I'm growing 7 citrus trees in ground in North Carolina. Funny thing is, I don't really care for citrus. Aside from lemons and limes for cooking, I don't eat it much. The exception: home grown citrus. It's unbelievable. The stuff sold in grocery stores, outside of a *really* narrow window in the winter when things are perfectly in season, is swill. Swill, I tell you! It's the citrus equivalent of a winter grocery store tomato. Home grown citrus fresh off the tree is on a whole different level. It's one of the only things that makes me look forward to winter. The satsumas I'm harvesting off my trees are incredible, the Meyer lemons are almost ripe, and I could sit by the kumquat tree all day popping them. If you ever find yourself in North Carolina in November or December, I'll have some satsumas for you!
I can honestly say she sells good trees that grows well. The trees that I purchased from her out grew the ones I purchased a year earlier from another nursery.
Trav, you're gonna cost me a LOT of money for this video! Hopefully we will sell out home up here in Helen, GA and move back home, and the #1 property we're looking at is towards Ochlocknee. I've been binging on your vids all day and I can't wait to get down there and start my garden and citrus grove!
I want to put in some Satsumas this year, but until I can get some established, I have neighbors who give them to me! I'm so bless to have them! We've been juicing them all week!
I'm glad to see the two of you filming together. I've been buying citrus from Lindy Savelle for one year now and they are delicious. I've purchase Hamlin and Robertson oranges, throneless key lime, and persian limes
I recently purchased a frost owari satsuma, nagami kumquat and ruby red grapefruit from them (ga grown citrus). Small, healthy and i know they’re going to flourish in the spring. Great price.
I follow ( I am organic gardening) on youtube. His channel had a story of a farmer in Iowa that chose to not add fertilizer or pesticides to his corn crop. The farmer was told he needed to add this and that by a government guy that had tested his soil. At the end of the season, he had more bushel per acre than anyone around the county. He also had the county do some tests on how healthy the corn was. I don't remember if it was a sugar test or what but it was better than other crops in the area. That farmer went around the country sharing his information with other farmers of his results. Look up (I am organic gardening) on youtube. He has been doing it this way for many years.God Bless you and yours.
I am seriously considering this road trip this weekend. What's got me from committing is the 3 and a 1/2 hours one way. I so want to experience this farm. We will see. How wonderful for those that are "just up the road" from this. And a Satsuma mandarin, that is close to citrus heaven. Thank you for sharing this video. People don't know. I sure didn't.
I have a Page Mandarin that I bought from her almost exactly 2 years ago. They are so sweet and mine aren't hard to peel. Mine were large and segmented beautifully with very little pith. Very juicy. I got nine mandarins that were ready as early as October. Still have three on my tree. I would definitely recommend Page.
@@gregleach5833 I'm in Augusta, GA on the South Carolina border. Used to be 8A now zone 8b. Didn't get any fruit this year, probably because of the freeze last year, but the tree is still healthy.
@@a.millie impressive that it survived the cold up there ! Probably a few degrees colder than us in the south part of the state . I’m about 45 miles north of the orchard in the video .
@@gregleach5833 It got really cold last Christmas, in the teens at night for about 2 days. I covered my trees with frost bags and put some in a little plastic greenhouse. The Page was in the greenhouse and did pretty good. I thought my Meyer lemon/key lime combo, pink lemon, and Ponderosa lemon died. All their leaves and branches were beige. Everything bounced back in a few months. Took the Meyer lemon/key lime combo until June to come back, but it now has nice green leaves.
The 'Tahitian Pummelo' is a great fruit but is highly sensitive to cold given the cross with a lime. I have two 'Cocktail Pummelo' that is described as tasting like an 'Orange Julius' and require eating in the shower or over a garbage can as they can be super juicy.
I lived in southeast Asia for awhile. The mango tree's limbs would hang low when full. Thay prop them up with bamboo sticks. Look like sometimes forty are fifty around one tree. The farming techniques was very interesting
I had an Omari Satsuma in my yard several years ago. The last year it made, we had hundreds of satsumas on it, wow! The next year is the year of the BIG freeze here in Texas. Sad to say our tree died! Love Owari Satsumas for here in south Texas.
Loved this series of video, very informative, just wish you all were in Texas. Hope to see more videos like this, good job. Also love your gardening videos as well. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Holiday season.
@@LazyDogFarm Just make it happen. How many more fig trees would you have to sell to fund some spaded citrus trees? As Thoreau said, "The actual cost of a thing is the amount of your life that you have to give in exchange for it". Viewed that way, those spade trees feel like a bargain too good to miss. I checked their website, and their baby mail order varieties seem to be at a fair price point. Wish I could grow some citrus.
I want to add Lived in California most of my life ,Very proud of our diversity. But I'm shock at all those wonderful fruits, I never even heard of. Its pains me that I was living in Norcross, Georgia for a couple years. And missed out on a amazing opportunity to try so many specialties. I wonder why those fruits aren't made more available out here???
I think it's because she wants the trees to be loaded for her Clip n' Sip events. That way folks can try them and see if they'd like to purchase one of those trees. She told me that if the branches break, they break. They just let them get as loaded as possible in that orchard.
Had prof at UGA in 1990’s that specialized in citrus then went to Florida. ….can’t remember his name at moment but he had crazy cross cultivars on his porch that is never to be seen. He is brilliant..I’ll get his name and comment latter…..tequila
Page is a little hard to find. I only have 4 producing trees of it. Great intense flavor! Very sweet, but acidic at the same time. Have you tried different different rootstocks to get better fruit size?
@@LazyDogFarm I was just curious because it's probably the most scientific way possible to relay flavor to somebody. I just realized I don't know the upper limits of the scale I'd have to look at my meter. Then you could give that, explain how it works. Then somebody can take your number or numbers depending on how many oranges or whatever they're interested in, and say that's a pretty good number I might want to take the drive even though it's 3 hours and try it. Of course people could also compare against their own trees and realize no how far away their trees are from yours.
How much were the fruit bags for the clip and sip? I went to their website and there wasn't a lot of information. I can contact them I suppose but since you were there I figured you might know. Definitely sounds fun and I'd be interested in some trees and maybe some jelly
I'm growing 7 citrus trees in ground in North Carolina. Funny thing is, I don't really care for citrus. Aside from lemons and limes for cooking, I don't eat it much. The exception: home grown citrus. It's unbelievable. The stuff sold in grocery stores, outside of a *really* narrow window in the winter when things are perfectly in season, is swill. Swill, I tell you! It's the citrus equivalent of a winter grocery store tomato. Home grown citrus fresh off the tree is on a whole different level. It's one of the only things that makes me look forward to winter. The satsumas I'm harvesting off my trees are incredible, the Meyer lemons are almost ripe, and I could sit by the kumquat tree all day popping them. If you ever find yourself in North Carolina in November or December, I'll have some satsumas for you!
Bro, your trees are amazing man. That satsumas you have is beautiful!
@@ivanlangley4529 thank you. I hope to one day have trees as nice as the trees in this video.
@@TheMillennialGardener You will my friend!
I'll definitely keep that in mind if I'm ever up that way!
@@LazyDogFarm I honestly didn't know what a kumquat was until I moved to far north west Florida.
I can honestly say she sells good trees that grows well. The trees that I purchased from her out grew the ones I purchased a year earlier from another nursery.
Great to hear!
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Trav, you're gonna cost me a LOT of money for this video! Hopefully we will sell out home up here in Helen, GA and move back home, and the #1 property we're looking at is towards Ochlocknee. I've been binging on your vids all day and I can't wait to get down there and start my garden and citrus grove!
I just love a good field trip.
I want to put in some Satsumas this year, but until I can get some established, I have neighbors who give them to me! I'm so bless to have them! We've been juicing them all week!
So good 😮❤
Loads of love from 4th Gen Indian River County Fl.
Thanks for teaching us about the many different kinds of oranges. I had no idea! 🍊
What an incredible inspiration for all of us! Get to gardening!!!!!
I'm glad to see the two of you filming together. I've been buying citrus from Lindy Savelle for one year now and they are delicious. I've purchase Hamlin and Robertson oranges, throneless key lime, and persian limes
It was a pleasure to visit and film over there. Hopefully we can do it again sometime.
I recently purchased a frost owari satsuma, nagami kumquat and ruby red grapefruit from them (ga grown citrus). Small, healthy and i know they’re going to flourish in the spring. Great price.
Travis, This was a "mouth watering" series ! Thank you and Lindy for this tour, and all the best from S. N.H.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I follow ( I am organic gardening) on youtube. His channel had a story of a farmer in Iowa that chose to not add fertilizer or pesticides to his corn crop. The farmer was told he needed to add this and that by a government guy that had tested his soil. At the end of the season, he had more bushel per acre than anyone around the county. He also had the county do some tests on how healthy the corn was. I don't remember if it was a sugar test or what but it was better than other crops in the area. That farmer went around the country sharing his information with other farmers of his results. Look up (I am organic gardening) on youtube. He has been doing it this way for many years.God Bless you and yours.
I too have been following I am organic gardening. I saw that episode and have learn lots from Mark. Can’t wait to get some citrus trees for zone 8 b.
Awesome video on citrus business I have many citrus trees in northern Virginia kumquats lemons limes. Great video.
I am seriously considering this road trip this weekend. What's got me from committing is the 3 and a 1/2 hours one way. I so want to experience this farm. We will see. How wonderful for those that are "just up the road" from this. And a Satsuma mandarin, that is close to citrus heaven. Thank you for sharing this video. People don't know. I sure didn't.
I promise it will be worth your time!
Thank y'all. I really enjoyed the series.
Our pleasure!
Awesome I’ll try to get a few to try NWGA. I bet they work near structures for protection near here …maybe use in landscapes.
I have a Page Mandarin that I bought from her almost exactly 2 years ago. They are so sweet and mine aren't hard to peel. Mine were large and segmented beautifully with very little pith. Very juicy. I got nine mandarins that were ready as early as October. Still have three on my tree. I would definitely recommend Page.
Where are you growing the Page . I’m in South Georgia
@@gregleach5833 I'm in Augusta, GA on the South Carolina border. Used to be 8A now zone 8b. Didn't get any fruit this year, probably because of the freeze last year, but the tree is still healthy.
@@a.millie impressive that it survived the cold up there ! Probably a few degrees colder than us in the south part of the state . I’m about 45 miles north of the orchard in the video .
@@gregleach5833 It got really cold last Christmas, in the teens at night for about 2 days. I covered my trees with frost bags and put some in a little plastic greenhouse. The Page was in the greenhouse and did pretty good. I thought my Meyer lemon/key lime combo, pink lemon, and Ponderosa lemon died. All their leaves and branches were beige. Everything bounced back in a few months. Took the Meyer lemon/key lime combo until June to come back, but it now has nice green leaves.
How is acidity level page mandarine. I like low acidity ones.need advise please.
Need to plant some of those cold hardy varieties 😊, thanks Trav
The 'Tahitian Pummelo' is a great fruit but is highly sensitive to cold given the cross with a lime. I have two 'Cocktail Pummelo' that is described as tasting like an 'Orange Julius' and require eating in the shower or over a garbage can as they can be super juicy.
I lived in southeast Asia for awhile. The mango tree's limbs would hang low when full. Thay prop them up with bamboo sticks. Look like sometimes forty are fifty around one tree. The farming techniques was very interesting
Interesting!
As a fellow (north) Georgia gardener, could you make a video for us southerners that discusses the best plants/varieties to grow in our climate?
Sure. We usually start talking about that in early January when we're deciding what varieties we're going to grow for the year.
I just had to comment about the sunglasses comments you received and say they should watch this video lol.
Very nice. My Satsuma was attacked by leaf-leg bugs & eventually dropped all fruit. I guess I need to spray.
I had an Omari Satsuma in my yard several years ago. The last year it made, we had hundreds of satsumas on it, wow! The next year is the year of the BIG freeze here in Texas. Sad to say our tree died! Love Owari Satsumas for here in south Texas.
Sorry to hear you lost it.
That video was wonderful thanks Travis.
Glad you enjoyed it
I really enjoyed these two videos!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
That's my next door neighbor!! Awesome.
Great neighbors to have!
Loved this series of video, very informative, just wish you all were in Texas. Hope to see more videos like this, good job.
Also love your gardening videos as well. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Holiday season.
Thanks Karen! Hope y'all have a wonderful holiday season as well!
Delightful 🍊
Great show. What a lovely lady Miss Lindy is. You'd best be bringing home one of those 3-4 cwt cultivars to stick on the end of a row of figs.
I wouldn't mind having a few of those spaded trees that are already super productive.
@@LazyDogFarm Just make it happen. How many more fig trees would you have to sell to fund some spaded citrus trees? As Thoreau said, "The actual cost of a thing is the amount of your life that you have to give in exchange for it". Viewed that way, those spade trees feel like a bargain too good to miss.
I checked their website, and their baby mail order varieties seem to be at a fair price point. Wish I could grow some citrus.
Really nice. You need to get yourself 1 of those trees Travis.
How do you deal with the mites ?
I want to add Lived in California most of my life ,Very proud of our diversity. But I'm shock at all those wonderful fruits, I never even heard of. Its pains me that I was living in Norcross, Georgia for a couple years. And missed out on a amazing opportunity to try so many specialties. I wonder why those fruits aren't made more available out here???
I think some of the more specialty citrus varieties are gaining more popularity, but you definitely don't find a lot of them at the grocery store.
I would love to grow lemons. I’m allergic to oranges/tangerines but not lemons. 🤷🏼♀️
She ought to promote them as HAVE SOME FRESH GEORGIA SLICE AND SQUEEZE OJ .
Beautiful. I'm a bit confused as to why the fruit on the Honey Mandarin isn't harvested to alleviate the stress so as not to break?
I think it's because she wants the trees to be loaded for her Clip n' Sip events. That way folks can try them and see if they'd like to purchase one of those trees. She told me that if the branches break, they break. They just let them get as loaded as possible in that orchard.
@@LazyDogFarm copy. I like that attitude.
Had prof at UGA in 1990’s that specialized in citrus then went to Florida. ….can’t remember his name at moment but he had crazy cross cultivars on his porch that is never to be seen. He is brilliant..I’ll get his name and comment latter…..tequila
You will only find citrus this good at you-pick farms! It has a chance to ripen fully and get sweet on the tree.
Page is a little hard to find. I only have 4 producing trees of it. Great intense flavor! Very sweet, but acidic at the same time.
Have you tried different different rootstocks to get better fruit size?
OMG I weep from envy
Hello Travis and Lindy.
Hey Leah!
I see a citrus orchard coming to Lazy Dog at some point! 😜
Definitely gonna add a few trees at some point!
Nice how big is her farm
Not sure how many acres. But once you get in the middle of that orchard, all you see is citrus trees in any direction. There's a bunch of 'em!
Can any of those be grown in zone 5?
Yes, but you'd have to keep them in a pot so you could bring them indoors in the cool season.
So is the brick reading you clip at a trade secret or something?
I'm not sure what the target brix reading is. But I'm sure they've fine-tuned their process through learning over the years.
@@LazyDogFarm I was just curious because it's probably the most scientific way possible to relay flavor to somebody. I just realized I don't know the upper limits of the scale I'd have to look at my meter. Then you could give that, explain how it works. Then somebody can take your number or numbers depending on how many oranges or whatever they're interested in, and say that's a pretty good number I might want to take the drive even though it's 3 hours and try it. Of course people could also compare against their own trees and realize no how far away their trees are from yours.
If I live in Florida can I purchase a tree and bring it back to Florida?
😉
Dont stop at the AG inspection on I75 just pass on by.
Can I buy fruits
Ever eat Chinese plums
Not that I'm aware.
Why does she sound like Dolly Parton?
Its kind of sad how spoil we have become. We want everything seedless. Its seems it might not be good for nature's future ?
If you're selling citrus to schools, seedless is the way to go.
How much were the fruit bags for the clip and sip? I went to their website and there wasn't a lot of information. I can contact them I suppose but since you were there I figured you might know. Definitely sounds fun and I'd be interested in some trees and maybe some jelly
I'm not sure how much the bags are, but I'm sure it's well worth the experience and all the citrus you can fit in there.