My Edible Fruit Trees: Citrus Trees

Mandarin - Hickson (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2017

Height 30 Inches

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

2017 Planted in a 65L pot

new growth started to come..feeling positive

Mandarin - Imperial (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Sweet and juicy fruit.

Dwarf, and  growing in a Pot

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Fruited in winter 2017, approx 20 fruits

after fruting, stunned in growth. No new leaves and looking very sad

Apple - Kidd\'s Orange Red ^7/10

Comments: - Grown in Katoomba. Said to be a good variety.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Lovely small lemon tree, baring a large crop of fruit. Fruit tastes of  lemon, with mandarine.

Have had this plant well over a decade,  But was not doing well in a container so planted it, after moving, into my garden where it has been thriving.

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2017

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus fertiliser

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: Manual removal, soapy water, white oil. Not really needed to use pesticides,  have needed copper spray for mild fungal infection.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Australian Desert Lime

Mandarin - Imperial

Lime - Australian

Dwarf Kumquat - Nagami

Lemon - Eureka

Kumquat - Nagami (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Lime - Sweet Lime

Comments: - Sweet? - yes. Lime? - no. 
Not my kind of lime but it was worth checking out. Has been removed.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers little and often during warm weather, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets in winter

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Planted: 2016

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Lemons (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Every back yard needs a lemon tree so there's not much more to say really! We have had problems with the Dwarf range here - due to rootstocks - so I have replanted with full size trees now. We have Lisbon lemon which does great - thorny, but nice lemons. Myer...a mild lemon and Eureka - a proper acidic lemon. 
We have a range of types so that we always have a fresh lemon on hand from the garden - as I use a lot of them in the kitchen. 
They need some help to be happy with our more alkaline conditions here.

Planted: 2012

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers, little and often (summer) slow release organic chook manure pellets (a little in winter/when dormant) sulphur in spring, iron sulphate in winter or as required.

Mandarins (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - I could eat Afourer mandarins all day...they are the best mandarin so far, imho. They are deep orange, juicy, sweet - but still have that lovely mandarin tang, easy to peel and not many seeds. Highly recommend them. We have had major dramas with the new Dwarf and Semi Dwarf rootstocks here - due to the sand and lime in the bore water. It's been incredibly frustrating have to pull out all of the dwarf trees we bought and replace them with full-size rootstock mandarin trees. A couple of the Semi dwarfs are doing ok - but it depends on the scion. My research seems to indicate that there can be problems with Aforurer and some rootstocks for eg.
We have Afourer, Japanese seedless, Ortanique and Clementine. The Japanese seedless is pictured - it has been moved 3 times now and has rebounded surprisingly well. 

Planted: 2015

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers mostly, sometimes organic slow release chook manure pellets. Little and often. Sulphur in spring, iron sulphate in winter.

Oranges (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Homegrown oranges taste fantastic and are one of my favourites. We have an Early Spanish Newhall navel (a beautiful tree with lovely fruit - my favourite - and in this picture) a Joppa and a Valencia - to spread out the fruiting season. They are all on full size rootstock as the semi-dwarf and dwarf rootstocks don't perform as well here, with the sands and tendency to alkalinity. All of our citrus get a dressing of sulphur in spring and sometimes iron sulphate during the year/winter, if needed. 
I love citrus and would always have them growing in the garden - and they taste great when homegrown. The trees are so handsome and the blossom smells divine also.

Planted: 2013

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with organic chook manure pellets.

White Sapote - Lemon Gold (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Scary tree because it wants to grow into a giant here. That's interesting because it behaved totally differently 700km north of here. Doesn't have any leaf drop here either. Wishing I had planted it somewhere else now, and had to cut down the second tree next to it because they were taking over. The roots are invasive so don't plant near pipes, walls etc...
Apart from that - it's dead easy to grow in our climate, is not at all fussy about the soil, the water, the winter - or bothered by pests/diseases. The fruit needs to bagged against Mediterranean fruit fly and the parrots and possums...
The fruit is beautiful - texture a bit like avocado and the flavour of lemon meringue pie, to me. Skin can be eaten also. 
Self fertile and a good cross pollinator. If only the fruit were bigger and more numerous.
I have to hack this tree back by 50% every 2-3years.

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Any balanced fruit tree fertiliser I have around.

Lime - Sunrise

Comments: - pretty certain it's on Trifoliata rootstock - which is not so great for our WA sands. Needs alkalinity management therefore. Still waiting fot fruit from ours.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lemonade Tree

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - West Indian Seedling

Comments: - Only planted 2weeks ago. This is a picture of our previous tree. A very heavy bearer of lovely limes. They are seedy but as we juice them it doesn't matter. I am interested to see if it will be able to handle this cooler climate.

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Lime - Rangpur ^4/10

Comments: - Removed - I didn't like the fruit because it was too sour and acidic and had no "lime" flavour. The tree was horribly thorny also. Heavy fruiter. 
(picture taken after pruning when removing - to show fruit only)

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced acid lovers fertiliser alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often

Lemon Myrtle

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - Tahitian

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Orange - Valencia ^8/10

Comments: - A multi graft dwarf Valencia, Lemonade, Pummelo seems like a reasonable container idea

Pummelo - Flicks Yellow (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - Maybe I could have one of these interesting fruits on the same rootstock as the Lemonade and Valencia (to have oranges all year, combined with my Washington Navel).

Dwarf Lemonade ^8/10

Comments: - Would be interesting in growing one of these in a large pot on the deck or in the yard, I don't think I have the room in the yard to provide it with enough light so maybe a half wine barrel might do

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Combined graft with Washington Navel, Ruby Grapefruit and Minneola Tangelo on dwarf rootstock. I hope its a winner

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Combined with my Tahitian Lime, Minneola Tangelo and Ruby Grapefruit, I hope to get some delicious fruit from this particular specimen in the years ahead.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Grapefruit - Star Ruby ^9/10

Comments: - Really want to have fresh fruit and juice from one of these bad boys

Planted: 2019

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Finger Lime (Grafted)

Comments: - Trying out a new crop and looking at a niche market

Planted: 2019

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question: Any tips on growing finger limes in blacksoil in south east Qld? Particularly what is the best fertilizer.

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

Comments: - Trying out a new crop and looking for niche market

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question: Any tips on growing tahitian limes in blacksoil in south east Qld - also what's the best fertilizer.