My Edible Fruit Trees: Citrus Trees

Lime - Desert lime - citrus glauca

Lime - citrus aurantifolia Sublime

Pummelo - Citrus grandis

Desert Lime - Citrus glauca

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Ricks Red)

Microcitrus australis (Australian Round Lime)

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Sunshine Yellow)

Citrus Splitzer - lemon/lime

Comments: -

One of the grafts seems much more vigorous than the other (not sure which yet). It's also helped by the fact there are 2 grafts of one and only 1 of the other.

Spring 2011: Covered in flowers and just starting to grow teeny tiny fruit.

About a month after this  I decided to get rid of the fruit. There was just so much and I thought that it was a bad idea to leave them all. It didn't seem to like that and suddenly dropped all of its leaves. There are teeny tiny new shoots appearingon some of the branches (mostly on one graft not the other). No idea what I did wrong - I am SURE there was enough food, I am sure it wasn't too wet or too dry. I am hoping that it was a sunlight issue so I have moved into a sunnier spot.

Summer 2012: First day of the new year and I have noticed new shoots on the bare branches. I think that the weather has just started to warm up enough for it to get going again. Catch is that I think they shoots might actually be flowers not leaves. What is it thinking? All I can do is keep an eye on it and keep reminding my man to help fertilise!

Fruiting Months September and October

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, and my partner helps out too

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Emma) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Tasty Green) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Wauchope) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica (Finger Lime | Collette) (Grafted)

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

citrus pomello (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

no spray

fruit fly traps and control of dropped fruit

Organic Status:Organic

tangerine - citrus reticulata (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

citrus x paradisi \'marsh\' grapefruit (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pommelo - Citrus maxima

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Pruned Pommelo in late July, and is now growing 'new flush' in August 2010

Multi-graft citrus (Grafted)

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

citrus pomello ^8/10

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Citrus, Tangelo Minneola

Comments: -

Very juicy, well suited to area, very good frost resistance. susceptible to harlequin bug