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- Charles Malki, Biologist & Plant Expert from ivorganics.com/ discusses how to grow and care for your potted fruit trees (especially citrus). Learn how to make potting soil that is superior to store brands and learn the importance of adding more perlite at the top and bottom couple inches to avoid root rot.
This video was inspired by two plant enthusiasts, Al Willcoxen in Canton, Illinois, as well as Mr. Nguyen in Livermore, California. Thank you for the ideas and continued inspiration behind the videos!!!
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I find your videos to be extremely helpful for people like me that don't know much about plants, but want to try and grow tropical fruits indoors up in Canada. Thanks for the info 👍
Hello Stephy Le,
Thank you so much for taking the time to write me... And just keep in mind that each growing season is a fresh start to build upon last years lessons learned... May this be your BEST growing season to date!!! Keep me posted! Charles :-)
you cant grow tropical fruits in canada unless you have some expensive equipment
Your daughter is sooo cute! She reminds me of my daughter! Love all the information. Thank you!
Thank you Robert!
Charles 🌱👍
I just painted 10 pecan trees and 8 fruit trees with IV organic paint. And ordered more to do all my potted plants. I love knowing they're protected now.
Hello Jeremy,
Can you share some pictures with me at Info@IVOrganics.com? I know a pint can can cover approximately a dozen 3 gallon fruit trees. I am curious how much product you had to use to protect 18 trees? Thank you for writing us!!! :-)
Charles
Jeremy Thompson by NBC:
I've had really bad experiences with potting mixes that contain any sort of peat moss in them. Potting soils never worked, a mixture of even compost and potting soil didn't work. In fact, that was a pretty awful mix results wise. I then decided to switch mediums completely. Now I am getting my best results, probably still not as good as other gardeners, but it's pretty good considering everything is in containers and sunlight is somewhat of an issue. My mix isn't exact in terms of ratio but its main two ingredients that make up probably at least 75-85 percent of the mix is half coco coir and have vermiculite. To this, I usually add a decent amount of worm castings and then this year I added Dr. Earth super bloom fertilizer to help with fruiting. Then I water occasionally with fish emulsion and water. It's been fairly successful. The tomato plants love it, i'm actually getting decent peppers and I have squash plants that at least can produce one per pot, even tho one of the plants are in a pot that is ideally only for small house plants. My question: Anything about this mix would concern you? Or what could I do to improve the mix? And finally, would you be willing to try this mix?
One of my favorite citrus video's. I plan to repot a couple of citrus trees in spring, was going to use half rain barrel. I may look for large clay pot after this. Best exclamation of potting mix I have seen.
I kinda like how you print out stuff like a school presentation lol. Very efficient. You do a lot to prepare for your videos and I appreciate all the info you have shared!
Buying worms and adding them to the garden and potted plants will also help to aerate the soil.
that was the most fantastic video I have seen. I live in Tuscon AZ with climate like yours and that was so helpful about the direction of where to plant. I tried dwarf peach and they did not last 2 weeks . but i do want to try the lemon tree and this was so helpful I can't tell you how much. I was thinking of starting it in a grow bag and then putting it in a pot. what size pot and how often do you water? I may have more questions later but thank you so much. You were really prepared. and camera person did a great job too.
I would like you to do a video about how to protect our citrus trees during rare deep freezes like we just had in Texas for several days in a row. Many of us lost our citrus trees and want to know how we can keep them alive, especially if they are fairly mature. Thank you!
OMG ! If you saw the bird house in my yard that my daughter painted, you might mistake it for yours. Same colors and patterns/drawings. I wouldn't be surprised if it was done on the same day. 😂
Hello, thank you this video is very helpful,where can get a list of the cold tolerance for citrus? that is very convenient for new gardeners ,have a good day
Wonderful post.
I name dropped your product in my new citrus video. I haven't used your product yet but heard good things. I've had several comments saying how well it works with our AZ heat.
Good morning & thank you for your support!! E-mail me at info@IVOrganics.com I have a few ideas for us going into this next growing season! Charles :-)
Great video . Detailed !!!
Thank you so much Mari! :-)
There was so much more to go... but it had to end somewhere. Keep on the lookout for a Part II to this video where I discuss the following topic that should be released any day: ""The Wimpy Plant Test" | Avoid Over Watering Your Potted Plants | Goodbye H2O Meter & Dirty Knuckles!"
Thank you for your comments and support! :-)
Charles
Love your videos.
This is soooo helpful! Most internet advice on lemon trees doesn’t go into the science of it. And god knows what climate they are growing in! In the matters regarding drainage and potting soil especially, this video gave me the tools needed to adapt it for my local climate. The nursery I work at thanks you as well as I have been pestering them with my need to understand the scientific details haha I’d love to see a video from you explaining the details regarding winter care indoors for those of us (zone 7 here) that experience low temps. Things like positioning to maximize continued yield, humidity, etc. thanks so much!
how often should we water citrus and bananas in summer charles?
Hi! Citrus question. I have a Meyer Lemon tree I put into the ground about 13 months ago. It is still on the smaller side but gave me a few blooms in March but they all fell off. I’m so jealous of everyone else’s because theirs just keeps blooming and producing all year long and mines not doing squat! Can you give me any pointers? I live in Florida, zone 9b. I feel like I should be growing citrus with my eyes closed... but not happening. 😥
Love your videos! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! I live in socal as well and i want to buy your 3-1 organic paint. are there any stores in socal/LA area that sell your product?
is there a follow up to this? what do we do with first flower bloom. how long does it stay in container berfore we plant in ground. how and do we prune it if it is still in the container...is it supposed to lose leaves in winter.... is is supposed to bloom flowers in december? what do i do next?
Hi I live in south texas..I have a medium size lemon tree ,my mom planted the seeds and well I want to know how can I move it to another area or a pot?
Great! wish I had seen this last year when I started citrus pot planting.
You’re welcome David!
Charles 🌱👍
Appreciate you making these videos I find them very helpful. Especially liked the part about the cold hardiness. Shout out New Orleans or no la
I have a calamondin in a pot. Didn't realize it was that cold hardy. I usually bring it in for the winter though. I should repot it though as its still in the nursery pot it came in. It got infested with red mites last winter.
Thank u for your videos
Can we use the same mixture potting mix for any fruit tree
Thank you for the compliment Desmond D'souza! And yes, you can use the potting mix used in this video for any fruit tree. Please keep me posted on your growing successes! Charles :-)
Purchased an improved meyer lemon tree earlier this year at a home depot. At least the tag stated it was an improved meyer lemon but it has noticeable and prominent thorns on it.
I remember watching another one of your videos last week in which you said these improved meyers had thorns but they were not big and sharp. I noticed in this video the improved meyer lemon didn’t have any thorns.
Now I’m confused and hope that I do have an improved meyer lemon and this isn’t a case of an incorrectly labeled tree.
Can this mixture also work for calamondin plants? Would you recommend the Miracle Grow cactus, palm and citrus potting soil? It appears to contain mainly tree material.
ryuge84 Hello 👋Yes, mixture can be used for Calamondin too! The MiracleGro product can work, just be careful that synthetic (chemical) fertilizers have not been added, as is often done by that company. Good luck!
Charles 🌱👍
IV Organic miracle grow is the same company that makes roundup the weed killer that kills the bees
Hey, great vid. How often do you refresh or repot the mix? What I tend to not like about using that much peat moss in a soil mix is that if it ever dries out because you neglected to water during an especially hot day, the mix tends to become hydrophobic and requires lots of water to fix. Root pruning might be an idea for another video.
Have you heard of the 5-1-1 mix, btw? It's a mix of 5 parts bark mulch (screened to 1/4-1/2" uniform size), 1 part peat moss, 1 part perlite, a certain amount of dolomitic lime depending on amount of soil (to cancel out the acidity of the bark mulch, though the pH will creep up quick fast if you're watering with our LA city water). The mix provides superior drainage, porosity, aeration, etc. Of course you have to water it more often, but the mix lasts 1-2 years or even more depending on the vigor of the plant. It's been a foolproof way of avoiding root rot for me. What I like about it is that it's impossible to overwater and it's easily to flush out whatever salts are left in your soil fertilizer.
Another mix is called gritty mix, which is one part fine bark mulch, turface, and crushed granite. This is common among bonsai growers who really know their stuff when it comes to container gardening.
Hello Guest03281,
Thank you so much for the compliment! :-) It is recommended to re-pot your potted plants every 3-5 years. I have a few plants that I need to be repotted in the upcoming month or two and I will be sure to demonstrate pruning root-bound roots. Thank you for sharing!!! :-)
Charles
I just saw you comments relating to potting mixes.... great idea with the crushed granite. However, I know bark based soils may work well for orchids, I typically shy away from the idea of mixing bark mulch into the soil as it can rob the soil of nitrogen (and other nutrients) as well as rot if not sufficiently aerated. Bark mulch has tremendous benefits when applied as a top dressing, for retaining moisture, enriching the soil as it breaks down, and also inviting many beneficial microorganisms that combat diseases that may cause root rot and other soil diseases. Thank you again for your added knowledge on this topic.... I will follow through on researching your suggestions further. Thanks again!!! :)
Charles
Bark or regular wood chips? Basically, the mix is devoid of any nutrients and you have full control of fertilization (similar to your mix). I believe for pine bark mulch, the nitrogen immobilization is negligible because the bark breaks down very very slowly (because roughly half of bark tissue is made of lignin). The walk-on bark on my property takes 3-5 years to decompose, for example. Also, ideally, for this mix one uses partially decomposed fine bark pieces. I also fertilize with a non-organic soluble product (it's easy to flush out the salts monthly with this very well draining mix). I know you would not approve of it, but I don't see much benefit of using organic fertilizers in containers, I save it for my plants in the ground. I'm getting super good results, better than anything I've used in the past. Whenever I repot, I get to see how really rigorous and massive the root growth is, plants seem to really love this aerated medium.
You're a true scientist Guest03281! :-)
Sounds like you have tried everything, listened to your plants, and now have the perfect formula that works best for your plants! I would be comfortable using a partially decomposed fine bark in a potting soil mix--- Thank you for clarifying! :) Regarding feeding, (1) why would you not use a liquid or granular fertilizer for your potted plants? (2) Do you use a saucer on your potted plants to capture those nutrients that would otherwise wash away, at the risk of increasing salinity? (3) Why flush the plants monthly? I understand the benefit of 1, 2 or 3x per year-- But not sure if you are washing the benefits away with a monthly flush? (4) And last, what kind of potted plants do you care for this way? Indoors? Fruits? You have peaked my interest!!! :-)
Charles
Thanks, I have a physics background, though, not biology. I actually don't flush out the soil that often, maybe once or twice a season, mostly in the summer. During our rainy season, I have a 500 gallon rain water supply topped up for use in my large container garden (9 55 gallon recycled Coca Cola syrup barrels) so I tend not to worry about salt build up so much. Rain water is so much nicer, and has a lower pH for the soluble fertilizers to work at their best. Yes, I have drain plates to capture the fertigation effluent and reuse. Here's the fertlizer I use: www.hydrostackypot.com/images/D/Dynagro%20Chart.gif
It's called DynaGro FoilagePro 9-3-6 NPK.
Regarding why I don't feel it's necessary to use organic ferts in containers is because there's a pretty limited soil food web in containers unlike in the ground. As the bark breaks down in my container mix, I still get all kinds of healthy fungal activity and mycelial masses. Also I feel the non-organic fert works quicker since it's in a form immediately available to the plant, and the plant does not care where the N-P-K comes from, as long as it in the right balance, which depends on the plant, but for many the ratio is 3 parts N, 1 part P, and 2 parts K. In organics, you have to wait for the stuff to mineralize, and the ratios tend to be a little weird. Any fertilizer with a P greater than 1 in the NPK ratio is completely unnecessary.
For citrus, I've read in research papers that most citrus absorbs NPK in the ratio of 5-1-3. Source here: st.hzcdn.com/simgs/106293ab07d9dc48_9-5504/home-design.jpg
In the nutrition and fertilizing section states: "They must be chosen according to the replacing minerals and their ratio. 1 (N): 0.2 (P2O5): 0.6 (K2O)", which is indeed a 5-1-3 ratio.
This is from Page 42 of the research book Citrus (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles) by by Angelo Di Giacomo and Giovanni Dugo.
Presently, I know of only one fertilizer that has the perfect 5-1-3 ratio that citrus require, and that is Peters Water Soluble Fertilizer 25-5-15. Peters 25-5-15 is the fertilizer that I've seen the the citrus growing gurus use. Although DynaGro's Foliage Pro does not strictly have the perfect nutrient ratio, it is close enough to be a good fertilizer to use on containerized citrus trees. Also, using a little bit of slow, controlled release fertilizer like Osmocote Plus in the container helps to keep the nutrition levels even, thus avoiding the constant uneven nutrition peaks and valleys.
I mostly care for various kinds of fruit trees that do well in the LA climate, lots of citrus, both in ground and in pots (I wish my backyard wasn't paved with so much concrete!).
Awesome video. Where did you get that ceramic pot?
Very informative stuff, Charles! Love the way you cover the topics in such an easy way to understand, and thank you so very much for addressing my inquiry. Awesome birdhouse ;)
Hello Vu!
Thank you again for your support and positive comments! :-)
Have a great weekend!
Charles
I need your website to order your products.
www.IVOrganics.com 🌱👍
You are amazing man.. wish had come across your channel before
Mighty bold assuming I have 4 sides to my house 😄 I live on the west side of a mountain and I'm having to deal with west and north options only. I wish I had a garden somewhere in the country.
Thanks for sharing so much information. Very informative and I learnt so much. I’m starting with a potted grafted lime tree. I’m in Canberra, Australia. Thanks again
It’s a shame no companies dispatch IV organic to Europe. I have many fruit trees in pots in my patio and have always have leaves sunburnt. As I can’t get your products, can I use organic white household paint & what oil is used?
Hi Charles, where can I buy the 3in 1 guard product? You mentioned in 1 of your videos that it will be out in the market. Im fr CA too. My baby lemon & guava plant leaves are being eaten by ? idk who, do I’m hoping this will help me. thanks. I love watching all your utube videos. Congrats on your certificate. I saw your website IV organic
I need a update please. How are the trees doing?
your worried about root rot in a container for citrus ?
thats a hell of a lot of perlite.
i opt for %40 compost instead, ,%40 sand, and the rest perlite and worm castings.
i actually like aged pine bark fines better.
i usually cant find them.
peat gets soggy and has very little nutrient value.
i dont use the stuff at all.
i understand the high amount of perlite offsets the soggy consistency
but, then you have no organic matter with any nutrients.
compost/sand makes more sense to me.
you dont really have to fertilize using compost.
i have a satsuma in ground that was flooded during hurricane Katrina for over 10 days.
no problems with root rot.
it took 2 years off of fruiting
but came back well, and is healthy today.
organic means it has to be carbon based.
"An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon."
perlite and vermiculite are both minerals which are non-carbon based
hence, not organic.
being "certified" by a company or group with "organic" in the name
has nothing to do with it.
Hello Brad,
I agree with you on the definition of organic. As you said, to be organic, means to be derived from a "carbon-based" a/k/a "living-based". However, there has been some controversy over the definition and OMRI has agreed to, and allowed, mineral based products to also get the "organic" approval. I'm not the judge-- just the messenger. :)
The significant amount of sand in you soil is a great addition to your potting mix to prevent the soil from getting to soggy, aiding in fast draining soil and preventing root rot. Most of my in-ground citrus have sand both that the base and top soil for this purpose. Thank you for sharing your expertise with our viewers! Keep us posted on other topics you would like us to discuss!
Charles :)
Will the sand from a beach of a lake work?
Lots of good knowledge here. Will be buying some citrus soon....... Thanks for sharing and looking for your next video!
Thank you SO VERY MUCH for the compliment Robert Rios! Charles :-)
I had no idea lemons were beneficial to good health. Thank you for sharing.
Sun block for plants? Really you apply so many products to if you have healthy soil all ready to go for everyone who watched this you do not need all this stuff especially the paint can not belive that sun block my God I live in Australia 35 CELSIUS and above all the time lemons are very hard to kill with good soil put your vegetable scraps in there God ever heard of worms or are the too smelly for the Hollywood Hills
Thank you. I enjoyed your attention to all the details. Very informative video. It pleasure to view the entire video.
Why do you not put compost in with the vermiculite/perlite/peat mixture?
Hello Paul Hieber,
You certainly can-- However, many home gardeners do not have compost and I tried keeping this somewhat "simple." But otherwise, you are right! Adding compost will add a lot more elements to the soil for a much healthier plant/ tree! Thank you for sharing this suggestion! Charles :-)
where can I buy small citrus trees like you are planting in your videos? I'm in sonoma county, ca. All nurseries in my area sell only 5 gallon and larger.
Like your bird house demonstration. So easy to understand how the sun light works. Thank you so much!
Charles, What product do you use to keep Japanese Beetles off your fruit trees.
You never ended up talking much about fertilizers. There are several in the background of this video, but there are a few you didn't talk about.
Thank you for this great info. I love all your videos. Like us we love lemons too.
Thank you Charles! I am really interested in your products, Do you a website, where I can order your products from? Thanks!
www.IVOrganics.com 🌱👍
Have a look at Bob Duncan's videos from " fruit trees and more". He grow lemons and limes outside in Canada using Xmas tree lights for warmth keeping his plants at or above 0C or 32F in winter.
Thank you for your sharing your expertise with the public! You are an EXCELLENT teacher, and I appreciate your perspectives more than I can adequately express. Please consider recommending reliable vendors online who market citrus trees. I am enjoying the experience of growing a lemon tree under a grow light successfully, and want to add other citrus fruit trees. Thanks again!
This is very inspiring and informative. Very cool videos that cover just about everything. Love em. Think I spent over two hours watching and listening to them.Thank you
My friendly deer are eating my Meyer Lemons off the tree that I just bought. I haven’t planted it in the ground yet. I put plastic bags on the tree to scare them away and it works!
Have you tried using rice husks instead of perlite? I read they work well and are cheap
Very informative. Thanks.
Hi Charles! Thanks for this wonderful and very informative videos! Just bought calamondina nd avocado trees and banana plant. Avocado is not doing well, i admit that i overwatered it! Will you advise to use the soil you just recommended from this video? I will grow them indoors because its already getting cold here in Chicago. Also would you recommend purchasing grow lights for my trees? Thanks Charles!!!
Hi Charles, excellent video. Now I’m off to go air layering &transplantedlemon tree.
love it :However when talking about directions to grow inside it might be beneficial to point out what part of the world you live in and that it is different for other parts of the world and how. For example in Australia the best side of the house to grow in front of a sunny window is north, which I have great success. I grow a lemon tree, keffir lime, and vegetables and house plants for oxygen all indoors. I experiment to see where the plant is happiest in the room. I also like the fact that in Australia north is earth, south is fire, east is air and west is water. Based on this as well as the sun set and sun rise, my plants are situated. I have not lost any plants yet.
Thank you for all your videos. They are super informative.
This is a very easy and affordable soil mix. I made myself a 1:1:1 mix and I also want to add coconut coir, do you think it is a good idea?
I also want to use the same mix for mangoes. IS that a good idea?
Also, I know sand can also be useful in the mix. Can I get the sand from a lake beach?
some background - I "accidentally" started growing citrus and now I am hooked (4 months ago a grapefruit seed sprouted inside a cut grapefruit and I planted it). I never thought about growing any citrus because we live in Toronto, Canada where there is little sun and my window is facing west and we get very little sun (if any at all for many days)..
I went out and bought a soil mix, without having a clue that a specific soil is needed for citrus, which turned out to be peat moss and I planted the seed in it. The plant is growing now but as I am learning more about the soil I obtained perlite and vermiculite and I want to replant it into a 1:1:1 mix of perlite/vermiculite/peat moss mix but I also want to add coconut coir.
Now I have 4 more store bought clementine seeds which have sprouted, several mango seeds that are sprouting and a pineapple.
Hello Charles, would this mixture be good for planting a ultra dwarf bare root cherry tree in a pot? Thx
Funny how different some ends of gardens can be! Here in Brazil the sunniest spot in the garden is actually the close to the east end of the garden, which receives sun from morning till sunset. It is there where I have all my plants in pots packed into!
Thanks for all the great videos!
Hello Kia Patteri,
Thank you for the compliment! :-) That's an interesting point! Thank you for sharing! :-)
Charles
Hi! Can I use performance organic miracle gro for a key lime tree ?
I want to see the progress on the lemon that you planted .
How long does that mixture of IV Organics last after it has been mixed?
I use equal parts of coir , moss , compost and perlute
Can you do an update on your tree? it's almost a year later. are you using the same soil? how that workin for you?
I love growing in 10b 😎
Where do you buy your Grafting fruit tree I live in Los Angeles
Great video. I have 6 citrus trees that i want to put in pots.Great ideas for the potting mixture. Do you go any larger than the pots shown in the video? Do You pull out the tree and trim the roots after a few years in the pot?
Thx.
Hi Charles
Is there a difference between peat moss n palm beat brick
Thanks
Say you were in zone 6B. Would you change your soil mix at all?
great video ,and thank you.
Thank you for your support Jessieblingbling Nails! Have a great weekend! :)
Charles
Would love for you to give info on a moro blood orange tree. By the way good video
I’ve tried this mix with my Roma tomatoes and it is the best. Will the same mix work well with succulents in pots? Thank you!
I am so grateful yu are on youtube! Thank you
Thank you I've been researching for about the past 3 weeks these videos it's up in the top three I've seen I think I feel comfortable now to start making my purchase this is a wonderful video much appreciated
Very informative, Thank you
By far the best guy to go to for citrus tree information! My improved Meyer is coming in the mail today and I can’t wait to get off work to up pot it using all your info
I've a question for you. I have oranges on my tree. That never turned completely turned orange. I picked is it ok to eat? I'm sure tasted ok not great.
Bit late for you now maybe, but you can leave them in a windowsill and see if they ripen up some more. But to be honest I'm pretty sure you can eat them if they're not fully orange, when I was hiking in Colombia we were given oranges that were pretty green and they tasted great! Even orange juice vendors were using greenish oranges
Hello, I live in Tx, dealing with heat, humidity, bugs all year round! Your CA clay soil as you call it, it not even close to the mess clay we have in TX
I bought 2 avocado plants, and need to report them. Both have a branch right next to the graft. Should I cut it off? Or is it ok to leave it
There pretty big, I would hate to damage it with the pruning. Could you tell me if it needs to be cut off, or OK to leave it
Thank you... I been looking at your product and it looks great! As soon as I can I will get some for my citrus!
The drop much that you do, I been doing all along to improve this clay soil...
The painting of the trees is used very often in MX. I'm familiar with it, I'm happy that you came up with this product.
In MX it's just white paint or lime mixture
Hello Mezleona,
Can you e-mail me a picture of the avocado tree-- showing where that branch is coming off near the graft. You can reach me at Info@IVOrganics.com. The rule is that any growth below the graft should be removed. If the growth is coming above the graft, then the branch is of the desired avocado variety, and you should keep it! I hope this helps! :)
Thank you for your support and let me know if you have any other questions!
Happy Gardening! :)
Charles
Corpus Cristie?
great stuff! i live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada do u sell your products up here? i just got a Meyer lemon tree
Hello Rebel Wolf,
We ship our products all over the world, including Canada! :-) Please e-mail us at Info@IVOrganics.com and I will provide you with ordering instructions for international orders. Also, thank you for the compliment! Charles :-)
Thank you for making this video. Even my local garden centre in Canada didn't provide me information on soil type for Citrus tree.
What a pretty little girl . Is she yours. 💛
Great explanation - yuzu even grows outdoor here
Thanks from munich, Bavaria , Germany
Charles, I've watched this video a couple of times and I always really appreciate your efforts and the great info you share. I'm searching for the best citrus that I can possibly grow in Vegas and the citrustreesnola.com list got my attention (thus the multiple watches), however; isn't a Satsuma a mandarin, and a mandarin a tangerine...or perhaps even visa-versa? Three of the 10 are all the same from what I understand. Granted, there are cultivars withing the classification that thrive under different growing situations "somewhat" better than others but essentially if you're not talking about those sub-species...they're all the same. Not seemingly erroneous info from you directly, but the site that you referenced, and of course...when some information appears dubious then all of it may be.
Dome plants have to be handled differently and have certain characteristics that separate them. Thats why they have different names
great! thank you
So...I got a few different dwarf, grafted citrus trees a few days ago from a nursery . Unfortunately my dog picked off ALL my markers, now I don’t know which is which. I was going to share with my family, but I don’t want to send or keep more than 1 of the same plant. I have ruby red and white grapefruit, lime, lemon, king tangerine, mandarins, Washington and Valencia orange. How can I tell the differences by looking at the leaves and branches?
My lemon, grape fruit and pomegranate trees are growing out of control! I have not watered them in YEARS! I literally use a simple trick (it costs ZERO money to do it)... I'm in southern Cali...
Watching from Houston, TX., I bought Meyers lemon at Costco 3 years ago and tried to use compost to fertilize my lemon and anything I used from my kitchen any pilling of spinach, no time to cook so I used to fertilize and giving me lots of flowers. Later after 2 to 3 weeks the baby fruits it's filling off. It their any idea to keep those bear fruits, I need your help to help me
Which lemon could i grow in Queens,NYC New York?
I have had so many of my questions answered in the 3 or 4 videos of watched. I am addicted to ivorganics you tube channel. I am looking forward to trying all of these products to feed my plants and trees! Thank you!!
Great video and I like your results. I still have a question. Is it possible to grow American lemon here in the Philippines, without any doubt? Will much appreciate an answer. :)
Can you please list down the soil mixture that you just mentioned??! Thank you so much. You’re just an amazing gardener.
Were you able to post a progress video of the same plant?
I'm in Zone 8B, and I'm attempting to grow Meyer Lemons from seeds. I just planted the seeds indoors under grow lights. I ordered my seeds online. I'll do this until I find some actual plants to purchase.
I’m in the UK kindly asking is it possible to grow Avocado tree fully in this climate here I’ve got a plant about 2feet tall 👍🏻
It’s funny if I go away or give up on a plan or forget about it I Cum back and it’s thriving! But when I try they die so I’m assuming that is overwatering LOL yeah I’m pretty sure it is I’m gonna try going them every other day as well as the three ingredients
Hi l have a Q.
I want to buy some of the white wash for my fruit trees.
Which one do l get the yellow can or the blue one. I'm in Australia if that makes any difference.
Thanks
Thanks for this great video. I see you added fertilizer when you potted. I heard that it is not advised to add fertilizer when you just potted a citrus tree or just planted in the ground. I’ve been told to only fertilize when you see new growth. Please clarify which is the correct and best time to fertilize when you recently potted or planted a citrus tree in the ground?
Arnold Asuncion If you fertilize, you will get new growth.
Awesome video:'l learned something new....