have only seen 3 or 4 five varieties of lime. I try to get my hand on some oranges somewhere else and maybe graft them. I live in Mauritania, here 100% of farm land is concentrated in the south near the fertile land of the mighty senegale river. I working on enriching my soil. I only had success with white mustard and cow beans. I was hoping to deep mulch with surgham Sudan. But they were burnt by the heat... do you have any tips regarding composting in such dry condition ?
@@mokhtarmoussa I think you have a solid plan with the citrus. Limes and lemons are great, especially for cooking, but if you can find a way to get an orange tree you'll have something you can enjoy by itself. As for the issue with having your Sorghum fail, you may need to adjust the timing of when you're planting it. We planted ours a few weeks ago and so far it's doing pretty good with temps at 46c. You may also need to adjust how much irrigation you're giving it and when you water. We water in the evening and morning to help ensure the water has time to be absorbed into the soil. We also use wood chip mulch to help hold the moisture in. We use that almost everywhere and it makes a BIG difference with plants being able to take the extreme heat and dry air. That will help your mustard and cow peas as well, although it sounds like that is already working for you.
What did L sprinkle in the hole after you dropped in the pineapple guava? And thanks for all the awesome videos, you help me so much!
Good catch Christine and we should have commented on that. We sprinkle some fertilizer in the hole along with the planting. That was suggested by Reid at RSI Growers who is our go-to source for fruit trees. The fertilizer we're using on the evergreens this first time around is a conventional fertlizer we buy from Fertizona. It's their Premium 15-15-15 granular fertilizer.
The pasture is looking great! Do you have a problem with chicken hawks or the like?
I would imagine we would have issues with birds of prey, but we only let them out when we're out near the pasture. Otherwise they're behind bars!
Pineapple guava is such a pretty tree/shrub. I got a little hedgerow of them. I want to add a strawberry guava as well. Any other guavas you guys recommend?
Guavas are fairly new to us as well. We have had pineapple and strawberry guavas growing on our past properties, but never saw any fruit. We have the pink guava we just put in last fall and picked up a white guava this past weekend that we're going to try as well. All tests for us right now.
Nice vid!! Getting ready to plan 3x cities trees (Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit) living here loca north phx.
Question: if I plant the trees for example the Orange and lemon the appropriate distance and next to each other will the Orange or vis versa alter tastes at some point? Thanks!
Woohoo! Congrats on those new trees, you're really going to love your citrus. The trees will cross pollinate, but it won't effect the flavor at all. The only thing that will happen is you will get a few seeds in seedless varieties if they're cross pollinated by a seeded citrus tree. For most of us, that happens no matter what as chances are very good you have neighbors with citrus trees also that will cross pollinate. Enjoy those trees!!
Will you need to plant pollinators or will the trees act as that.
Great question Barb. We do everything we can to attract bees throughout the growing season. From water sources, to pollinating plants (right now it's the Daikon radish going to seed) we try to always have something here for them. One nice thing about all the different types of fruit trees is the extended flowering seasons. We usually have trees flowering from now through mid-spring, so there is a constant source of food and water.
Speaking of your body.....lol!!!!
It's like a wise man once said "So your saying there's a chance!"
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yup the wise man from Dumb and Dumber :)
Do you worry about any of your citrus trees burning this summer including your loquat trees? And pineapple guava ect, I had to shade protect mine as they burn so easy, or do you have a special root stoke or something any info would be great since I'm trying to grow them myself yhanks.😊 🙏
Great questions. The citrus should be just fine by summer. They're designed to relish the heat. The loquats are always a bit dicey, but we had success on the old farm with a fall planted loquat that was large enough by summer to get through fairly well. The pineapple guava will be fine, but I'm not sure about the pink and white guavas as we have not grown those before. We don't do shade protection on any of the trees. They have to make it on their own or we swap them out with something that will. Frost protection for tropicals is a bit different, but even there we won't take drastic steps. Just a sheet over the tree on nights that freeze and nothing else. Sort of a tough love approach, but we wind up with trees that can take the extremes without help from us.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you! I'll try planting a loquat this fall I'm excited to see how those trees do this summer👍.
Do you think the white variegation on the leaves will burn in the sun?
Great question Joseph. I don't think that will be an issue. We have a variegated kumquat that's been through a year in the ground with no issues and it's on dwarf root stock. We're hoping we see even stronger growth with this one to push through those hot summer days.
I’ve heard Moringa is very invasive. Did you have it in the ground at your old farm? I’ve been thinking of planting one.
No they just grow fast.
Hey Veronica. I don't think they would qualify as invasive (at least not in AZ), but they grow extremely fast. We had one in the ground on the old farm and it grew well over 10' a year, but when we hit 20 degrees a few years back it killed it. We're thinking we can get away with covering it well and keeping it either coppiced or pollarded.
@@FruitTree very true!
they are really not invasive for us here. Nice and quick growers take some serious abuse!
Two, 2gph emitters. Do those run once or twice a day and for how long?
Great question. Right now they're running for 2 hours, once a week. When we start seeing regular temps above 90 we'll start bumping that up a bit.
How often are you running them now with temps above the 90s consistently?
@@neilprusinski9666 Right now we're running irrigation for 2 hours once a week on our primary orchards. Our bubblers are 0.5 gallons per minute, so that's 60 gallons per tree, once a week. If we start seeing stress on the trees or we are regularly above 110 without rain we'll bump that up as needed. We do have a few exceptions with our berry and grapevines which are on drip. For those we're watering twice a week for 60 minutes at a clip. That equates to about 8 gallons per vine/wk.
Do Cara cara have thorns usually?
Hey Kat. I responded on your other comment, but yes, our cara cara trees do have small thorns on them.
I would buy a variegated cara cara orange tree if i could find one available
The only place I've seen these is at RSI Growers in Glendale. Reid has plans to propagate it and sell them, but I don't know where he's at with inventory.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm it doesn't show up on their website but I'm curious now, wouldn't he have to make a variegated rootstock like flying dragon to make sure it doesn't revert as well or does it work as just a cutting
@@MegaCasey09 it sounds like you may know more about this than I do as we don't do plant propagation here (at least not via grafting). He's our go-to for grafted trees in the area, but I wouldn't be able to say whether or not this tree will need a specific root stock.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I came to this channel to learn! Haha no way I'd know anything you didn't already know for years I'm just trying to learn so much because I'm growing citrus in 8b in washington state
Do you sell these Cara Cara variegated trees?
Unfortunately we don't. We purchased this one from RSI Growers, but I don't know whether or not he has any available.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you. I checked their products list and they don’t have it in stock. Luck y you guys got one!
At 8:40 she looks like Gloria Vanderbilt with those shades .
or Jackie O
She's a doll isn't she! Duane here of course...