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Thanks for the info. We had a small grove of over 30 trees in central Florida, and each tree was a different variety. Greening hit us and within two years every tree was dead. If you get the chance, try growing a ponkan. It's a cross between a mandarin and a pomelo. It was our favorite and you never see them in the story due to the fact they can't be shipped because they are so delicate. The peel falls right off of them
Same story with us! South Florida, 8 beautiful, healthy trees, gone in 2 years, ground contaminated with greening. We planted other tropical fruit trees... but miss our citrus!
We live in Jacksonville, FL and our big lemon tree just died. We can’t figure out why it died. We were thinking of planting new citrus trees but will they die?
We have citrus greening here in Texas. It makes me sad when I'm looking at citrus trees online and I know I can't get them because of the quarantine. It's understandable though and our local nurseries do offer some varieties. It can be difficult finding some of the rare stuff. It's important to get your trees pretty early too because the popular varieties can sell out quickly.
Hey fyi, our houston plant group has a Costco watch in Feb when the citrus is unloaded for $30--we run into the stores to get all the hard to find varieties. I got Ponkan & blood orange. Literally next day they were ALL gone.
Been in Florida 45 years, worked inside Tropicana 16 years before and after the sale to PepsiCo. I personally don't see the citrus making a comeback, the cattle either. Family's are selling land faster then hotcakes. With a 1000 people a day moving into the state realtors and development companies have taken over. It was so nice here before I-75 was put in.
No place worth moving to stays unpopulated. The only way Florida loses population is if air conditioning becomes illegal 😂 Which is entirely possible these days…
I just love fruit trees in general. You can grow Trifoliate orange in Zone 6, but it isn’t very edible. You can really only juice it and it needs a lot of sugar. The thorns are like razors. It is an interesting novelty, but it should be grown far away in an isolated area due to those thorns.
Stone fruits and Grape vines for colder temperatures. Unless you have a green house for that cold weather, or put it in pots and are disciplined to bring them in before freezing.
Very cool! We have a 7 acre citrus grove in Florida that is probably 20 years old. We’re always told how amazing it is that it’s still healthy. The trees were injected with antibiotics when they were tiny and experts attribute their longevity to that. They’re due for more, but we plan to try colloidal silver injections instead as we manage our trees without synthetics. There are some promising studies showing it should work. We also plan to incorporate more biodiversity with other fruit trees.
@@Ephesians6twelve it’s recommended that it be injected with a syringe. Holes are drilled in the trunks of the trees and then it’s literally injected. Still seems too medical for my tastes, but better than using actual antibiotics like the normal “experts” recommend.
That's fascinating!! Everytine I watch your channel I learn something new. I did check out your friend Harvey and his Orchards are AMAZING.. and he seemed like the nicest guy.. but, novices like me aren't his target audience .. we LOVE side by side visual and taste test.. he mostly walked along picked figs, took a huge bite out of them, then was chewing while he was walking and talking.. he has varieties that I don't think are self pollinating.. but he NEVER told us which is which??? And each time he picked a fig., he took a HUGE bite out of it, and showed his audience a dripping carcass that was left?? He doesn't cut it so his audience can see the fig he just walked around inhaling figs and naming names that I'd have to look up to see if it even grows here.. His audience is more the experience grower.. I'll stick to you and Ross the Fig boss.. you guys are TEACHING your audience, and that's huge.. you guy are creating back yard growers, and you are appreciated ❤
I read an article today, Ft Mayers based Alico Inc. citrus farms production down, due to greening disease and hurricanes damages . They prolly sell land to home builders, most likely who knows. Thanks for the video.
Interesting video. Ive had a Sugar Belle in a pot for a year. Havent gotten any fruit yet; will be interested to see how it does here. If you're in Florida, Brite Leaf Nursery has Sugar Belle.
They should fruit within 18-24 months provided the container gives them enough room. At least, they will if they’re grafted onto Trifoliate rootstock. I don’t know how long it’ll take on less precocious roots.
Thanks for letting us know about this promising new variety! We live in west central FL and lost all of our citrus trees between 2012-2015. The only survivor was a white grapefruit and a sour orange that was the rootstock for a key lime. We are going to be seeking out this Sugar Belle soon.
I used to have a Valencia and the juice from it was amazing. Even though I have a bear lime and a Meyer lemon, I miss having an orange. I live in Southern California and it’s hard getting any citrus trees because of the greening disease. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for any sugar belles.
I have a 3-year-old Sugar Belle tree here in Volusia County, Florida. No appreciable greening issues. Loaded with fruit this year, but most are smaller than the one you highlighted in your video. I only had a few that size. Oh, well... size doesn't matter if you juice them and add vodka.
My tree only set 4 fruits, so they’re going to be a little larger. My guess is as the tree matures, it’ll have larger fruit assuming you thin it some to increase fruit size.
That's really interesting, thank you for making this video! Do you know if grafting other citrus species to sugarbelle rootstock provides the scion with the same resistance to greening?
I'll never forget when I first had an orange ripe off of a tree. When I was 5 My uncle lived in Ft Lauderdale Florida and had a large tree in his backyard. We went and visited him with my grandparents in the middle of February for his birthday and it was pouring rain the whole time. My aunt cut up garbage bags to use a ponchos and we went out in the rain to pick oranges for both eating and fresh juice every morning. When the thunder began, I got sent in, but he stayed in the tree being stubborn like everyone in my family is until a bolt of lightning hit nearby. This may have been in the 1980s, but I don't think I'll ever forget it. Somehow I don't think they've quite bred a variety of citrus that can withstand New England winters yet, but it feels like every year keeps getting warmer out. I don't think we've been in the single digits yet here in the Boston area, and despite the time of the year, there aren't any extremely cold temps in the forecast.
Thanks for the info! I had zero idea that FL's citrus industry is doing so poorly. As to which to grow (the satsuma or the sugar belle), like you said, both would be great for different purposes. The satsuma makes for excellent snacking, and the sugar belle would be useful for juicing and in cooking (I use a mix of orange and lime juice to approximate the flavor of a bitter orange for cuban roast pork, for example). Again, thanks for the awesome vid!
This is exciting news. I had not heard of this disease. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven through orange groves in Florida during the flowering season. Such an incredible aroma from the trees! I wish I was able to grow citrus in New Jersey but until I have a garden room with southern exposure it ain’t gonna happen.So I look forward to someday go back to Florida during the flowering season and smelling that beautiful aroma again!! Dale sure is a pip! ❤ that guy!!
There are some citrus which might grow there (I live in central Europe in a similar climate), check out Citrumelo for instance, have been having one in the ground the second winter, and doing literally nothing except wrapping it in. It is thriving like mad!
Thanks for sharing your information. I have two Satsuma trees and one blood orange tree. Both are very sweet and yummy. Can you plant your sugar bell in pots? I would love to grow some of yours. Blessings to you 🙏
Congrats on the sugar belle. I got one of these trees from Stan McKensie this spring. Also got the Owari and Brown select. Hoping I get a fruit or two next year. Thanks for all the great info. I’d never have these trees if weren’t for you.
Thanks for sharing this video. Where did you say you get your citrus trees? I'm down around Greenville South Carolina. ☺️👍 Thanks for the tips and the info. That citrus looks delicious! 💛
@@TheMillennialGardener It looks like he's just down below Columbia so I will have to get one of my coastal friends to grab me some on their way up. 😉 Sorry I must have jumped in the shower before you gave that information. What a dork I am. 🤪😇
You the man bro! You inspired me to start gardening. I'm also here in Wilmington NC. Hope to run into you one day. Keep the education coming! Godbless !!
Thank you for educating your followers. I’ve learned so much. I was in Brunswick county a week ago, I wish I had known that you lived there too so I could have asked to see your garden. 😃
Thanks for this video. I just ordered 2 sugar belles 😃. Growing up my friends and I used to ride bikes and pick a wide variety of citrus growing around the neighborhood. Everyone grew citrus. All that started to change when the state cut down citrus trees during the canker scare. It was just under 10 years ago that we had groves down the road from my farm. Now they look like the google street view you showed. The larger groves are now solar farms for fpl. I’m eager to grow citrus once again.
Just talked to Stan. Got my sugar bells and browns selects ordered. He was friendly & fabulously accommodating. Thank you so much for the video and information!
Oh Wow! I’m about to a short video on my channel when I came across this. This sounds promising, I miss our citrus industry in my city. Thanks for the info.
I was fortunate enough to get to taste Sugar Belle at the Citrus Expo. It was delicious- and sold out. Maybe I'll take a ride over to Stan's this week.
I live in okeechobee Florida....lots if citrus fields here full of amazing citrus every direction you drive....alot if abandon groves also...citrus greening sucks but you can still grow great citrus with a little extra care and work....like everything we just have to adjust to the growing conditions to get rewarded....I have 8 citrus trees all doing fine ....I love citrus and will not give up just work harder on it that's all ...for the backyard grower.
I’m in Ft. Pierce, it breaks my heart to see ALL those dead orange groves. I have a lil video that I’m about to post, of one of the few stores that’s still around that sells oranges. Good luck with your oranges, and let me know when I can come get some😊
I love Your films. In my country, in Poland, only trifoliates grow outdoors, and the remaining citrus trees have to be wintered indoors, so they are not as beautiful as Yours. Plus, it gets dark early in winter. Despite all the difficulties, thanks to them I have some exoticism in my home and garden.
This is a fascinating variety. Thanks for the information and the citrus encouragement! For some reason, both my calamansi and meyer lemon bushes bloomed prolifically in December. I have literally dozens of unopened blooms on them along with three good sized green lemons. Just recently, I have brought them inside due to nighttime temperatures in the upper 20s. The citrus adventure continues.
Small fruited citrus tend to bloom on a more everbraring schedule. My potted red lime, potted key lime and potted variegated lemon make blooms every few months. My in ground citrus are the ones that only flower in spring in one giant flush.
In my tropical warm house I'm expecting a sizable banana harvest again by around June, there will probably be around 100 bananas. Dwarf cavendish, the Central American fruit banana, these are the ones you can buy in stores everywhere, but of course they taste even better when harvested when fully ripe. Greetings from Germany
No idea. Stock at big box stores is totally random and changes from region to region. I would recommend you buy from a local nursery within Florida. They will be very common.
No trees in Florida have displayed a tolerance or an adaptation to resist the HLB? Transitioning to a new tree type will take a while. Since 2005 how many measures have the Florida growers taken to prevent the impact of HLB? And with this new variety they're going straight back into monoculture? I'm growing four 1 year old Sumo mandarin trees, hopefully they're resistant. They're potted so I can bring them in for the winter.
Gonna definitely get my hands on one! I was debating getting my hands on at least one this past year. Now I regret I didn’t. I got what Stan McKenzie calls a Carolina line in the late fall. I got it shipped to me it’s in a pot gonna go in ground this spring. I saw a video looked just like a lime so looking forward to more citrus. I hope citrus greening problem can get solved. I love the Cara Cara oranges. And blood oranges. I’m always worried of getting a plant at a nursery and it has problems from improper grafting. I got a plant from Pender pines a while back. And the graft looked infected. Thinking of throwing the whole tree away. As I’m worried it’ll mess with my other citrus I have growing in the property.
I've been waiting for several years for someone to come out with a variety that is resistant to the greening. I'll look for some SUGAR BELLE trees near me. Old time groves were usually grown on lemon stock or sour orange stock. BTW there is also a similar problem attacking Palmetto trees as well. The ones on your property could be at risk.
I tried growing a mineola tangelo tree at my house but chopped it down after it got infested with the asian citrus psyllid. I'll need to see where I can get my hands on a sugar belle tree!
You won’t want to grow citrus from seed. Citrus grown from seed has a high % of growing as a random cross, the tree will be huge and you’ll be waiting 10+ years for fruit. It is critical to buy grafted trees. Grafted trees will fruit immediately, you can choose a rootstock to control size, and you’ll be guaranteed to get good fruit instead of waiting 10+ years to find out your enormous citrus tree is some random wild cross with tiny, seedy fruits.
Now i need another orange tree. On the plus side i get to get another citrus tree lol. I love going to mckenzies for citrus he is a wealth of knowledge
Hi! 👋 Im from Burlington, NC, Lived at Cherry Point, spent some time in Wilmington❤ And, New Bern (got my pilot's license @ Air East FBO) I would love to buy a tree of each. I'm in North AL. And I would L❤VE to be an early adopter!! Do you sell your Satsuma seeds?
SugarBelle is gaining popularity in Florida and is becoming one of the most planted and sold due to its HLB resistance. Briteleaf and Just Fruits and Exotics carries it for shipping, and I'm sure tons of local nurseries have it.
I was thinking about getting a SugarBelle because of it's cold hardiness but with your description of the flavor it really is not what I'm looking for. I am trying to find a variety that has the sweetness of a Valencia but without the acid or any other flavor, I had a couple 2 or 3 years ago but the trees I grew from the seeds died on me and I don't know what variety they were. I hope you are doing well and hurricane Helene did not cause you any problems.
They found the answer a few years ago, that citrus trees closer to acorn trees were healthier from citrus greening. It was in one of those science press release websites.
My problem is the birds in the spring time when they are trying to nest. The blackbirds/grackles are a big pain. I have to find something to keep them off my trees to stop them from pecking them
Citrus are a natural understory tree in their native habitat. In your climate, I'd plant citrus underneath a taller tree so they get dappled light. I've been to Blythe, CA, which is hotter than Vegas, and I saw a lot of citrus growing out in the full sun, though. They can take a lot of heat, but, I think they'll be healthier in dappled light.
What do you mean? For my hoop structure over my avocado? I don't glue them. I keep everything able to be disassembled. If you use PVC cement, you won't be able to take things down if you need to. If you must glue, you need to buy a PVC cement kit that includes primer and waterproof cement. They sell them in the electrical aisles at big box stores and online.
@@TheMillennialGardener oh, I can’t keep everything stuck together, it keeps popping apart. My husband has done all of that. Thank you for responding back.
Actually, oak trees offer natural protection against the greening. Good research is being done with this. Obviously, due to the size difference, planting the older varieties of citrus with oak will look very different than before.
I'm sure someone in the entire state of Texas carries SugarBelle. Being a quarantine state, you'll have to call around. If you put in the leg work, i.e. search on Google Maps all over the state for citrus nurseries, then pick up the phone and call around, you'll likely find a source eventually.
@@randompersonontheinternet8790 I disagree, and here is why: all citrus, regardless of variety, can be infected for months or even a year or more without showing symptoms. There is no known rhyme or reason as to why HLB sometimes takes a long time to show. Therefore, adding Sugar Belle will not in any way negatively impact the industry. It could, however, leave some trees still standing if and when HLB does become a widespread problem in Texas. HLB is present in Texas, but the cold winters have slowed down the spread. However, that doesn't mean a few warm winters can't accelerate the problem. And, as an added benefit, using it as a parent for crossing new varieties may be a way to spread resistance in newly created cultivars.
Hey mg I planted a satsuma tree 3 years ago in ground the frost came thru and killed all the foliage, now 3 years later I have a lot of thorny limbs and they keep growing could you tell me what it is or what can I do with it
Honeybell (Minneola tangelo) is what they crossed with the Clementine mandarin. Sort of how Sugar Bell got the name. It looks just like a tangerine sized Honeybell.
Some can grow true if you pick the right seedling, but why would you want to? The tree will take 10+ years to fruit and grow to be 25-35 feet tall. Seed growing is almost always a huge mistake. By the time your seed grown tree bears fruit, your grafted tree will have produced hundreds, maybe thousands of pounds of fruit. Grafted trees are almost always the way to go.
It is illegal for anyone to ship citrus into the state of Florida. Florida is a citrus quarantine state. You can only buy citrus from within the state. If you want this variety, I suggest you look at Briteleaf.
Sugar Belle's are for the fresh market, Florida citrus is built on juice oranges. Not going to save the industry. May help some growers transition but it's a blip on the radar screen.
The only guaranteed way is to keep it in a pot and bring it inside when it gets too cold. Growing in ground in 7A would require very reliable protection, like a real greenhouse.
Thank you. I have done this in the past with lemons and limes, but they were not happy tress. It took all summer for them to recuperate just to have to go through another winter.
For some reason the tree's that are wild or nobody takes care of are doing very well by themselves, probably from the biodiversity of growing in the woods or overgrown fields.
If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Citrus Greening Disease Information
4:00 The Sugar Belle Citrus Tree
7:11 Sugar Belle Taste Test
13:32 Sugar Bell Final Thoughts
14:55 Where To Buy A Sugar Belle Tree
16:10 Adventures With Dale
How could I get my hands on one of those sugar bell trees, I'm here in nc.
Great video I just ordered one. We are in the upstate of South Carolina wife between Greenville and Spartanburg.
Hope it works
Do you know where I can order one?
@@BossPonce Yes. The exact location I got mine is shown in the video and timestamped for your convenience.
Where to buy a sugar Bell Citrus? What nursery ?
Thanks for the info. We had a small grove of over 30 trees in central Florida, and each tree was a different variety. Greening hit us and within two years every tree was dead. If you get the chance, try growing a ponkan. It's a cross between a mandarin and a pomelo. It was our favorite and you never see them in the story due to the fact they can't be shipped because they are so delicate. The peel falls right off of them
Temple oh Temple, how I miss the.
Same story with us! South Florida, 8 beautiful, healthy trees, gone in 2 years, ground contaminated with greening. We planted other tropical fruit trees... but miss our citrus!
Can I buy a graft from you I live in central Florida also
@@sonofjacob5131 sorry, greening killed all our trees and we no longer grow any citrus because greening will just kill them.
We live in Jacksonville, FL and our big lemon tree just died. We can’t figure out why it died. We were thinking of planting new citrus trees but will they die?
We have citrus greening here in Texas. It makes me sad when I'm looking at citrus trees online and I know I can't get them because of the quarantine. It's understandable though and our local nurseries do offer some varieties. It can be difficult finding some of the rare stuff. It's important to get your trees pretty early too because the popular varieties can sell out quickly.
TX citrus program has Australian finger lime budwood. Time to take HLB resistance breeding into our own hands? 🧐
Hey fyi, our houston plant group has a Costco watch in Feb when the citrus is unloaded for $30--we run into the stores to get all the hard to find varieties. I got Ponkan & blood orange. Literally next day they were ALL gone.
Been in Florida 45 years, worked inside Tropicana 16 years before and after the sale to PepsiCo.
I personally don't see the citrus making a comeback, the cattle either. Family's are selling land faster then hotcakes. With a 1000 people a day moving into the state realtors and development companies have taken over.
It was so nice here before I-75 was put in.
No place worth moving to stays unpopulated. The only way Florida loses population is if air conditioning becomes illegal 😂 Which is entirely possible these days…
@@TheMillennialGardener You have that right Sir, take care.
@@TheMillennialGardenerin your opinion where is some slept in areas for homesteading
@@hershfamMyakka City
@@kenshinhimura9387 So beautiful around the area.
Rode the bicycle trails in the State Park.
Love canoeing on Peace River.
I love hearing you talk about citrus. It is easy to tell you are passionate about it. I hope one day they will breed a variety I can grow in zone 6.
I just love fruit trees in general. You can grow Trifoliate orange in Zone 6, but it isn’t very edible. You can really only juice it and it needs a lot of sugar. The thorns are like razors. It is an interesting novelty, but it should be grown far away in an isolated area due to those thorns.
Stone fruits and Grape vines for colder temperatures. Unless you have a green house for that cold weather, or put it in pots and are disciplined to bring them in before freezing.
There almost is, I'm growing a "Prague Chimera" its a chimera of trifoliate and satsuma in zone 7a. Hope to see some flowers this spring.
Can't grow European grapes in America though. The winters are so harsh anything which isn't fox grape typically gets killed quickly in the winters.
Very cool! We have a 7 acre citrus grove in Florida that is probably 20 years old. We’re always told how amazing it is that it’s still healthy. The trees were injected with antibiotics when they were tiny and experts attribute their longevity to that. They’re due for more, but we plan to try colloidal silver injections instead as we manage our trees without synthetics. There are some promising studies showing it should work. We also plan to incorporate more biodiversity with other fruit trees.
How is the colloidal silver applied?
@@Ephesians6twelve it is injected with a syringe. Same as what they do with the antibiotics, but we’ll be using silver instead.
@@Ephesians6twelve it’s recommended that it be injected with a syringe. Holes are drilled in the trunks of the trees and then it’s literally injected. Still seems too medical for my tastes, but better than using actual antibiotics like the normal “experts” recommend.
They've killed my key limes here in st Pete, thought of spraying them with colloidal silver.
That's fascinating!! Everytine I watch your channel I learn something new. I did check out your friend Harvey and his Orchards are AMAZING.. and he seemed like the nicest guy.. but, novices like me aren't his target audience .. we LOVE side by side visual and taste test.. he mostly walked along picked figs, took a huge bite out of them, then was chewing while he was walking and talking.. he has varieties that I don't think are self pollinating.. but he NEVER told us which is which??? And each time he picked a fig., he took a HUGE bite out of it, and showed his audience a dripping carcass that was left?? He doesn't cut it so his audience can see the fig he just walked around inhaling figs and naming names that I'd have to look up to see if it even grows here.. His audience is more the experience grower.. I'll stick to you and Ross the Fig boss.. you guys are TEACHING your audience, and that's huge.. you guy are creating back yard growers, and you are appreciated ❤
I read an article today, Ft Mayers based Alico Inc. citrus farms production down, due to greening disease and hurricanes damages . They prolly sell land to home builders, most likely who knows. Thanks for the video.
Interesting video. Ive had a Sugar Belle in a pot for a year. Havent gotten any fruit yet; will be interested to see how it does here. If you're in Florida, Brite Leaf Nursery has Sugar Belle.
They should fruit within 18-24 months provided the container gives them enough room. At least, they will if they’re grafted onto Trifoliate rootstock. I don’t know how long it’ll take on less precocious roots.
Thanks for the information. I have lived in Florida all my life and it is so sad when you drive through all the old groves.
Thanks for letting us know about this promising new variety! We live in west central FL and lost all of our citrus trees between 2012-2015. The only survivor was a white grapefruit and a sour orange that was the rootstock for a key lime. We are going to be seeking out this Sugar Belle soon.
Briteleaf or backyardcitrus have some
I used to have a Valencia and the juice from it was amazing. Even though I have a bear lime and a Meyer lemon, I miss having an orange. I live in Southern California and it’s hard getting any citrus trees because of the greening disease. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for any sugar belles.
I have a 3-year-old Sugar Belle tree here in Volusia County, Florida. No appreciable greening issues. Loaded with fruit this year, but most are smaller than the one you highlighted in your video. I only had a few that size. Oh, well... size doesn't matter if you juice them and add vodka.
My tree only set 4 fruits, so they’re going to be a little larger. My guess is as the tree matures, it’ll have larger fruit assuming you thin it some to increase fruit size.
I'm also in Volusia my sugar belles are only 1 year. How do you like the fruit?
@@mflbikes1870 They're okay. A good balance of acid and sweet, but not as sweet as a honeybell.
I’m in Volusia as well. I’d love to get some to grow or even try out? I started my garden and am always looking for tips and seeds lol
That's really interesting, thank you for making this video! Do you know if grafting other citrus species to sugarbelle rootstock provides the scion with the same resistance to greening?
Great info 👍
Unfortunately I live in Texas 😕
But I do have a 15 year old orange tree and a 6 year old Meyer's Lemon tree 😊
I'll never forget when I first had an orange ripe off of a tree. When I was 5 My uncle lived in Ft Lauderdale Florida and had a large tree in his backyard. We went and visited him with my grandparents in the middle of February for his birthday and it was pouring rain the whole time. My aunt cut up garbage bags to use a ponchos and we went out in the rain to pick oranges for both eating and fresh juice every morning. When the thunder began, I got sent in, but he stayed in the tree being stubborn like everyone in my family is until a bolt of lightning hit nearby. This may have been in the 1980s, but I don't think I'll ever forget it. Somehow I don't think they've quite bred a variety of citrus that can withstand New England winters yet, but it feels like every year keeps getting warmer out. I don't think we've been in the single digits yet here in the Boston area, and despite the time of the year, there aren't any extremely cold temps in the forecast.
Thanks for the info! I had zero idea that FL's citrus industry is doing so poorly. As to which to grow (the satsuma or the sugar belle), like you said, both would be great for different purposes. The satsuma makes for excellent snacking, and the sugar belle would be useful for juicing and in cooking (I use a mix of orange and lime juice to approximate the flavor of a bitter orange for cuban roast pork, for example). Again, thanks for the awesome vid!
Oh yes, for years now. I have a video that I’m about to post on my page. I miss our citrus industry.
Brite Leaf has the Sugar Belle variety. They are located in Florida
My Meyer lemon is from them.
This is exciting news. I had not heard of this disease. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven through orange groves in Florida during the flowering season. Such an incredible aroma from the trees! I wish I was able to grow citrus in New Jersey but until I have a garden room with southern exposure it ain’t gonna happen.So I look forward to someday go back to Florida during the flowering season and smelling that beautiful aroma again!! Dale sure is a pip! ❤ that guy!!
There are some citrus which might grow there (I live in central Europe in a similar climate), check out Citrumelo for instance, have been having one in the ground the second winter, and doing literally nothing except wrapping it in. It is thriving like mad!
Thanks for sharing your information. I have two Satsuma trees and one blood orange tree. Both are very sweet and yummy. Can you plant your sugar bell in pots? I would love to grow some of yours. Blessings to you 🙏
Yes, but I recommend a dwarfing rootstock like Trifoliate. It will do well in a container on that rootstock.
Congrats on the sugar belle. I got one of these trees from Stan McKensie this spring. Also got the Owari and Brown select. Hoping I get a fruit or two next year. Thanks for all the great info. I’d never have these trees if weren’t for you.
You should. Usually citrus will produce a couple fruits within 2 seasons. Don’t let them carry more than 4 fruits that first year.
Thank you Dale. I always enjoy your videos. Keep growing ❤
Thanks for sharing this video. Where did you say you get your citrus trees? I'm down around Greenville South Carolina. ☺️👍 Thanks for the tips and the info. That citrus looks delicious! 💛
From Stan. You’re very close to him, just a short drive. I have his contact info and map location shown at the end of the video.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much!
@@TheMillennialGardener
It looks like he's just down below Columbia so I will have to get one of my coastal friends to grab me some on their way up. 😉 Sorry I must have jumped in the shower before you gave that information. What a dork I am. 🤪😇
Thanks for this video on citrus greening and info about the Sugar Belle. I will look into getting one as I am in N. Fl.
It should be pretty doable there. I’ve seen some people being able to do dooryard citrus pretty far up north.
Thank you for this video! I did not know about Sugar Bells. Now we all do! Also, you are master class in video making!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that.
You the man bro! You inspired me to start gardening. I'm also here in Wilmington NC. Hope to run into you one day. Keep the education coming! Godbless !!
Thank you for educating your followers. I’ve learned so much. I was in Brunswick county a week ago, I wish I had known that you lived there too so I could have asked to see your garden. 😃
Thank you for sharing this information, MG! They look delicious! 😊👍👍
They’re great! They’re so much better than the stuff in stores!
I put one in the ground 2 months ago. I’m very excited about it. Great video!
It is a very high quality fruit.
Thanks for this video. I just ordered 2 sugar belles 😃. Growing up my friends and I used to ride bikes and pick a wide variety of citrus growing around the neighborhood. Everyone grew citrus. All that started to change when the state cut down citrus trees during the canker scare. It was just under 10 years ago that we had groves down the road from my farm. Now they look like the google street view you showed. The larger groves are now solar farms for fpl. I’m eager to grow citrus once again.
Just talked to Stan. Got my sugar bells and browns selects ordered.
He was friendly & fabulously accommodating.
Thank you so much for the video and information!
Stan is awesome. All my grafted citrus are from him.
Oh Wow! I’m about to a short video on my channel when I came across this. This sounds promising, I miss our citrus industry in my city. Thanks for the info.
This was such an good video, thank you! I faithfully use BioAdvanced Fruit & Citrus Tree Concentrate for Insects each year, and then pray!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I really enjoy your side by side taste tests. I do that too👍🏽
I really appreciate your videos. The Sugar Belle looks very interesting.
Thank you! It is quite interesting. It reminded me a lot of a navel orange.
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I was fortunate enough to get to taste Sugar Belle at the Citrus Expo. It was delicious- and sold out. Maybe I'll take a ride over to Stan's this week.
Great review, thanks for sharing!!! Will see when some certified budwood is available here to graft some in.
Looks like TAMUK has certified budwood, but it’s only available to commercial growers and nurseries in TX! 👎 lame, right?!
Sugarbelle should be out there in every state, but quarantine states may take some work.
I live in okeechobee Florida....lots if citrus fields here full of amazing citrus every direction you drive....alot if abandon groves also...citrus greening sucks but you can still grow great citrus with a little extra care and work....like everything we just have to adjust to the growing conditions to get rewarded....I have 8 citrus trees all doing fine ....I love citrus and will not give up just work harder on it that's all ...for the backyard grower.
I’m in Ft. Pierce, it breaks my heart to see ALL those dead orange groves. I have a lil video that I’m about to post, of one of the few stores that’s still around that sells oranges. Good luck with your oranges, and let me know when I can come get some😊
Love watching citrus tree videos my favorite tree/fruit
Thanks so much for this video❣️ Awesome info. Unfortunately I’m in zone 6a so I can’t grow citrus. I so appreciate this though. Happy New Year❣️🥰
Happy New Year, MG! 🥳Very interesting info.
Cute Dale blankets. I need to check y'all's shop out again.
Howdy to sweet Dale!🐕
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I love Your films. In my country, in Poland, only trifoliates grow outdoors, and the remaining citrus trees have to be wintered indoors, so they are not as beautiful as Yours. Plus, it gets dark early in winter. Despite all the difficulties, thanks to them I have some exoticism in my home and garden.
Your presentation is amazing 👏.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Just ordered from Stan. Thanks he is a great dude.
This is really cool, I didn’t hear about this until I saw your video :D
Very good info, well done, thank you !
Wow! That is impressive! It looks beautiful!
Thank you!
This sounds like an awesome option for us here in South western Arkansas. I grew up in Cali, and miss not being able to grow them carefree-ish.
I think it's entirely growable in your location. You'll need some protection on the coldest of the winter nights, but it's doable.
This is a fascinating variety. Thanks for the information and the citrus encouragement!
For some reason, both my calamansi and meyer lemon bushes bloomed prolifically in December. I have literally dozens of unopened blooms on them along with three good sized green lemons. Just recently, I have brought them inside due to nighttime temperatures in the upper 20s. The citrus adventure continues.
So that's what killed my tree was wondering why I couldn't save it
Small fruited citrus tend to bloom on a more everbraring schedule. My potted red lime, potted key lime and potted variegated lemon make blooms every few months. My in ground citrus are the ones that only flower in spring in one giant flush.
In my tropical warm house I'm expecting a sizable banana harvest again by around June, there will probably be around 100 bananas. Dwarf cavendish, the Central American fruit banana, these are the ones you can buy in stores everywhere, but of course they taste even better when harvested when fully ripe. Greetings from Germany
SoCal Gardener here and yes, all of my new Citrus trees are labeled for quarantine due to the Citrus Greening disease.
Great video. Can you buy these at Lowes Home Depot in FL?
No idea. Stock at big box stores is totally random and changes from region to region. I would recommend you buy from a local nursery within Florida. They will be very common.
Shout out from Virginia Beach. I grow citrus trees here too.
Hi, new to your channel, and my question is are you having an update on your sugar belle?
No trees in Florida have displayed a tolerance or an adaptation to resist the HLB? Transitioning to a new tree type will take a while. Since 2005 how many measures have the Florida growers taken to prevent the impact of HLB? And with this new variety they're going straight back into monoculture?
I'm growing four 1 year old Sumo mandarin trees, hopefully they're resistant. They're potted so I can bring them in for the winter.
I have seen these bugs in San Gabriel CA including the yellowing of the leaves on some of the local trees in yards.
That’s not good 😩
Gonna definitely get my hands on one! I was debating getting my hands on at least one this past year. Now I regret I didn’t. I got what Stan McKenzie calls a Carolina line in the late fall. I got it shipped to me it’s in a pot gonna go in ground this spring. I saw a video looked just like a lime so looking forward to more citrus. I hope citrus greening problem can get solved. I love the Cara Cara oranges. And blood oranges. I’m always worried of getting a plant at a nursery and it has problems from improper grafting. I got a plant from Pender pines a while back. And the graft looked infected. Thinking of throwing the whole tree away. As I’m worried it’ll mess with my other citrus I have growing in the property.
Thank you Anthony!
I live in North Florida. Do you know where could I get a tree? Since I can’t import them from another state. Thanks, stay blessed 🌟
Check with Briteleaf.
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I love tangelos so much. I planted a dwarf honeybell this fall. The sugarbell was sold out when I looked.
It’s still pretty new, but it will quickly gain popularity.
I've been waiting for several years for someone to come out with a variety that is resistant to the greening. I'll look for some SUGAR BELLE trees near me. Old time groves were usually grown on lemon stock or sour orange stock. BTW there is also a similar problem attacking Palmetto trees as well. The ones on your property could be at risk.
I tried growing a mineola tangelo tree at my house but chopped it down after it got infested with the asian citrus psyllid. I'll need to see where I can get my hands on a sugar belle tree!
It would be interesting to see what kind of citrus would grow from the seeds of your Owari or any other citrus on your property.
You won’t want to grow citrus from seed. Citrus grown from seed has a high % of growing as a random cross, the tree will be huge and you’ll be waiting 10+ years for fruit. It is critical to buy grafted trees. Grafted trees will fruit immediately, you can choose a rootstock to control size, and you’ll be guaranteed to get good fruit instead of waiting 10+ years to find out your enormous citrus tree is some random wild cross with tiny, seedy fruits.
Now i need another orange tree. On the plus side i get to get another citrus tree lol. I love going to mckenzies for citrus he is a wealth of knowledge
His farm is great!
Hi! 👋 Im from Burlington, NC, Lived at Cherry Point, spent some time in Wilmington❤ And, New Bern (got my pilot's license @ Air East FBO)
I would love to buy a tree of each. I'm in North AL. And I would L❤VE to be an early adopter!! Do you sell your Satsuma seeds?
Crazy! I heard this a year ago.
That tree looks so perfect and healthy! Is it fake lol? Do they sell these in FL?
SugarBelle is gaining popularity in Florida and is becoming one of the most planted and sold due to its HLB resistance. Briteleaf and Just Fruits and Exotics carries it for shipping, and I'm sure tons of local nurseries have it.
Ty, I’m in Florida and lost my citrus
Happened in California back in the 90's, Arizona in the 2010's, it's called the value of land is greater than the crop...
I was thinking about getting a SugarBelle because of it's cold hardiness but with your description of the flavor it really is not what I'm looking for. I am trying to find a variety that has the sweetness of a Valencia but without the acid or any other flavor, I had a couple 2 or 3 years ago but the trees I grew from the seeds died on me and I don't know what variety they were. I hope you are doing well and hurricane Helene did not cause you any problems.
Thanks Marcus.
Is the satsuma also greening resistant? Cause I’m in Florida…
Thank you!🥰
You’re welcome!
Learned a lot from this video today
Glad to hear it!!
Awesome video
Thank you!
I ordered 3 from Stan the Man based on your recommendation (and a pineapple guava).
As soon as I can drive again,I want to get one of these. I currently am homebound on crutches with a badly broken leg.
They found the answer a few years ago, that citrus trees closer to acorn trees were healthier from citrus greening. It was in one of those science press release websites.
My problem is the birds in the spring time when they are trying to nest. The blackbirds/grackles are a big pain. I have to find something to keep them off my trees to stop them from pecking them
Sounds good, what about the heat in las vegas
Citrus are a natural understory tree in their native habitat. In your climate, I'd plant citrus underneath a taller tree so they get dappled light. I've been to Blythe, CA, which is hotter than Vegas, and I saw a lot of citrus growing out in the full sun, though. They can take a lot of heat, but, I think they'll be healthier in dappled light.
@@TheMillennialGardener that’s what i was thinking, thanks
Thank you for the video verry early spring i want to buy cold hardy citrus.. i wonder if i can vind something like that here..
I recommend ordering through Stan. He will ship the trees.
@@TheMillennialGardener i am from the Netherlands its hard to ship them overhere.. but your info is great. 👌
@themillennialgardener what do you use to glue your pvc pipes together?
What do you mean? For my hoop structure over my avocado? I don't glue them. I keep everything able to be disassembled. If you use PVC cement, you won't be able to take things down if you need to. If you must glue, you need to buy a PVC cement kit that includes primer and waterproof cement. They sell them in the electrical aisles at big box stores and online.
@@TheMillennialGardener oh, I can’t keep everything stuck together, it keeps popping apart. My husband has done all of that. Thank you for responding back.
@@lisafahrner8257 I recommend you try electrical conduit. The deep bell ends holds the pipes together well.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you.
Actually, oak trees offer natural protection against the greening. Good research is being done with this. Obviously, due to the size difference, planting the older varieties of citrus with oak will look very different than before.
Texas has started growing citrus. I don't know how well its going to take off.
HLB has been detected there. Hopefully, the cold winters keep it suppressed.
Texas has been growing citrus for over 40 years that I’m aware of
So how do I get some of these trees , would love to try them in south Alabama gulf coast.
Texas here, so no go yet but there r some citrus growers here. Maybe they can eventually get some
I'm sure someone in the entire state of Texas carries SugarBelle. Being a quarantine state, you'll have to call around. If you put in the leg work, i.e. search on Google Maps all over the state for citrus nurseries, then pick up the phone and call around, you'll likely find a source eventually.
@@randompersonontheinternet8790 I disagree, and here is why: all citrus, regardless of variety, can be infected for months or even a year or more without showing symptoms. There is no known rhyme or reason as to why HLB sometimes takes a long time to show. Therefore, adding Sugar Belle will not in any way negatively impact the industry. It could, however, leave some trees still standing if and when HLB does become a widespread problem in Texas. HLB is present in Texas, but the cold winters have slowed down the spread. However, that doesn't mean a few warm winters can't accelerate the problem. And, as an added benefit, using it as a parent for crossing new varieties may be a way to spread resistance in newly created cultivars.
Hey mg I planted a satsuma tree 3 years ago in ground the frost came thru and killed all the foliage, now 3 years later I have a lot of thorny limbs and they keep growing could you tell me what it is or what can I do with it
It’s probably the rootstock taking over, especially if the new growth comes from low on the trunk.
Is the Sugar Bell the same as the Honey Bell
No they are different, sugar belle is bigger than honey bell, but they are both sweet.
@@jenniferfernandez5733 thank you
Honeybell (Minneola tangelo) is what they crossed with the Clementine mandarin. Sort of how Sugar Bell got the name. It looks just like a tangerine sized Honeybell.
that cracked me up. store bought citrus may as well be Swill lol. 🤣
It’s true, though. If you’ve ever had citrus off a tree, the stuff in stores may as well be one of those grocery store winter tomatoes 🤢
Great video can I get a sugarbelle im in socal thx
Will the Satsuma grow from seed?
Some can grow true if you pick the right seedling, but why would you want to? The tree will take 10+ years to fruit and grow to be 25-35 feet tall. Seed growing is almost always a huge mistake. By the time your seed grown tree bears fruit, your grafted tree will have produced hundreds, maybe thousands of pounds of fruit. Grafted trees are almost always the way to go.
@@TheMillennialGardener Out of hundreds of Satsumas I have eaten I have found one seed.
Hi, i just checked Mckenzie farms, but he don't ship to Florida.😢. Im from Central Florida.
It is illegal for anyone to ship citrus into the state of Florida. Florida is a citrus quarantine state. You can only buy citrus from within the state. If you want this variety, I suggest you look at Briteleaf.
Interesting. I wonder how it would do in the middle of Illinois. 🤔
You’d need a greenhouse or keep it potted but it would do fine if you give it the right temps.
Have you ever tried "Honey Bells"?
I love oranges but never cared for my Mandarin oranges. It sounds like the Sugar Bell is more characteristic of a regular orange.
Sugar Belle's are for the fresh market, Florida citrus is built on juice oranges. Not going to save the industry. May help some growers transition but it's a blip on the radar screen.
Polk County thanks you for that disappointing info. Nobody's interested in a dry 🍊
I heard that certain rootstocks and certain microorganisms that make up a plant’s rhizosphere can help resist this disease.
Mono-agriculture is a big problem in the citrus industry.
Yes. Had Florida grown a diversity of things instead of relying almost solely on citrus, things may be different.
How would it do in 7A? Just north of Salt Lake City
The only guaranteed way is to keep it in a pot and bring it inside when it gets too cold. Growing in ground in 7A would require very reliable protection, like a real greenhouse.
Thank you. I have done this in the past with lemons and limes, but they were not happy tress. It took all summer for them to recuperate just to have to go through another winter.
For some reason the tree's that are wild or nobody takes care of are doing very well by themselves, probably from the biodiversity of growing in the woods or overgrown fields.