That's great! I'm happy to hear that. I try to make these videos so you won't have to hunt for info in others. I want them to be as complete as possible.
I am glad I found your channel. I decided in my old age, with so much time in my hands I am going to plant anything I can grow!! I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.
That was by far the best and most informative video on fertilizing citrus in containers. Thank you for keeping it simple while providing us with so much useful knowledge. Fantastic video!
@@kimpham-usa1112usually, 10-10-10 are those slow release pellets. I avoid them at all costs. I only use organic granulated fertilizers and water soluble fertilizers made to be diluted in watering cans.
I’ve watched several of his videos. None of them bad, but this one took me off the bench and forced me to comment. As someone who body builds, and grows fruit trees, this video blew my mind and connected alot of dots that resonated with me . . . great method for making a crosswalk between two of my passions.
If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 My Container Grown Citrus 1:16 How To Choose A Fertilizer And Understand NPK Ratios 4:10 Why Citrus Is Fertilized Differently Than Most Fruits 6:27 The Ideal Fertilizer For Fertilizing Citrus Trees In Pots 6:59 How To Blend Organic Fertilizers For Growing Citrus 9:04 How To Fertilize Citrus Trees In Containers With Organic Granules 9:36 How To Use Soluble Fertilizers When Container Gardening 13:17 How Often To Fertilize Citrus Trees 16:04 Adventures With Dale
Thank you so much for this video. Within a week my tree was so much better and by they second week new growth, greeen leaves and so much healthier! Thank you so very very much!
I just planted my yuzu that was in a pot for 5+ years. The key lime, satsuma mandarin, and sweet lime are still in pots. Meyer lemon also in the ground. Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you.
Brilliant! I needed this video in my life :) Bought my first lemon tree 2 months ago and I had no clue what to do with it :D You just saved a lemon tree :D Thanks for the tips and tricks!
You are my go-to guy! I love the way you explain and show the viewers how/what to do & look for and to expect! I love my plants and being outdoors and our plan is 2greenhouses and a large outdoor garden w/straw bales..in Arizona! I am currently in Nebraska but the move will be this year. I have learned a lot from your videos and I thank you! Talk soon..stay in touch plz...
I love your conversation with Dale at the end :) I'm in the UK, I have one little lemon tree that's supposed to be hardy in our climate. I thought he'd died after the freezing cold winter we had but he's just started to show some tiny new leaves - I'm so excited and am planning on providing lots ot citrus love and attention this year. Thanks for all the great hints and tips.
That's good to hear. Do you know what kind of lemon it is? Is it a Meyer? They're not all that hardy, but can take a freeze down to about -4C. I have one in-ground here, and we can get as cold as -12C on a bad winter, and I protect it with incandescent Christmas lights and a plant jacket made of agricultural fabric and it works great. There is a very hardy lemon called Ichang, but it's seedy. I have a small seedling growing of this variety.
@@TheMillennialGardener It is a Meyer :) We're in the SouthWest so usually our winters are a bit milder than the rest of the country. This year was a beast though, it hovered around -4/-5 for a few nights so he took a bit of a beating. He's in a pot in a sunny sheltered spot so hopefully he'll recover enough to flower again. You're so lucky to be able to grow a wide variety of citrus!
I’m in the PNW Seattle area and have a Myers lemon, Tangelo and navel orange that are fruiting and I guess we have similar climates. I have a key lime and a tangerine orange that are newly added a few months ago and we’ll see how they do. I’m trying to grow them w all my figs and others in a greenhouse that will be heated with compost during winter months.
I went to McKenzie's Citrus Nursery in Scranton,SC a week ago and got 2 Owari Satsuma's to plant and a Sugar Bell. I got the smallest ones so will be putting them in pots to start. Just delaying a bit because of the cold nights this past week here. Your videos are so informative and I keep a notebook and write down the information you give in your videos, just like I was in school taking notes. Thank you so much for a great video. Now I will be searching your videos, to see if you have one on potting a new citrus plant and the soil mix you use for the containers. .
Outstanding! Stan's farm is awesome. You're going to love those trees. They'll probably start fruiting for you next spring. Be very careful not to let them carry more than 2-3 fruits that first season. It tends to stress them out too much.
Hi MG! Lots of good info on citrus fertilizing and watering I never knew. Front and back, in very tiny areas, I have 3 citrus in the ground and 2 in pots so all of this was very helpful. Thanks for breaking down how and why organic fertilizers need to decompose to become bio-available to plants. And they are slow-release. I’ve never heard it put so easy to understand. Liked your precise measurement of a “small glug” of fish fertilizer.😂 Really appreciated the lesson on how to make our own mix of fertilizer to adjust for growing during different times of the season. At first I thought “Oh no, here we go” but the math was actually very simple. Since everyone in coastal CA seems to have a lemon tree 🍋 and avocado 🥑 on their property we’ve been taught to feed both trees the same and they do well. I also learned to not rake under an avocado because it’s disturbs the healthy and delicate biome as the leaves decompose. So I don’t. I noticed you have one too. Love me some good guac ‘n chips.😋 Thanks so much for all your good advice. I learn so much from your channel! From CA🏖️take care
Your timing is impeccable and your instruction is on point. I was recently looking at my Meyer Lemon in a container and debating how to properly fertilize...and now I know. Thank You.
I agree. I have been in awe with The millennial gardener. He is exceptional , with a good command of the English language & never uses filler words or veers off topic & he does the required research (so we don't have to !) . I love watching his content. Thanks 'The Millennial gardener". & Dale brings so much joy without saying a word !
8:29 Thanks for this helpful video! I think your fortified mix is actually very close to 6-3-3 since I think you would weight the quantities of the 2 fertilizers you used (so since you have 1 cup and .75 cups, after adding together the 3-5-6 and 9-0-0, I would think you’d divide the total NPK by 1.75, and end up with 6.85-2.85-3.42)! I don’t know much about gardening so I could be wrong though :)
Yep, if we assume both fertilizers have the same density, the ending NPK ratio would be approximately 6.8 - 2.8 - 3.4. In reality, I expect the densities to differ, so mass measurements would be more appropriate when trying to create a custom ratio. Treated as a dilution calculation; the summed nutrient volume( or weight), contributed by all components, is divided by the new total volume or weight. I.E. (using mass measurements) 1.75 kilogram x N = (1 kilogram x 0.03) + (0.75 kilogram x 0.12 ) N = (0.03 kilogram + 0.09 kilogram) / 1.75 kilogram N= 0.12 kilogram/ 1.75 kilogram N = 0.0685 => 6.85% Nitrogen The same calculation is repeated for Phosphorus and Potassium, except the 1 cup concentration is 0.05 and 0.06 respectively, and the 3/4 kilogram component is zero.
I cannot believe I have 7 citrus trees in pots and none of them are doing anything!! I live near Raleigh, NC and I cannot keep them from burning / dying out in the winter! I am going to try this immediately. THANK YOU!! P.S. what temps and/or months can the citrus trees stay outside 24/7?
I have some 10+ year old citrus in half wine barrels. My secret with those are worms; add more worms to every potted tree every spring. Every time I make a worm castings tea those trees get the tea bags. I like to top dress like your doing & always add, citrus & banana peels, coffee grounds, egg shells, alfalfa pellets & various mulches to change it up from leaves, bark mulch, hay, etc.The top couple inches is black gold, straight castings with countless red wigglers. Another old timer secret is to add old nails or some scrap metal to rust adding a constant iron supply.
That probably works fairly well in really large containers. I don't think I can do that in these little pots since they're very rootbound. Can you move them when bad weather comes, or do they stay out all year?
Perfect! Just what I was looking for. I have 5 new potted citrus trees, bought them last year. They’re looking a bit poorly, they have blooms, but the leaves are either yellowing or a lot have dropped. I’ll get started on this today! Thanks!!!🌳
Thank so much very timely I just planted a Myer lemon tree in a large pot, I was worrying how to keep it as healthy as it is through the years , now I’m confident I can , keep up the good work
I have a calamondin orange tree and it is in a pot and it's producing like crazy even indoors! But I want more citrus trees...I'm in central NC. This video is helpful
I'm glad it was helpful! I can recommend so many varieties. You may enjoy these two videos on my 2nd channel: ua-cam.com/video/jge12ShU93E/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/SfzkzMe4CpM/v-deo.html
Just getting started with the plant thing, love your presentation. Most UA-camr's just waste your time, this presentation was full of information, presented at an excellent pace. Great job, 👍 Subscribed.
Does the soil stay moist all of the time instead of “drying out” with a self watering container? How do you prevent “wet roots” or root rot with self watering containers? Most internet citrus gurus say self watering containers are “evil” and should not be used with citrus trees because the soil stays moist continually. Your advice has helped me bring back to life my citrus tress. I really appreciate your great advice!
Best information I have ever come across about container grown citrus. Just what I was looking for. Thank you so very much. I'm a big fan from London, Ontario, Canada.
Thank you for sharing your citrus tree fertilizer information!!! I planted in pots last year.... 1 Meyer lemon, 1 Washington Naval Orange, and 2 Haas avocados. I'm in Ft Worth Tx, Zone 8A. The first year I got 3 lemons.... We put a greenhouse in to keep them warm in the winter and my Meyer lemon is already flowering in late January. I also have a lot of sprouting/new growth happening on the orange and avocado trees. I am going to start fertilizing now on a 30 day schedule since I am seeing the new growth. Your trees look beautiful and very healthy.
Thank you. I invested in 3 citrus trees this year. One they tell me will grow in ground in illinois and I’ve planted it. But I’m skeptical. It’s a flying dragon orange. The other two are a kumquat which is flowering like crazy here in September and another that has me skeptical. It’s a Meyer lemon but the leaves smell like lime. Happy to find some fertilizing tips.
Make sure to check them over for aphids, spider mites and other pests that tend to take over these plants when overwintered. I had both on mine from all the time spent in a protected garage at night with no predatory insects around.
@@TheMillennialGardener oh yeah, some of them have spider mites for sure. I saw the webbing, I just spray them down with the hose a few times and they do fine. Thanks for the tips, happy growing!
Just bought an orange tree that's a pretty good size and has a few oranges on it. This video will help me keep it and my lemon and lime tree healthier. I fertilize them but I'm pretty sure my ratio has been off. Thanks, your videos are the absolute best! I don't know why I even bother with some of these other folks 😁😁
Actually, if you took 1 cup of 3 - 5 - 6 and mixed it with 1 cup of 12 - 0 - 0, you would get 2 cups of a blend consisting of 7.5 - 2.5 - 3 which is pretty close to what you want. Remember, you are diluting each fertilizer by half so it's 1.5 - 2.5 - 3 plus 6 - 0 - 0 giving you 7.5 - 2.5 - 3.
I'm soooo pumped. I just ordered the Owari Satsuma Tree from the same farm you got yours from. My plan is this. I have a thermo cube. So it turns on when the temperature gets 40 or under. I'll cover it during bad cold weather & hook the lights to the cube so it goes on and off on its own.
This was like getting a lesson in school. I played and replayed this video and took notes so that I can quickly refer back to them as I care for my plants. I'm brand new to serious gardening and am setting up my first real food garden. Thank you for educating us novices. One question..... What size are the self-watering pots you purchased from Walmart? I want to ensure that I plant my citrus trees in an equivalent sized container. Thanks again.
THANKS MILLENIAL GARDNER FOR THE citrus tips. I have a dwarf lemon and orange tree I bought in 2019 both from the big box store and I got one fruit from each the 1st yr and nothing since. I know that the containers are large enough but I don't think they have enough holes in them. I was thinking of moving them to grow bags but I know if I keep them in the same container I will have to place more holes in them. The leaves grow minimally and I get a little flowering but that's it. I moved them into my 3rd floor apartment off the balcony in December. All of the leaves fell off. They have been naked ever since. I have been watering them but no fertilizer until I put them back out next month. I'm giving it one last go then they will be going in the trash. Wish me luck.
Citrus need 8+ hours of sun and lots of fertilizer when grown in containers. If you give them sun and fertilizer, they will flower and fruit. The reason why your tree lost all its leaves is because there was probably a dramatic change in sunlight - either in intensity or in day length. Citrus absolutely hate being carried from inside-to-outside and outside-to-inside. If you do so all in one motion, they usually defoliate. You have to acclimate them slowly a few hours at a time by bringing them in-and-out for a couple weeks. This is why I just carry them outside during the day and inside at night in the coldest part of the winter. It's easier than acclimating them. They should come back, but do not react by overwatering them. Citrus hate wet feet, and if you give them too much water, they will get root rot.
Great video. Helps me a lot! I live in Greenville, NC, so not too far from your location so what you do is probably the same as what I need to be doing. Thanks again!
Very helpful video, thanks. I just have one dwarf Meyer lemon in a container and the rest in-ground but you’re right the fruit set on that tiny tree is incredible. I try to keep no more than 12-18 fruit on it at a time and it produces constantly throughout the year. I use 27-0-0 plus an organic liquid (AgroThrive) on a monthly schedule. Thanks for the informative video. I plan on more citrus in containers for some specialty varieties.
My Meyer is just starting to flower. I can't wait until it fruits. It was a tiny rooted cutting last season and now it is a 4'x4' bush in ground. I can't believe it's grown so much in less than year. It's mind-boggling. If you like the Meyer Lemon, you may be interested in the Excalibur Red Lime. It's very strange since it is cross between a lime and a kumquat. The fruit is kind of seedy, but it's extremely juicy. The juice tastes like a satsuma blended with a typical lime, and the peel is very sweet and fully edible. It is a very small plant, but has off the charts yields like a Meyer.
As I recall 27-00 is dry CAN which tends slightly alkaline over time, the C is calcium in the form of lime, it makes the ammonium nitrate[AN] non-hazmat for transport, AN alone is neutral pH. IIrc, straight AN is 33-0-0. (Liquid CAN is a totally different formula based on calcium nitrate.) Citrus like it a bit acidic, so if your water is neutral to basic pH switch from CAN to ammonium or urea based nitrogen sources. I like CAN for many plants as it is instantly availible nitrate N, and when placed on the soil surface it doesn't tend to evaporate like urea. Though as a caution nitrate N is easilly leached by excess water while ammonium/urea weakly bind to soil clays. Urea is fine if buried, or dissolved and watered in, so the brief ammonia phase is trapped in the soil. (urea is good tilled or as wet season top-dress or with sprinkler irrigation, ammonium and nitrates better for top dress if the next rain is uncertain. Citrus like it a bit acidic, so if your water is neutral to basic pH switch from CAN to ammonium or urea based nitrogen sources.
Thank you so much for these tips. I am saving your video. So from now on I will fertilize my citrus every season. I don’t have an orange tree. I have the Meyer Lemon, Buddha Hand, Frost Satsuma Mandarin, Australian Finger Lime, and 5 Calamondin. ❤️🧡💜💚
@@TheMillennialGardener ah okay. I always think that the peel of an orange is different from the mandarin. If Satsuma is the mandarin orange then I guess I have an orange. 😊
Your vid is encouraging. My lemon tree is doing well I pouted it last summer now I'm encouraged to get a lime and orange tree. Cara Cara l oranges are my favorite, and I make pies people are always asking for key lime I think I'll try growing a key lime tree.
Had to come back through for a refresher. This time I noticed that the pots some are in are self-watering. I didn't realize they were an option because I thought they would lead to wet feet. But if this is an option then that is a major game changer and I won't have to deal with fungus gnats. And I plan on taking my Meyer and Variegated lemon trees inside. Do you know of a fertilizer that doesn't smell as bad? My wife didn't appreciate the fertilizer aroma last year.
I just bought a satsuma orange tree/bush (not sure of the variety) over the summer i got about 5 oranges and it seemed to do fine. Lately the leaves have started to turn a bit yellow. I have a water/fertilizer meter and is says there is enough water and fertilizer, but the leaves are still slowly turning yellow. I'm about 20 miles south of you (SP) by the coast. I could really use some suggestions of things I should or shouldn't do to keep it healthy through spring. Thanks for all your advice.
Is it in a container or in ground? If it is in a container, you could be over watering it. Also, if you carried it inside, that can cause total leaf drop. This video from last week may help: ua-cam.com/video/QWtspDbFtFU/v-deo.html
The satsuma is in a container and I have carried it inside when I thought we where getting a freeze. thankyou for getting back to me so quickly and including the video's.
WOW! Amazing info and delivered so easy to understand. No stuttering or weird pauses lol. I lose interest usually but your video was very useful. Thanks. Subscribed now!
Great instructional content as usual. I am inspired to begin growing fruit trees this year. I certainly have great resources from your channel. Your trees look Lucious and Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad I can help inspire you to grow some fruit trees. Fruit trees are even more rewarding than vegetable gardens, in my opinion. While the vegetables are more immediately satisfying since they grow so quickly, there is something to be said about investing a few years into a fruit tree and it rewards you for the rest of your life with bountiful harvests. Thank you for watching!
This was a great video. I have a mandarin orange tree In a pot I grown inside…I live in South Dakota & the wind will knock all the flowers off. I got a grow light for Christmas to clip on a pot-has 2 wands. Do you recommend them? I will try your recommendations you talked about and see what happens. It’s March and it has 3 little oranges-2 dropped off. I hope the others stay on. I fertilized it 2 wks ago with a citrus fertilizer and it started growing new leaves. I’ll have to check the fertilizer ratio to what you talked about. I’ve been babying this little tree for 4-5 yrs. 😊 thank you!
Hi! When you say to fertilize every 14 or so days (citrus in pot) does that mean the tomato + bloodmeal AND The fish emulsion/miracle grow Combo ? All together every 14+ days? Many many thanks ! I LIVE YOUR CHANNEL! I learn so much from your videos. Thank you!
Really awesome guide in Hawaii Walmart is also the spot to get early on citrus. Home depot and Lowes have citrus but it's way more expensive...like 300$+ big established plants but Walmart has various 20$ plants I'm guessing about a year. So far I have a a Mexican lime from home depot was way less than the other trees I think it's not grafted or something but it's doing good was like 44$ amd I biked it back thorns got me alot even through my duffel bag...the Walmart ones fit in my backpack and are in the same self watering pot as you reccomend but a size smaller like around 4 $ each love how all in with Walmart you can get started with citrus under 30$ about if you add soil... but yeah I got two mandarin one golden Tahoe the other I forgot ... 1 alien lemon and a calamsi I started from seed... some are also in mixed planters with herbs and the lime tree has some jade succulents and clover with it I might add more clover because I think it's helping with me fertilizing it so seldomly as it adds nitrogen I heard... but yeah great guide just wish you would have some reccomdation on vegan alternative for some of your fertilizer recomdations and or at least urea-free. But yeah great guide and if someone else is on the fence go for it start some citrus well worth the effort pretty low maintenance and that cheap tree turns into the expensive one as you keep it alive sometimes it's better than the expensive one because it's being more actively cared for than one at the store☘️🐠💕🌺🌴🌻🍋🍊
Thank you for this video! I have two potted citrus tree that aren’t growing anymore leaves! They’re little twig branches and when they flower the poor things sags, so I have had to reinforce. I just added a citrus tree fertilizer to both of them, but now I am going to add some bone meal to help them out.
Great info, thanks. I have a small Meyer lemon in a pot, live in the PNW so it has to come inside before freeze. Last year (first year) I was gifted with 3 fruits. Right now it has about a dozen and I just noticed it's starting to bloom again, so I need to get fertilizing! I have a plant spike labeled for citrus so I'll have to check the ratios. Also if I'm not careful the dog takes it out and tries to eat it, that can't be good 😟
Thank you so much. I love your videos. Your instructions are clear, to the point. You are my favorite Garden You Tuber. All of your videos are helpful.
Awesome & very informative. You are great at explaining, demonstrating and teaching. Thanks so much for all of your time and effort in sharing your knowledge in all your videos. I have 3 potted Citrus trees so my finding THIS video was ideal!
Are they in containers? If so, they definitely will benefit from regular application of water soluble fertilizers. Established in-ground citrus benefit from organics and soil amendments far better than container-grown plants. Container culture doesn't have the microbiome for organics alone, in my experience.
@@TheMillennialGardener Yes they are in containers at the moment. In a season or two I plan to start finding places for them in-ground around the place (Zone 7a/8b Chesapeake, VA). I will probably continue using the non-chemical fertilizer approach because of two main reasons. Most of the citrus fertilizers I use have beneficials integrated into them that are directed towards building a biome (which will come in handy after putting them into the ground). Also, going the organic route will cause the trees to grow much less vigorously. Which, in theory, will cause the branches of the tree to form bark sooner/lignify faster. The Owari Satsuma are already on trifoliate rootstock with will help out with the whole lignification thing. The Meyer Lemon are on their own roots... which means they can spring back from the base if the top dies back. So I will just deep mulch for the Winter every year and throw on moving blankets/etc on those deep freeze nights.
You are so good at what you doing , I just keep watching and watching your video my friend... been subbed and followed you for a while now, keep throwing those tips and tricks , ... can't say more....🍃🌱🌿
From this video I learned also im not feeding enough. On one of ur video u mentioned every 2 or 3 yrs you need to prune the roots of a plant to cut down on root ball. Do you have a video on how to do that?
What would you recommend as to fertilizer schedule for indoor potted lime tree - one is an ever bearing dwarf lime. THANK YOU great job in all your segments.
I just bought 6 citrus trees from tractor supply. I put mine in the ground. I plan on keeping them on the smaller side and covering them in the winter. I’m also in 8a but I’m in SC.
@@TheMillennialGardener the labels didn’t say. And they didn’t appear to have a graft bc I always look for the graft when planting. But I plan on keeping them in the 6-8 foot range.
Just found your channel and I’m super grateful. I have a Mayer lemon and a lime tree in containers. Just planted this spring. They’ve done really well until recently. The leaves at the end of the branches are curling. The local garden center said they needed nitrogen and recommended a 12-12-12. I applied this about 2 weeks ago and there hasn’t been much change. Is there anything I should do? Thanks so much for your help and advice.
Amazing channel! Your attention to detail is spot on. Thank you for sharing your enormous wealth of knowledge. What is your over winter watering schedule for when your citrus trees are dormant?
Thank you! My overwintering techniques depend on the variety. Varieties like my blood orange, I simply move that up against the south wall of my house and cover it if it's going to be below 30. Blood oranges are hardy until around 22 degrees or so, so there are only maybe 2-4 nights a year where I have to carry it inside here. For the tropical lemons and limes, I do as follows: ua-cam.com/video/-iVYC2fgwyM/v-deo.html
I have been trying lemons, limes, and clementines in large pots for 3 years. The trees are growing and putting on structure. I get tons of flowers, but very little fruit. I've changed up the fertilizing schedule both years at recommendations of local garden centers. Same result. What should I be looking for?
So I'm in San Antonio TX which is I think zone 9A. What I got was that I fertilize during the warm months monthly. Do I fertilize with both the soluble as well as the Tomato/blood meal mixture? That seems a bit much.
Bro I just learned more than I could learn in 100 videos in one video 😂 keep it up
That's great! I'm happy to hear that. I try to make these videos so you won't have to hunt for info in others. I want them to be as complete as possible.
@@TheMillennialGardenerYou succeeded!
Thank you for the great video! 😃
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I am glad I found your channel. I decided in my old age, with so much time in my hands I am going to plant anything I can grow!! I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.
That was by far the best and most informative video on fertilizing citrus in containers. Thank you for keeping it simple while providing us with so much useful knowledge. Fantastic video!
I'm so happy to hear that. That was my goal, and I'm glad I accomplished that. Thanks for watching!
I second that.
Definitely! Thank you for sharing this valuable information!
@@TheMillennialGardenerhi. Your videos are very helpful. Can i use 10-10-10 for my citrus? Thanks
@@kimpham-usa1112usually, 10-10-10 are those slow release pellets. I avoid them at all costs. I only use organic granulated fertilizers and water soluble fertilizers made to be diluted in watering cans.
First video I feel like I actually learned something about growing citrus trees. Thank you!!
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help.
I’ve watched several of his videos. None of them bad, but this one took me off the bench and forced me to comment. As someone who body builds, and grows fruit trees, this video blew my mind and connected alot of dots that resonated with me . . . great method for making a crosswalk between two of my passions.
If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 My Container Grown Citrus
1:16 How To Choose A Fertilizer And Understand NPK Ratios
4:10 Why Citrus Is Fertilized Differently Than Most Fruits
6:27 The Ideal Fertilizer For Fertilizing Citrus Trees In Pots
6:59 How To Blend Organic Fertilizers For Growing Citrus
9:04 How To Fertilize Citrus Trees In Containers With Organic Granules
9:36 How To Use Soluble Fertilizers When Container Gardening
13:17 How Often To Fertilize Citrus Trees
16:04 Adventures With Dale
Thank you so much for this video. Within a week my tree was so much better and by they second week new growth, greeen leaves and so much healthier! Thank you so very very much!
Out of the 50 vidoes I just watched, this one was 100% without a doubt!
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!
I just planted my yuzu that was in a pot for 5+ years. The key lime, satsuma mandarin, and sweet lime are still in pots. Meyer lemon also in the ground. Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you.
Thank you so much! You have explained The fertilizing techniques of container citrus better than anyone on UA-cam. Thank you thank you thank you
Aaand you just answered the question I asked you on the other video you linked this one to! You rock dude! Thank you SO much!!
Brilliant! I needed this video in my life :) Bought my first lemon tree 2 months ago and I had no clue what to do with it :D You just saved a lemon tree :D Thanks for the tips and tricks!
I’m so happy it was helpful! Best of luck, and thanks for watching!
Can't wait to watch your interview with James and Tuck. You 2 are my favorite.
You are my go-to guy! I love the way you explain and show the viewers how/what to do & look for and to expect!
I love my plants and being outdoors and our plan is 2greenhouses and a large outdoor garden w/straw bales..in Arizona! I am currently in Nebraska but the move will be this year.
I have learned a lot from your videos and I thank you!
Talk soon..stay in touch plz...
Zone 8b here, Mississippi. I'm definitely trying this. Thank you!
I love your conversation with Dale at the end :) I'm in the UK, I have one little lemon tree that's supposed to be hardy in our climate. I thought he'd died after the freezing cold winter we had but he's just started to show some tiny new leaves - I'm so excited and am planning on providing lots ot citrus love and attention this year. Thanks for all the great hints and tips.
That's good to hear. Do you know what kind of lemon it is? Is it a Meyer? They're not all that hardy, but can take a freeze down to about -4C. I have one in-ground here, and we can get as cold as -12C on a bad winter, and I protect it with incandescent Christmas lights and a plant jacket made of agricultural fabric and it works great. There is a very hardy lemon called Ichang, but it's seedy. I have a small seedling growing of this variety.
@@TheMillennialGardener It is a Meyer :) We're in the SouthWest so usually our winters are a bit milder than the rest of the country. This year was a beast though, it hovered around -4/-5 for a few nights so he took a bit of a beating. He's in a pot in a sunny sheltered spot so hopefully he'll recover enough to flower again. You're so lucky to be able to grow a wide variety of citrus!
I’m in the PNW Seattle area and have a Myers lemon, Tangelo and navel orange that are fruiting and I guess we have similar climates. I have a key lime and a tangerine orange that are newly added a few months ago and we’ll see how they do. I’m trying to grow them w all my figs and others in a greenhouse that will be heated with compost during winter months.
@@angelaf If it's in a pot, why not bring it in when you know the temperature will get freezing? That's what I do.
@@TheMillennialGardener where you get that jacket at? I live near Charlotte I'm thinking of planting my meyer too
I went to McKenzie's Citrus Nursery in Scranton,SC a week ago and got 2 Owari Satsuma's to plant and a Sugar Bell. I got the smallest ones so will be putting them in pots to start. Just delaying a bit because of the cold nights this past week here. Your videos are so informative and I keep a notebook and write down the information you give in your videos, just like I was in school taking notes. Thank you so much for a great video. Now I will be searching your videos, to see if you have one on potting a new citrus plant and the soil mix you use for the containers. .
Outstanding! Stan's farm is awesome. You're going to love those trees. They'll probably start fruiting for you next spring. Be very careful not to let them carry more than 2-3 fruits that first season. It tends to stress them out too much.
You’re a well articulated presenter with easy-to-understand details. I subscribed!
Thank you for subscribing! I really appreciate it.
Honest to God, this may be the most helpful video I have ever seen on UA-cam. Thanks for producing this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Hi MG! Lots of good info on citrus fertilizing and watering I never knew. Front and back, in very tiny areas, I have 3 citrus in the ground and 2 in pots so all of this was very helpful. Thanks for breaking down how and why organic fertilizers need to decompose to become bio-available to plants. And they are slow-release. I’ve never heard it put so easy to understand. Liked your precise measurement of a “small glug” of fish fertilizer.😂 Really appreciated the lesson on how to make our own mix of fertilizer to adjust for growing during different times of the season. At first I thought “Oh no, here we go” but the math was actually very simple. Since everyone in coastal CA seems to have a lemon tree 🍋 and avocado 🥑 on their property we’ve been taught to feed both trees the same and they do well. I also learned to not rake under an avocado because it’s disturbs the healthy and delicate biome as the leaves decompose. So I don’t. I noticed you have one too. Love me some good guac ‘n chips.😋 Thanks so much for all your good advice. I learn so much from your channel!
From CA🏖️take care
Your timing is impeccable and your instruction is on point. I was recently looking at my Meyer Lemon in a container and debating how to properly fertilize...and now I know. Thank You.
Glad to hear it was timely and helpful. Thanks for watching!
Same!,
I agree. I have been in awe with The millennial gardener. He is exceptional , with a good command of the English language & never uses filler words or veers off topic & he does the required research (so we don't have to !) . I love watching his content. Thanks 'The Millennial gardener". & Dale brings so much joy without saying a word !
I saw a bunch of them at tractor supply. I bought some.
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Incredibly well organized. Hands down the best horticulture video Ive seen in youtube!
Thank you! I appreciate that. I’m glad to hear it was helpful.
8:29 Thanks for this helpful video! I think your fortified mix is actually very close to 6-3-3 since I think you would weight the quantities of the 2 fertilizers you used (so since you have 1 cup and .75 cups, after adding together the 3-5-6 and 9-0-0, I would think you’d divide the total NPK by 1.75, and end up with 6.85-2.85-3.42)! I don’t know much about gardening so I could be wrong though :)
Yep, if we assume both fertilizers have the same density, the ending NPK ratio would be approximately 6.8 - 2.8 - 3.4. In reality, I expect the densities to differ, so mass measurements would be more appropriate when trying to create a custom ratio.
Treated as a dilution calculation; the summed nutrient volume( or weight), contributed by all components, is divided by the new total volume or weight.
I.E. (using mass measurements)
1.75 kilogram x N = (1 kilogram x 0.03) + (0.75 kilogram x 0.12 )
N = (0.03 kilogram + 0.09 kilogram) / 1.75 kilogram
N= 0.12 kilogram/ 1.75 kilogram
N = 0.0685 => 6.85% Nitrogen
The same calculation is repeated for Phosphorus and Potassium, except the 1 cup concentration is 0.05 and 0.06 respectively, and the 3/4 kilogram component is zero.
Thank you god for this video. Been battling my citrus trees for like 2 years. Thank you god somebody finally giving advanced details
I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
I cannot believe I have 7 citrus trees in pots and none of them are doing anything!! I live near Raleigh, NC and I cannot keep them from burning / dying out in the winter! I am going to try this immediately. THANK YOU!! P.S. what temps and/or months can the citrus trees stay outside 24/7?
I have some 10+ year old citrus in half wine barrels. My secret with those are worms; add more worms to every potted tree every spring. Every time I make a worm castings tea those trees get the tea bags. I like to top dress like your doing & always add, citrus & banana peels, coffee grounds, egg shells, alfalfa pellets & various mulches to change it up from leaves, bark mulch, hay, etc.The top couple inches is black gold, straight castings with countless red wigglers. Another old timer secret is to add old nails or some scrap metal to rust adding a constant iron supply.
That probably works fairly well in really large containers. I don't think I can do that in these little pots since they're very rootbound. Can you move them when bad weather comes, or do they stay out all year?
Perfect! Just what I was looking for. I have 5 new potted citrus trees, bought them last year. They’re looking a bit poorly, they have blooms, but the leaves are either yellowing or a lot have dropped. I’ll get started on this today! Thanks!!!🌳
They're probably hungry for food. They are due to put on lots of new growth for the spring. Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
A future ..yeah..
Thank so much very timely I just planted a Myer lemon tree in a large pot, I was worrying how to keep it as healthy as it is through the years , now I’m confident I can , keep up the good work
I have a calamondin orange tree and it is in a pot and it's producing like crazy even indoors! But I want more citrus trees...I'm in central NC. This video is helpful
I'm glad it was helpful! I can recommend so many varieties. You may enjoy these two videos on my 2nd channel:
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ua-cam.com/video/SfzkzMe4CpM/v-deo.html
Where have you been all my life😂😂😂😂 I wish I had found you several years back. God bless you !!!
Just getting started with the plant thing, love your presentation. Most UA-camr's just waste your time, this presentation was full of information, presented at an excellent pace. Great job, 👍 Subscribed.
Does the soil stay moist all of the time instead of “drying out” with a self watering container? How do you prevent “wet roots” or root rot with self watering containers? Most internet citrus gurus say self watering containers are “evil” and should not be used with citrus trees because the soil stays moist continually. Your advice has helped me bring back to life my citrus tress. I really appreciate your great advice!
Best information I have ever come across about container grown citrus. Just what I was looking for. Thank you so very much. I'm a big fan from London, Ontario, Canada.
From UK thank you for your instructions. It’s very helpful.
So happy that I found your channel! Thanks! Can’t wait to watch other videos. I just received my trees. I want them to flourish and produce. 💙💛🙏
You are a wonderful teacher. Great examples, good language pacing. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your citrus tree fertilizer information!!! I planted in pots last year.... 1 Meyer lemon, 1 Washington Naval Orange, and 2 Haas avocados. I'm in Ft Worth Tx, Zone 8A. The first year I got 3 lemons.... We put a greenhouse in to keep them warm in the winter and my Meyer lemon is already flowering in late January. I also have a lot of sprouting/new growth happening on the orange and avocado trees. I am going to start fertilizing now on a 30 day schedule since I am seeing the new growth. Your trees look beautiful and very healthy.
Wow, this is the best video I’ve watched explaining how to properly fertilize potted citrus trees. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you. I invested in 3 citrus trees this year. One they tell me will grow in ground in illinois and I’ve planted it. But I’m skeptical. It’s a flying dragon orange. The other two are a kumquat which is flowering like crazy here in September and another that has me skeptical. It’s a Meyer lemon but the leaves smell like lime. Happy to find some fertilizing tips.
I’m so glad you mentioned New Mexico. First time I’ve heard you mention that. Thank you for this!
Your video says and does ALL I've been needing for my Citrus - SUBSCRIBED ! 👍 Thanks!
Yay, just in time! I have a collection of 10+ citrus trees I pulled out of the garage, waiting for my care. Haven’t fertilized them yet. 😩
Make sure to check them over for aphids, spider mites and other pests that tend to take over these plants when overwintered. I had both on mine from all the time spent in a protected garage at night with no predatory insects around.
@@TheMillennialGardener oh yeah, some of them have spider mites for sure. I saw the webbing, I just spray them down with the hose a few times and they do fine. Thanks for the tips, happy growing!
Just bought an orange tree that's a pretty good size and has a few oranges on it. This video will help me keep it and my lemon and lime tree healthier. I fertilize them but I'm pretty sure my ratio has been off. Thanks, your videos are the absolute best! I don't know why I even bother with some of these other folks 😁😁
Actually, if you took 1 cup of 3 - 5 - 6 and mixed it with 1 cup of 12 - 0 - 0, you would get 2 cups of a blend consisting of 7.5 - 2.5 - 3 which is pretty close to what you want. Remember, you are diluting each fertilizer by half so it's 1.5 - 2.5 - 3 plus 6 - 0 - 0 giving you 7.5 - 2.5 - 3.
Absolutely correct.
Thank you! 😃
Thank God, was thinking how I was gonna write this, luckily someone else had the same idea. 😅
There’s a 6-3-3 citrus feed on amazon
One of the best garden educational video!
Glad you think so! I appreciate that. Thanks for watching!
I'm soooo pumped. I just ordered the Owari Satsuma Tree from the same farm you got yours from. My plan is this. I have a thermo cube. So it turns on when the temperature gets 40 or under. I'll cover it during bad cold weather & hook the lights to the cube so it goes on and off on its own.
This was like getting a lesson in school. I played and replayed this video and took notes so that I can quickly refer back to them as I care for my plants. I'm brand new to serious gardening and am setting up my first real food garden. Thank you for educating us novices. One question.....
What size are the self-watering pots you purchased from Walmart? I want to ensure that I plant my citrus trees in an equivalent sized container. Thanks again.
Omg every time I watch your videos I learn something new , you are the best 🙌🙌🙌
THANKS MILLENIAL GARDNER FOR THE citrus tips. I have a dwarf lemon and orange tree I bought in 2019 both from the big box store and I got one fruit from each the 1st yr and nothing since. I know that the containers are large enough but I don't think they have enough holes in them. I was thinking of moving them to grow bags but I know if I keep them in the same container I will have to place more holes in them. The leaves grow minimally and I get a little flowering but that's it. I moved them into my 3rd floor apartment off the balcony in December. All of the leaves fell off. They have been naked ever since. I have been watering them but no fertilizer until I put them back out next month. I'm giving it one last go then they will be going in the trash. Wish me luck.
Citrus need 8+ hours of sun and lots of fertilizer when grown in containers. If you give them sun and fertilizer, they will flower and fruit. The reason why your tree lost all its leaves is because there was probably a dramatic change in sunlight - either in intensity or in day length. Citrus absolutely hate being carried from inside-to-outside and outside-to-inside. If you do so all in one motion, they usually defoliate. You have to acclimate them slowly a few hours at a time by bringing them in-and-out for a couple weeks. This is why I just carry them outside during the day and inside at night in the coldest part of the winter. It's easier than acclimating them. They should come back, but do not react by overwatering them. Citrus hate wet feet, and if you give them too much water, they will get root rot.
I have had a grow light on them for 8 hours a day since I brought them in. Hopefully when I put them back out they will make me 😊
You’re so articulate in your information and easy to follow. I really enjoy watching and listening you. Thank you.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. Thank you for watching.
Great video. Helps me a lot! I live in Greenville, NC, so not too far from your location so what you do is probably the same as what I need to be doing. Thanks again!
You explained it to me in a simple way that gives me confidence to continue learning. I wish you were my math or Chemistry teacher, back in the day.
Good to see some citrus other than figs.
I have both!
Easy to start from air layering.
Very helpful video, thanks. I just have one dwarf Meyer lemon in a container and the rest in-ground but you’re right the fruit set on that tiny tree is incredible. I try to keep no more than 12-18 fruit on it at a time and it produces constantly throughout the year. I use 27-0-0 plus an organic liquid (AgroThrive) on a monthly schedule. Thanks for the informative video. I plan on more citrus in containers for some specialty varieties.
My Meyer is just starting to flower. I can't wait until it fruits. It was a tiny rooted cutting last season and now it is a 4'x4' bush in ground. I can't believe it's grown so much in less than year. It's mind-boggling. If you like the Meyer Lemon, you may be interested in the Excalibur Red Lime. It's very strange since it is cross between a lime and a kumquat. The fruit is kind of seedy, but it's extremely juicy. The juice tastes like a satsuma blended with a typical lime, and the peel is very sweet and fully edible. It is a very small plant, but has off the charts yields like a Meyer.
As I recall 27-00 is dry CAN which tends slightly alkaline over time, the C is calcium in the form of lime, it makes the ammonium nitrate[AN] non-hazmat for transport, AN alone is neutral pH. IIrc, straight AN is 33-0-0. (Liquid CAN is a totally different formula based on calcium nitrate.) Citrus like it a bit acidic, so if your water is neutral to basic pH switch from CAN to ammonium or urea based nitrogen sources.
I like CAN for many plants as it is instantly availible nitrate N, and when placed on the soil surface it doesn't tend to evaporate like urea. Though as a caution nitrate N is easilly leached by excess water while ammonium/urea weakly bind to soil clays. Urea is fine if buried, or dissolved and watered in, so the brief ammonia phase is trapped in the soil. (urea is good tilled or as wet season top-dress or with sprinkler irrigation, ammonium and nitrates better for top dress if the next rain is uncertain.
Citrus like it a bit acidic, so if your water is neutral to basic pH switch from CAN to ammonium or urea based nitrogen sources.
Thank you so much for these tips. I am saving your video. So from now on I will fertilize my citrus every season. I don’t have an orange tree. I have the Meyer Lemon, Buddha Hand, Frost Satsuma Mandarin, Australian Finger Lime, and 5 Calamondin. ❤️🧡💜💚
Very nice collection! I would call your satsuma an orange tree. A satsuma is a mandarin orange, so that definitely counts.
@@TheMillennialGardener ah okay. I always think that the peel of an orange is different from the mandarin. If Satsuma is the mandarin orange then I guess I have an orange. 😊
Wow another amazing super great video info and analysis from absolutely the best channel on UA-cam. Thank you and keep up the good work
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.
Your vid is encouraging. My lemon tree is doing well I pouted it last summer now I'm encouraged to get a lime and orange tree. Cara Cara l oranges are my favorite, and I make pies people are always asking for key lime I think I'll try growing a key lime tree.
Had to come back through for a refresher. This time I noticed that the pots some are in are self-watering. I didn't realize they were an option because I thought they would lead to wet feet. But if this is an option then that is a major game changer and I won't have to deal with fungus gnats.
And I plan on taking my Meyer and Variegated lemon trees inside. Do you know of a fertilizer that doesn't smell as bad? My wife didn't appreciate the fertilizer aroma last year.
Great video, thank you for sharing all that information and taking the time to do the video,well done.
Wow, first time visitor, I really enjoyed this most of all I learned a lot keep them coming. Thanks again
I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for watching!
I just bought a satsuma orange tree/bush (not sure of the variety) over the summer i got about 5 oranges and it seemed to do fine. Lately the leaves have started to turn a bit yellow. I have a water/fertilizer meter and is says there is enough water and fertilizer, but the leaves are still slowly turning yellow. I'm about 20 miles south of you (SP) by the coast. I could really use some suggestions of things I should or shouldn't do to keep it healthy through spring. Thanks for all your advice.
Is it in a container or in ground? If it is in a container, you could be over watering it. Also, if you carried it inside, that can cause total leaf drop. This video from last week may help: ua-cam.com/video/QWtspDbFtFU/v-deo.html
The satsuma is in a container and I have carried it inside when I thought we where getting a freeze. thankyou for getting back to me so quickly and including the video's.
WOW! Amazing info and delivered so easy to understand. No stuttering or weird pauses lol. I lose interest usually but your video was very useful. Thanks. Subscribed now!
Great instructional content as usual. I am inspired to begin growing fruit trees this year. I certainly have great resources from your channel. Your trees look Lucious and Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad I can help inspire you to grow some fruit trees. Fruit trees are even more rewarding than vegetable gardens, in my opinion. While the vegetables are more immediately satisfying since they grow so quickly, there is something to be said about investing a few years into a fruit tree and it rewards you for the rest of your life with bountiful harvests. Thank you for watching!
great video! I just started fertilizing mine once a month and it seems to really work.
This was a great video. I have a mandarin orange tree In a pot I grown inside…I live in South Dakota & the wind will knock all the flowers off. I got a grow light for Christmas to clip on a pot-has 2 wands. Do you recommend them? I will try your recommendations you talked about and see what happens. It’s March and it has 3 little oranges-2 dropped off. I hope the others stay on. I fertilized it 2 wks ago with a citrus fertilizer and it started growing new leaves. I’ll have to check the fertilizer ratio to what you talked about. I’ve been babying this little tree for 4-5 yrs. 😊 thank you!
Thank you for the time stamps in the description
I'm glad it is helpful. It takes a long time to tag a table of contents, so I hope it's worth the effort.
Hi! When you say to fertilize every 14 or so days (citrus in pot) does that mean the
tomato + bloodmeal
AND
The fish emulsion/miracle grow
Combo ?
All together every 14+ days? Many many thanks ! I LIVE YOUR CHANNEL! I learn so much from your videos. Thank you!
Really awesome guide in Hawaii Walmart is also the spot to get early on citrus. Home depot and Lowes have citrus but it's way more expensive...like 300$+ big established plants but Walmart has various 20$ plants I'm guessing about a year. So far I have a a Mexican lime from home depot was way less than the other trees I think it's not grafted or something but it's doing good was like 44$ amd I biked it back thorns got me alot even through my duffel bag...the Walmart ones fit in my backpack and are in the same self watering pot as you reccomend but a size smaller like around 4 $ each love how all in with Walmart you can get started with citrus under 30$ about if you add soil... but yeah I got two mandarin one golden Tahoe the other I forgot ... 1 alien lemon and a calamsi I started from seed... some are also in mixed planters with herbs and the lime tree has some jade succulents and clover with it I might add more clover because I think it's helping with me fertilizing it so seldomly as it adds nitrogen I heard... but yeah great guide just wish you would have some reccomdation on vegan alternative for some of your fertilizer recomdations and or at least urea-free. But yeah great guide and if someone else is on the fence go for it start some citrus well worth the effort pretty low maintenance and that cheap tree turns into the expensive one as you keep it alive sometimes it's better than the expensive one because it's being more actively cared for than one at the store☘️🐠💕🌺🌴🌻🍋🍊
simply brilliant guidance and explanation.. many thanks
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
All the info I needed in one video! Thank you!
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Thank you for this video! I have two potted citrus tree that aren’t growing anymore leaves! They’re little twig branches and when they flower the poor things sags, so I have had to reinforce. I just added a citrus tree fertilizer to both of them, but now I am going to add some bone meal to help them out.
I’m in the same boat. Did your plants bounce back after following this video’s advice?
Great info, thanks. I have a small Meyer lemon in a pot, live in the PNW so it has to come inside before freeze. Last year (first year) I was gifted with 3 fruits. Right now it has about a dozen and I just noticed it's starting to bloom again, so I need to get fertilizing! I have a plant spike labeled for citrus so I'll have to check the ratios. Also if I'm not careful the dog takes it out and tries to eat it, that can't be good 😟
Which type of pot do you have the plant in? What size? Thinking of growing one and I live in SW Washington. Thanks
Thank you so much. I love your videos. Your instructions are clear, to the point. You are my favorite Garden You Tuber. All of your videos are helpful.
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for watching and for your support!
Awesome & very informative. You are great at explaining, demonstrating and teaching. Thanks so much for all of your time and effort in sharing your knowledge in all your videos. I have 3 potted Citrus trees so my finding THIS video was ideal!
Great, great information. Thx u for doing this video. Keep up the video with great information.
Thank you for helping and adding all the info and explaining I usually don’t comment but I appreciate you
Learned so much in 15 Minutes! Thank You!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Such an amazing detailed video 👏👏👏 thank you!!!!
I have been fertilizing my citrus (Meyer lemon and satsuma) 1 or 2 times a years with organic. I shall bump it up some now. Thank you…
Are they in containers? If so, they definitely will benefit from regular application of water soluble fertilizers. Established in-ground citrus benefit from organics and soil amendments far better than container-grown plants. Container culture doesn't have the microbiome for organics alone, in my experience.
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Yes they are in containers at the moment.
In a season or two I plan to start finding places for them in-ground around the place (Zone 7a/8b Chesapeake, VA).
I will probably continue using the non-chemical fertilizer approach because of two main reasons. Most of the citrus fertilizers I use have beneficials integrated into them that are directed towards building a biome (which will come in handy after putting them into the ground). Also, going the organic route will cause the trees to grow much less vigorously. Which, in theory, will cause the branches of the tree to form bark sooner/lignify faster.
The Owari Satsuma are already on trifoliate rootstock with will help out with the whole lignification thing.
The Meyer Lemon are on their own roots... which means they can spring back from the base if the top dies back. So I will just deep mulch for the Winter every year and throw on moving blankets/etc on those deep freeze nights.
I absolutely love the shape of that Moro orange tree
They're beautiful trees.
Thank you so much! Very informative!!❤❤❤
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
That pink lemons looks so good god I've never seen such a good pink lemon tree every time it's only doing okay or in decline
You are so good at what you doing , I just keep watching and watching your video my friend... been subbed and followed you for a while now, keep throwing those tips and tricks , ... can't say more....🍃🌱🌿
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Thank you, the best information I ever had.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Perfect timing! just received a Meiwa Kumquat tree, thanks for the video, as always to the point and very clearly explained.
Excellent. Best of luck with your new tree, and thanks for watching!
Late to this video but as others have said, great video. Just about to pot my 1st 2 citrus tress. If you see this, THANKS!
From this video I learned also im not feeding enough. On one of ur video u mentioned every 2 or 3 yrs you need to prune the roots of a plant to cut down on root ball. Do you have a video on how to do that?
Yes, I have a video on root pruning here: ua-cam.com/video/-oOwNiZzGmM/v-deo.html
Thanks for this video.
Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
What would you recommend as to fertilizer schedule for indoor potted lime tree - one is an ever bearing dwarf lime. THANK YOU great job in all your segments.
I just bought 6 citrus trees from tractor supply. I put mine in the ground. I plan on keeping them on the smaller side and covering them in the winter. I’m also in 8a but I’m in SC.
Do you know what they're grafted onto? It helps to know if they're on dwarfing rootstock. If they are not, they will be hard to protect in the winter.
@@TheMillennialGardener the labels didn’t say. And they didn’t appear to have a graft bc I always look for the graft when planting. But I plan on keeping them in the 6-8 foot range.
Just found your channel and I’m super grateful. I have a Mayer lemon and a lime tree in containers. Just planted this spring. They’ve done really well until recently. The leaves at the end of the branches are curling. The local garden center said they needed nitrogen and recommended a 12-12-12. I applied this about 2 weeks ago and there hasn’t been much change. Is there anything I should do? Thanks so much for your help and advice.
keep up the great videos!
Thanks for watching!
Amazing channel! Your attention to detail is spot on. Thank you for sharing your enormous wealth of knowledge. What is your over winter watering schedule for when your citrus trees are dormant?
Thank you! My overwintering techniques depend on the variety. Varieties like my blood orange, I simply move that up against the south wall of my house and cover it if it's going to be below 30. Blood oranges are hardy until around 22 degrees or so, so there are only maybe 2-4 nights a year where I have to carry it inside here. For the tropical lemons and limes, I do as follows: ua-cam.com/video/-iVYC2fgwyM/v-deo.html
Keep up the good work really appreciate your info
Hi from down under. Thanks for explaining the NPP requirements. I've always wondered. This helps considerably in feeding my lemon trees.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
simply to follow and understand presentation.
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That was some very good information. I have some lemon trees and this will help me out a lot when it comes to fertilizing them. 👍😀🌻🌱😎😍🌼🌷😎👍
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I have been trying lemons, limes, and clementines in large pots for 3 years. The trees are growing and putting on structure. I get tons of flowers, but very little fruit. I've changed up the fertilizing schedule both years at recommendations of local garden centers. Same result. What should I be looking for?
So I'm in San Antonio TX which is I think zone 9A. What I got was that I fertilize during the warm months monthly. Do I fertilize with both the soluble as well as the Tomato/blood meal mixture? That seems a bit much.
That was a great explanation. Had everything I needed to know.
Thank you!!