How to induce citrus tree to flower and bloom (Nagami Kumquats) GreenMangoes
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- To induce nagami kumquats or any citrus tree to flower
1. add epsom salt
2. add bone meal
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Loved this one :-)
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Great advice, I'm feeding my citrus with Epsom salts and sequestered iron at the moment to green up the leaves
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Thanks for your information
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I fed my kumquat with expired instant coffee and cocoa nips I found in the fridge expired many years ago. My plant grow in the pot flower to fruits like crazy.
This is a good guide because we both live in Las Vegas thanks
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Pls update us on the growth and status of your citrus plants . I also live in LV and i have a calamondin plant growing in pot and following your advice on citrus care. Thank you !
I've made a video last year after few weeks to upload but haven't had a chance. I will try my best to. Thanks for following.
So good to hear my kumquats will be okay in the Las Vegas heat!!! Thank you both
Thank you for this informative video. I have a calamondin plant, here in Las Vegas, bought 2 years ago with a dozen or so fruit already growing. Moved it to a bigger pot immediately. After that first fruit burst, the leaves got pale and no more fruit. I've been advised to give it Nitrogen first then Phosphorus then Potassium. I gave it Miracle Grow 24-8-16 once a week for 3 weeks. Still, pale leaves compared to our 2 new calamondins that are flowering now. I'm going to try Epsom salts and bone meal from Star. I've been told at Star instead of dripping 5 minutes at dawn and dusk, that I should soak the whole pot every other day until it flows out the bottom, equivalent to 45 minutes if in-ground. I'm trying this too. What do you think?
Thanks for watching. I have 2 Calamondins and they are heavy producer. They give out flowers and fruits year round. In my opinion 24-8-16, 24 is too high of Nitrogen and if the leaves and canopy grow too big and the root system isn't big enough to support it then the fruits won't be as juicy and delicious. I always recommend balance fertilizer like 10-10-10 or 7-7-7 and the Calamondins will take whatever the need and the rest stay in soil and they will pick up later. I fertilizer with high Nitrogen, 16 at max when it starts warming up. Most Kumquats flower late Spring and early winter, like in November and December, Before it flowers use Bone meal, and epsom salt, you will love the result. As for watering, since mine are in pots, I don't use slow drip system, although there is nothing wrong with it. I water each pot about 2-3 gallons of water each time, do not water more than twice a day. My soil are very loose and drains very fast so I just saturate the pot with couple of gallons and with good drainage it would flows to the bottom then out immediately. If water sits in the pot the tree will suffocate and doesn't like wet feet. I use citrus/cactus soil + sand and they drain very well. Good luck
@@GreenMangoes Thank you, everything makes more sense now. I will follow your advice.Thank you for your generous sharing of information :)
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Thank you very much for the tips. I have a plant. Bloom vigorously usually after giving compost, produce fruits but does not last long. Most of them dropped off leaving only a few. Would be grateful if you could advise.
Consistent watering is very important. Don't let the soil dry out. Mine are also in pot, I feed as often as every 2 weeks. If you dont mond, using bloom boosters also help.
Thanks for the info
I have a little kumquat plant
You're welcome. Hope your kumquat will thrive
@@GreenMangoes me too, this will be the second growing season and I am hoping it will fruit for me
How often do you do the epsom salt treatment?
Very interesting. We have very rich volcanic soil and my 2 lemon meyers bought from a good nursery some 5 years ago are huge and always green but we get very few flowers or fruit. Hard to remember when actually. Should they come out as bad stock perhaps? We don't feed them at all as they are so green and leafy, but that's all they do. Any suggestions please? Also never pruned them. Should we? They are in a sheltered place between a wall and a small house and we do get temperatures around 0 in winter here in New Zealand, they've never been bothered at all.
Meyer lemons typical harder to bear fruit. It sounds to me that you have a lot of nitrogen in your soil and give a lot of green and lots of leaves. I would recommend fertilizing with bone meal or fertilizer with high phosphorus. You can also do a soil test to be sure. How many hours of sun? Needs at least 6 to 8 hours of sun.
Hi Craig, I had a kumquat tree that didn't bear any fruit for 4 years. A friend recommended epsom salt and it worked! The tree started bearing fruit! So now I regularly give them the epsom salt and citrus fertilizer every few months.
So you do this once a year? Like in may when they flower? Does this work for tangerine/mandarins plants too?
Most tangerine/mandarins/orange flower sooner, around March and April depending on where you live and when they get warmer. I would begin as early as March if weather is above 50+ to fertilize this. If your citrus is in the ground once a year will be enough, if planting in pot, once a month until June or July. Kumquat usually flowers a little later.
I bought a kumquat tree last year in a pot and it had 1 fruit on it. That fruit did not ripen during the winter. Now in summer it is ripening and my tree has lots of blooms on it. Will it produce fruit this year and when is the regular time that kumquats usually ripen? I live on the eastern side of Washington state. Thanks
I have 4 varieties of kumquats (nagami, meiwa, calamansi, Thai). The beautiful part of kumquats is they will continue to flower and produce fruit all year round as long as you feed fertilizer with high phosphorus. If you don't mind non organic fertilizer, super bloom from Scotts I believe to be 12-55-6, 55 is the phosphorus and will definitely continue to help more blooms and set fruit. I'd fertilize that once a month. The key is helping citrus have properly soil so it can intake the nutrients you feed by adding soil sulfur, soil acidifier, epsom salt, fertilize also with potassium. When the the condition of soil is right and the root system is strong, you will have abundant amount of fruits to enjoy. What's variety of kumquat? Nagami will begins flowering in May or June.
Hello,
Can I use the same method for citrus plants to have fruits
Thanks for your advise
Yes this method can be applied to all citrus.
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Hello! is indoors 19-23 C ok for my plant during winter? Are indoor kumquats different than outdoor kumquats or are they all the same? I have a Nagami. Thank you!
Nagami kumquats will do fine indoor and with temp of 19-23 C they will like it. If having them indoor make sure they're next to a window so they have enough sunlight and rotate them so they grow in a balance shape. I had my nagami kumquat indoor and the did just fine.
@@GreenMangoes Thank you! : )
@@evtheo2308 no problem good luck, kumquats are amazing
Do grow any limes in Las Vegas?
I do, I have bear lime and 3 lemon trees
Can I do this for potted apple trees grown from seed and four years old
Yes of course.
You don't need much epsom salt. I would also add organics to help keep that high buffer capacity pH a little lower...not too much bone meal, of course.
Inground you don't need much, growing im container with well drained soil would be different
Iused bone meal, potash and nkp but didn't help much. The fruiting is there but less.Can I add epsom salt now to get flowering again in the same plant.
@@HarshGupta-rs4pl how old is your citrus? It also depends on amount of sun it gets, did you prune it? And how have you been watering it.
@@GreenMangoes Two trees are about four years. I didn't water them from Dec to Feb( only sparingly two to three times when I added cowdung, bonemeal, potash ) No watering when my tree started flowering in March. Now fruiting is there but less.
Did you use Terracota pot or a plastic pot?
Plastic Pot. Terracota is too heavy and they break after a while. Although plants can breathe better with Terracota
Does it need drainage for the pot what amount of soil and how deep should it be planted
The pot definitely will need a lot of drainage. This tree don't like wet feet and will get root rot if water doesn't drain immediately. As for fertilizing. In growing season I fertilize every month in pot because it got washed away fast. End of fall till end of winter, I don't feed anything at all. Beginning of growing season, I feed with worm casting, compost, fish fertilizer, and seaweed extract. As it approaches flowering, I feed with bone meal and super bloom. I mixed water and epsom salt very often as well (once a month). When planting in ground, make sure the whole is twice as deep and twice as big. If in pot not to big of a pot if the tree is small. I have a video guide to pick pot size. th-cam.com/video/hlhcpPFeC7M/w-d-xo.html. Thank you supporting.
The larger the pot the better (large plastic is lighter) and need a pot with excellent drainage. Use cactus/citrus potting soil.
Sulphate is not specifically sulphur .... It is a salt of sulphuric acid so its magnesium bonded to a salt of sulphuric acid
Sulphide is also not sulphur,
know your chemistry
I like to eat kumquat..
Kumquats are delicious
@@GreenMangoes yes sir..
Hello
What about Tangerine, I planted it for almost 4 years but it never produce flower even for a once any help from you please.
Did you plant the Tangerine from seed or was it from a airlayered/grafted tree? Tangerine grafted with rootstock typically will fruit after 1-2 years. I use exact same fertilizer to my tangerine, if needed add Super Bloom.
@@GreenMangoes I planted it from seed and now is almost 5 years
Citrus tree growing from seeds would take around 10 years to bear fruits
@@huongduong7041 thanks you
Hi my lemon tree gets lots of flower but it doesn’t give any fruit.. What might be the reason?
We can figure out by looking at some of the basics 1. Does it get enough sunlight? And protected sun if in super hot climate. 2. Water, how often do you water? Over water will also force your flowers to drop, underwater and your flowers will dry up. Consistent watering is the key. 3. Drainage, if in pot, does it drain well? When watered did it flow immediately to bottom? 4. Fertilizer, did you use high phosphorus Fertilizer during flowering and fruiting? For NPK you what high P. Follow my video to add epsom salt it will help a ton. And finally 5. Are you protecting it from the wind?
@@GreenMangoes Yes it gets enough sun. But I keep it indoor in cold and if its windy. though it gets enough sunlight. I never used any fertilizer or phosphorus/ epsom salt either. I will use those. Let see.
@@nabilahasan3577 give it a try to see if it helps
@@nabilahasan3577 sometimes the tree is too young the it drops the flower naturally to focus on growth
@@GreenMangoes Thank you
Good video, but the music and the noise of the wind are very distracting.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will invest in better audio equipment.
in toronto very hard to keep kumquart tree
Yes, I've been to Toronto in the winter before, it was very cold. I would recommend planting in pot, and move indoor for winter. I do have a few that moved indoor next to windows for winter months and some sunlight, they will be okay.
@@GreenMangoes i just buy in garden last christmas.after 2 week the tree getting falling leaf and dry out .
today b i buy a lemon tree from garden and now i put inside the house face in the window , the lemon tree alot full of flower right .
Kumquat is a little bit harder to take care of at the beginning. I've seen people had leaves drop and get dry up due to lack of drainage on the pot. Water must be drained immediately when watering and if you have a saucer on the bottom, you will have to suck the water and dump otherwise root rot will occurs. For Kumquat if they can't breathe the will stress and drop leaves very fast.
What is ph level?
ph level measure how acidic or base soil is. best when neutral
For citrus you need a slightly acidic soil = 5.5-6.5 ph (7 is neutral). The epsom salt in water helps lower the ph (sulfur turns to an acid in water). A soil ph meter is $10. Buy cactus/citrus potting soil to start (has good drainage).
Or you can just grow a patch of stinging nettles and make your plant food and stop buying shit all the time !