My grandma planted a tree Everytime one of us grandkids was born, I'm 36 and my oak tree is amazing! We always joke with my brother because his got damaged by the hurricane years ago and it's half the size of all the others but my grandparents backyard is amazing with these trees growing oldest is 43 years old, all together there's 17 trees representative of the 17 grandkids Anyways it's a cool story and it was a tradition she learned in Mississippi by her grandmother!!!
Yes! Trees first. So many homesteaders talk about how they regret putting off their orchard plans since they take the longest to mature. Good call Kevin!
Our big dogs ruined every tree we planted! The last passed a year ago and while we miss him, out very large new fruit trees have been left to alone by our by our lap dogs! Can't wait for the pears, cherries, apples, plums and peaches this year. Yes they were pricey to buy trees that age but worth it! Unfortunately last year the big game came in and ate our harvest. The electric fence is now in place, the netting bought and in a few years we will then share a little more, maybe lol.
Meyer lemon is my absolute favorite citrus. My elderly tree is a champ. Plus, its thorns deterred a probable criminal hopping my fence, a fact I’m really not sorry about.
The power hungry, big ego, controlling politicians wouldn’t allow it. They would make city ordinances and city codes so that you could not do this. I’m surprised no one from the city has started to harass this man with some obscure city code. Fines and threats of being dragged into court will follow.
Im 16 and I wanna build something like ur doing, i enjoy wathcing your vids since you make them really well and u have a great personality, excited to see you grow this channel
I was curious, are your neighbors pretty chill and supportive of your epic garden or are they not talkative/ jerk neighbors. Mine are super supportive and excited to see my garden expand (especially since they will get some of the spoils lol)
@@epichomesteading heck yeah, i hope your supportive neighbors get inspired by your awesome set up and plan one of there own. I've managed to get a few people to start some containers come this spring
A citrus hedge. What a great idea! An evergreen privacy hedge that will look great and smell great. And since it’s on the property line, your neighbors will benefit, too. Good fences make good neighbors.
My 3 year old daughter just asked "what is he doing mom?" And the best answer I could give her is, "honey, he is putting sunblock on his baby trees." 😁
Right on! That yard is going to be so abundant in a few years! It will be fun to see the progress a year from now.... in 5 years your yard will be amazing!
I just planted eight dwarf Valencia, eight dwarf Tahitian green pamplemousse , and five dwarf minneola Tangelo. There’s nothing like a tall glass of juice to start the day. Congratulations from Hawaii.
Hey Kevin :) If you remove the current producer and put 2-3 in its place I highlyyyy suggest a Tangelo, they are soooo delicious in general but especially when grown at home!! and I think they can be overlooked. Another suggestion, if you can source them in the US, we have a very cool native in Australia called caviar lime/finger limes. If you don't know what they are they are basically limes with all the juice being contained in these little caviar like pockets and are perfect for garnishing as well as using similarly to a regular lime. I just bought one for myself and am keen to see it grow, but like most limes it takes a while to produce (5 years ish I've been told for first fruit and if any set before then it's best to take them off), but it will be so worth it. An additional bonus is they are quite prickly which is good habitat for many small birds :) Looking great, can't wait to do this on my own property one day!
I just love this channel . I live 100 miles from Glacier National Park in the lush green valleys of Glacier topped mountains. Surrounded by huge blue lakes and wide deep rivers as well as Glacier streams and springs you can drink! One of the most astoundingly beautiful places on earth! However when I wake up to 5 inches of new snow and watch a citrus line of hedges in beautiful sunshine as I just am getting the garden on paper, im so very jealous of you!!! The grass is always greener... I guess we are all pretty lucky to live is so much different beauty here. Maybe tomorrow I can have 5 hours of pure sun. Lol Thank you for the awesome vids!
I enjoyed this video way more than I thought. I feel I live my garden life vicariously through you since I can’t get much done at the moment where I’m at. Thank you 🙏🏽 for sharing your journey! I love being able to witness the growth of your homestead through the lens of your camera.
In Florida the government, state I believe, came in and cut down most of the privately owned citrus trees. At the time the commercial growers were dealing with citrus canker. We lost a lot of heritage varieties and diversity, many of which were resistant to the disease. In some cases they even took out non citrus fruit trees. There was no means for the homeowner to object.
Plants are excellent for creating a bit of privacy for your property. Having edible plants for privacy is even better! I wish I had the space to do something like this.
I actually bought my lemon and lime trees last weekend! I will always remember my grandpa picking his lemons off their tree, which was outside their property and become a community tree lol
Lookin' good, Kevin! I 100% agree that Citrus is something to get excited about and you're going to have a beautiful as well as bountiful orchard! Love getting to see the planting going down (as well as your infectious enthusiasm)! Great to see the soil life so active as well - that is definitely going to benefit the trees. Keep shining your internal grow light on our community, Epic Gardener!
I have a clementine of some sort and it looks terrible but the fruit is pretty good. Lol Then I have a Navel, Cara Cara, Torocco Blood orange, Improved Meyer, Eureka lemon, Bearss lime(amazing!), and a Kefir Lime tree. I was surprised you planted them so close together, but it’s giving me ideas for my own place!
Hope a near future video is about caring for all those trees, especially irrigation. I’m deciding on fruit tree selection for my yard but am looking for tips on planning.
I absolutely love watching you create a homestead from scratch and explaining all your decisions! We are wanting to buy land so this is good to help prepare. Many things I didn’t think about. Btw good choice with mixing up the citrus varieties! Looks great
Exciting developments! I’d be pretty disappointed to see the established tree go though. It looks like it has an easy shot at recovery. And of all locations for it to be larger than the rest, the front of the row (streetside) is the best position it could be in.
Awww. You just reminded me of my great-grandmother- she always did a lot of gardening, &bi remember she always had the bottom half of her trees painted white, but I never knew why! I guess that's why!
I did this with elderberry bushes to give me a bit of a sound/sight barrier from one of my neighbors. They work beautifully in my state & provide much-welcome flowers & fruit. "Living fences" are wonderful!
Your tree cluster in one hole is actually quite encouraging for me because I have 2 mangos and 2 orange trees growing in a similar way for about a 18 months know and I plan on leaving them and seeing how gat turns out
We get hurricanes and a lot of strong winded tropical storms where I live, so all of my fruit trees stay in containers. If a storm comes, I hand truck all of the trees into a shed. Many people here have attempted to grow fruit trees in the ground but always get a visit from Mrs Hurricane.
Just wanted to share with you.. A rosemary hedge around the trees attracts bees and keeps out pests. In your zone it will grow year round and keeps everything nice and tidy.
I live in Ontario Canada and I have a pandorosa lemon tree. I bring it inside every fall but it’s really prone to attack by spider mites! PS your new neighbours must be thrilled with all the stuff you’re doing at your place! 🤗 So jealous you can keep your citrus outside all year!
I'm excited to see those trees develop! I owned a property in E Texas with three lemon trees for a short while. I got hundreds of pounds of HUGE lemons! I even used the leaves when I baked fish for a great citrus flavor.
I love my improved Meyer Lemon, but I'm trying to find space and set up for a finger lime. I've had it a couple times at the LA County Fair, where they grow since it in Pomona, so similar climate to San Diego. Plus it's just a conversation piece, both using the 'caviar' and the fruit can have some interesting color (though I seem to only see the standard green in the US)
Citrus is so abundant I think that is perfect spacing! Improved Meyer Lemon is my favorite, its actually a cross of citron and a mandarin/pomelo hybrid, but they're super easy to peel and remove seeds from, and also much sweeter than lemons!
I bought a house at foreclosure last January in a subdivision with no expectations. To my delight it turns out the developer had a love for fruit trees (or more likely they were on sale) and out of the three trees on my property I got a mature apple and plum tree!
I planted a bunch of different citrus fruit trees in a row about a year ago. Then, a bunch of caterpillars nearly destroyed all of them. I can highly recommend planting them at a distance from each other, so a pest can't spread among them so easily.
Citrus is my favorite fruit plants. There are so many variety. I have limited space and I grow 11 varieties all in pots. I live in tropics, so the fruit will be green with the slight lime/ yellow color when it ripe. Less attractive because it's green when ripen, but still taste the same
This video helps. Reading the tags that come with the tree i figured my trees had to be so far apart. Im got a bunch of trees in pots and ready to go crazy now but using the Ellen White method. ✌️
When I have a lot of trees to whitewash I use a car was mit. Makes it very efficient and I get great coverage. Works well for painting banister spindles too
Suggestion: plant a Black Cherry and a Plum tree. We had both at the house where I grew up and I loved grazing those tree. Come to think of it, if these are going to be close to the street, anyone walking by might enjoy doing the same, so plant them in the middle of the back yard. :)
Are those all dwarf varieties? Just wondering because if not, when they grow taller the canopies will spread out and get tangled up in the neighboring trees. My parents put too many fruits trees in many years ago and it's a thorny jungle in their back yard!
Nice. I have a big lemon tree in my yard (rented), my neighbours have all sorts of other citrus, mango, etc. I'm jealous of everyone with kumquat, I love making kumquat marmalade.
Citrus here in socal get leaf miners bad , my orange and lime tree just seem to always have them , I found that neem oil helps keep them at bay and the leaves don’t look as beat , i don’t spray chemicals at all , and I’ve noticed that the trees give delicious fruit even with rough looking leaves just keep them watered and fertilized and you’ll be fine I’ve had my 2 citrus trees for 10 years always get tons of fruit
I also planted a citrus row in my yard with Nagami Kumkuat, Valecia Orange, Sweet Lemon (citrus limetta), Ruby Star Grapefruit, Clementine(hybrid between navel orange and a manderin), Encore Manderin, Lisbon Lemon, Portuguese Navel Orange, Bearss Lime and Key lime :) They are looking good so far. Can't wait to try some fruit :P
We planted our citrus three years ago and just got our first cara cara oranges (two and delicious), a bunch of eureka lemons and several Dancy tangerines. Still waiting for the bearss lime, washington navel, clemenine mandarine, meyers lemon and valencia. I'm in zone 9b and we get some frost so we had to place our trees according to where we get frost and where it is more protected. We created a microclimate between a large oak tree, fence and building and those closest to the fence are least frost tolerant and the more hardy citrus are closest to the frost zone. We still cover them with frost blankets if there is a frost warning. I'm looking forward to a lot more citrus this year and next. And, this year we got some dragon fruit cuttings from a friend and my partner will be building a dragon fruit set-up like yours and we'll place them along the fence, near the citrus, for winter protection.
I wish citrus could grow in MN! We planted a lemon seed and we actually got one to sprout! It will never fruit in our environment but it’s a cute little plant!
I'm so excited to watch those babies grow! I tried planting two citrus trees once and it was total mayhem, so I'm looking forward to learning a thing or two :) I must say, that was the sexiest outro I've ever seen, haha!
Ohhh! We have a family member that has a blood orange tree. All of us in the family, fight over them. Enjoy, that one. Don’t plant it near the street. Just sayin
You forgot to plant the most important (and best) citrus tree of all time - Calamansi! Glad you are getting rid of that confused grapefruit on the end - it's all looking great!
We started our citrus last year (they’re dwarfs so they live in pots), and I had no idea that they get so thorny. They have better defenses than roses.
I used to love pink lemonade as a kid, I'm guessing the differnt taste comes from the unique taste of that lemon! Dont think ill ever be able to grow it here in the UK at least not without a serious greenhouse. But one can dream!
Can’t grow citrus here in the DC area but a couple of years ago I learned that pawpaw grows naturally in this area. Tasted my first pawpaw then and it was amazing. A combo of mango and banana with a texture like custard. I might look into whether it’s possible to plant one in the very small yard where we’ll be living (moving in the spring). The fruit has never made it commercially because it’s very fragile and only available for a few weeks in the fall. I’m not sure you can even buy a sapling and it might require more than one to fruit.
Trying out some more slice of life vlogs in between the more structured videos on Epic Gardening and Homesteading!
Very cool keep it up.
RIP grapefruit tree, did you know grapefruits can interrupt absorption of certain medicines
Brilliant. Watched the IG stories yesterday, and today we get the vlog, and soon the meaty 101. Brilliant content flow!
i like the vibe
Thanks for this. What distance would you recommended one keeps between fruit trees?
My grandma planted a tree Everytime one of us grandkids was born, I'm 36 and my oak tree is amazing! We always joke with my brother because his got damaged by the hurricane years ago and it's half the size of all the others but my grandparents backyard is amazing with these trees growing oldest is 43 years old, all together there's 17 trees representative of the 17 grandkids Anyways it's a cool story and it was a tradition she learned in Mississippi by her grandmother!!!
Your story is AMAZING!!!! I've never heard anything like it. What a tradition!!!! Hope you keep that going.
What a cool idea! I love that.
Yes! Trees first. So many homesteaders talk about how they regret putting off their orchard plans since they take the longest to mature. Good call Kevin!
Our big dogs ruined every tree we planted! The last passed a year ago and while we miss him, out very large new fruit trees have been left to alone by our by our lap dogs! Can't wait for the pears, cherries, apples, plums and peaches this year. Yes they were pricey to buy trees that age but worth it! Unfortunately last year the big game came in and ate our harvest. The electric fence is now in place, the netting bought and in a few years we will then share a little more, maybe lol.
Best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago, Second best time is today.
@@theorangetreehomestead6660 Yep, that's the saying! Of course Kevin just moved in, so he's doing it right. 🌳
Meyer lemon is my absolute favorite citrus. My elderly tree is a champ. Plus, its thorns deterred a probable criminal hopping my fence, a fact I’m really not sorry about.
😂 Love it!
@@aielle84 New video idea, planting for home protection.
Wish all homeowners did this to their homes ✌️
Agreed
The power hungry, big ego, controlling politicians wouldn’t allow it. They would make city ordinances and city codes so that you could not do this. I’m surprised no one from the city has started to harass this man with some obscure city code. Fines and threats of being dragged into court will follow.
Not all can but the ones that can should.
I would wait to remove that tree until the others start bearing fruit this way you have some production maybe cut it back a little
Im 16 and I wanna build something like ur doing, i enjoy wathcing your vids since you make them really well and u have a great personality, excited to see you grow this channel
I’m 14 and I’m starting my orchard this year!
@@travismakoto cool man
That is the ultimate compliment from a teen! Congrats!
I was curious, are your neighbors pretty chill and supportive of your epic garden or are they not talkative/ jerk neighbors. Mine are super supportive and excited to see my garden expand (especially since they will get some of the spoils lol)
All seem to be very excited / don't care at all, but no one is actively negative so far
@@epichomesteading heck yeah, i hope your supportive neighbors get inspired by your awesome set up and plan one of there own. I've managed to get a few people to start some containers come this spring
A citrus hedge. What a great idea! An evergreen privacy hedge that will look great and smell great. And since it’s on the property line, your neighbors will benefit, too. Good fences make good neighbors.
My 3 year old daughter just asked "what is he doing mom?" And the best answer I could give her is, "honey, he is putting sunblock on his baby trees." 😁
Hahaha
Awesome mate! I’m really excited for your orchard and my sincere congrats! It’s one of my future dreams!
@@epichomesteading I was waiting for this 😂
Fresh citrus, happy juices throughout the year, Enjoy!
When they are all mature, it will produce so much fruit
Right on! That yard is going to be so abundant in a few years! It will be fun to see the progress a year from now.... in 5 years your yard will be amazing!
I just planted eight dwarf Valencia, eight dwarf Tahitian green pamplemousse , and five dwarf minneola Tangelo. There’s nothing like a tall glass of juice to start the day. Congratulations from Hawaii.
Hey Kevin :) If you remove the current producer and put 2-3 in its place I highlyyyy suggest a Tangelo, they are soooo delicious in general but especially when grown at home!! and I think they can be overlooked. Another suggestion, if you can source them in the US, we have a very cool native in Australia called caviar lime/finger limes. If you don't know what they are they are basically limes with all the juice being contained in these little caviar like pockets and are perfect for garnishing as well as using similarly to a regular lime. I just bought one for myself and am keen to see it grow, but like most limes it takes a while to produce (5 years ish I've been told for first fruit and if any set before then it's best to take them off), but it will be so worth it. An additional bonus is they are quite prickly which is good habitat for many small birds :) Looking great, can't wait to do this on my own property one day!
I just love this channel . I live 100 miles from Glacier National Park in the lush green valleys of Glacier topped mountains. Surrounded by huge blue lakes and wide deep rivers as well as Glacier streams and springs you can drink! One of the most astoundingly beautiful places on earth! However when I wake up to 5 inches of new snow and watch a citrus line of hedges in beautiful sunshine as I just am getting the garden on paper, im so very jealous of you!!! The grass is always greener...
I guess we are all pretty lucky to live is so much different beauty here. Maybe tomorrow I can have 5 hours of pure sun. Lol
Thank you for the awesome vids!
You're welcome!
I enjoyed this video way more than I thought. I feel I live my garden life vicariously through you since I can’t get much done at the moment where I’m at. Thank you 🙏🏽 for sharing your journey! I love being able to witness the growth of your homestead through the lens of your camera.
I like your idea of adding the additional trees. Hard to sacrifice the one but making room for more is better in the future. 💕🌻😊🌿
To have an unlimited supply of kumquats would be a dream come true!!
I planted a Golden Nugget mandarin three years ago. This is my first harvest season and the fruit is explosively sweet and delicious.
Watching you plant citrus in SD while I await the arrival of the Polar Vortex. 🌬🧤🧦
i resemble that...brrrr 🌬️
wow! that is going to smell so nice when they bloom If the grapefruit is yummy enough could you make clones graft or take cuttings off of it?
One of the first things I’ll do when I get my homestead is plant every fruit tree I’ve even dreamed of. 🥰
Your children and grandchildren will benefit they don’t sell the land
Yay! I can tell when you’re more excited about some projects over others. Congrats! Looks great!!
someone's a happy citrus dad :D the epic orchard already looks amazing!
Who needs Florida when Kevin has his yard 🤣✨😬
Southern California used t be a lot of Orange and Lemon Orchards. That's why we have Orange County.
In Florida the government, state I believe, came in and cut down most of the privately owned citrus trees. At the time the commercial growers were dealing with citrus canker. We lost a lot of heritage varieties and diversity, many of which were resistant to the disease. In some cases they even took out non citrus fruit trees. There was no means for the homeowner to object.
Cara cara oranges are one of my favorite. Can’t wait to see it grow in your garden! Maybe I can put it in mine.
I think I had some a few weeks ago, didn't know it was called cara cara. It tasted super good. I'll need to plant one in my yard too
Planting my Cara Cara soon... gosh, I guess I could do it this month or at least starting in March. Gotta get to work!
@@Will_Grow_Plants I'm a procrastinator too, but got to start planting because I think it takes a while to produce fruit
Just got some (organic) from the store a couple of days ago. They are delicious and a beautiful color inside.
@@TamarLitvot It sounds yummy
I just watched this video and it is very interesting. Hoping to see them grow into healthy big trees soon. Thanks for sharing.
Plants are excellent for creating a bit of privacy for your property. Having edible plants for privacy is even better! I wish I had the space to do something like this.
I actually bought my lemon and lime trees last weekend! I will always remember my grandpa picking his lemons off their tree, which was outside their property and become a community tree lol
Completely enjoyed the video while watching it snow here in Canada!
Lookin' good, Kevin! I 100% agree that Citrus is something to get excited about and you're going to have a beautiful as well as bountiful orchard! Love getting to see the planting going down (as well as your infectious enthusiasm)! Great to see the soil life so active as well - that is definitely going to benefit the trees. Keep shining your internal grow light on our community, Epic Gardener!
Nice! I just planted a satsuma today. My bears line is two years old and the fruit is great. I mixed avocado in with my citrus hedge.
Can’t wait to see these in a couple of years! Will be gorgeous sights and smells!
My citrus hedge is Moro blood orange, Cara Cara orange and Tango Mandarin, all around the same size as yours. Can't wait to get to taste the fruit.
That citrus looks nice and the way you made the wall is cool
I have a clementine of some sort and it looks terrible but the fruit is pretty good. Lol Then I have a Navel, Cara Cara, Torocco Blood orange, Improved Meyer, Eureka lemon, Bearss lime(amazing!), and a Kefir Lime tree. I was surprised you planted them so close together, but it’s giving me ideas for my own place!
Hope a near future video is about caring for all those trees, especially irrigation. I’m deciding on fruit tree selection for my yard but am looking for tips on planning.
wonderful scent of the blossom when its happen..
Pretty maids all in a row. Epically satisfying! 🍊🍋
I absolutely love watching you create a homestead from scratch and explaining all your decisions! We are wanting to buy land so this is good to help prepare. Many things I didn’t think about. Btw good choice with mixing up the citrus varieties! Looks great
Exciting developments! I’d be pretty disappointed to see the established tree go though. It looks like it has an easy shot at recovery. And of all locations for it to be larger than the rest, the front of the row (streetside) is the best position it could be in.
Awww. You just reminded me of my great-grandmother- she always did a lot of gardening, &bi remember she always had the bottom half of her trees painted white, but I never knew why! I guess that's why!
I did this with elderberry bushes to give me a bit of a sound/sight barrier from one of my neighbors. They work beautifully in my state & provide much-welcome flowers & fruit. "Living fences" are wonderful!
Whoa...Citrus Alley looking good!
I agree to take the old tree out….That’s so extremely exciting to plant all those wonderful citrus fruits…not possible in my zone 🍋🍊🍋🍊
Your tree cluster in one hole is actually quite encouraging for me because I have 2 mangos and 2 orange trees growing in a similar way for about a 18 months know and I plan on leaving them and seeing how gat turns out
We get hurricanes and a lot of strong winded tropical storms where I live, so all of my fruit trees stay in containers. If a storm comes, I hand truck all of the trees into a shed. Many people here have attempted to grow fruit trees in the ground but always get a visit from Mrs Hurricane.
Keep the green good vibes coming! Love the occasional vlog in addition to the explainer videos
Just wanted to share with you..
A rosemary hedge around the trees attracts bees and keeps out pests. In your zone it will grow year round and keeps everything nice and tidy.
I live in Ontario Canada and I have a pandorosa lemon tree. I bring it inside every fall but it’s really prone to attack by spider mites!
PS your new neighbours must be thrilled with all the stuff you’re doing at your place! 🤗 So jealous you can keep your citrus outside all year!
I'm excited to see those trees develop! I owned a property in E Texas with three lemon trees for a short while. I got hundreds of pounds of HUGE lemons! I even used the leaves when I baked fish for a great citrus flavor.
Awesome! Beautiful 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
I love my improved Meyer Lemon, but I'm trying to find space and set up for a finger lime. I've had it a couple times at the LA County Fair, where they grow since it in Pomona, so similar climate to San Diego. Plus it's just a conversation piece, both using the 'caviar' and the fruit can have some interesting color (though I seem to only see the standard green in the US)
Citrus is so abundant I think that is perfect spacing! Improved Meyer Lemon is my favorite, its actually a cross of citron and a mandarin/pomelo hybrid, but they're super easy to peel and remove seeds from, and also much sweeter than lemons!
I miss my citrus trees!!! You've inspired me to plant a few asap.... Thank you!
Very nice, you gave me an idea for my citrus on my homestead....and that's why I keep watching! Much success to you my friend!
I bought a house at foreclosure last January in a subdivision with no expectations. To my delight it turns out the developer had a love for fruit trees (or more likely they were on sale) and out of the three trees on my property I got a mature apple and plum tree!
Awesome!
My lemon tree did not look so well, so, I trimmed it quite vigorously, and the next season it gave me a great bounty.
Wow! I just watched you citrus planting on Epic Gardening and came over here to subscribe! More citrus info. YAY for me. Thanks, Robin
I planted a bunch of different citrus fruit trees in a row about a year ago. Then, a bunch of caterpillars nearly destroyed all of them. I can highly recommend planting them at a distance from each other, so a pest can't spread among them so easily.
Looks really good. Natural fence.
Look at that sun! I miss that, the only warm light I get is from the fireplace.
Yeah, so cal is sun all year round
Citrus is my favorite fruit plants. There are so many variety. I have limited space and I grow 11 varieties all in pots. I live in tropics, so the fruit will be green with the slight lime/ yellow color when it ripe. Less attractive because it's green when ripen, but still taste the same
This video helps. Reading the tags that come with the tree i figured my trees had to be so far apart. Im got a bunch of trees in pots and ready to go crazy now but using the Ellen White method. ✌️
When I have a lot of trees to whitewash I use a car was mit. Makes it very efficient and I get great coverage. Works well for painting banister spindles too
Suggestion: plant a Black Cherry and a Plum tree. We had both at the house where I grew up and I loved grazing those tree. Come to think of it, if these are going to be close to the street, anyone walking by might enjoy doing the same, so plant them in the middle of the back yard. :)
Are those all dwarf varieties? Just wondering because if not, when they grow taller the canopies will spread out and get tangled up in the neighboring trees. My parents put too many fruits trees in many years ago and it's a thorny jungle in their back yard!
Ive started collecting citrus trees for a year now to do a hedge to so its really coo to see this video before I plant them in the next few weeks.
Homestead coming along nicely.
Excited to see them grow
Your new home garden is looking amazing
Nice. I have a big lemon tree in my yard (rented), my neighbours have all sorts of other citrus, mango, etc. I'm jealous of everyone with kumquat, I love making kumquat marmalade.
Awesome!!! Love the idea of a citrus hedge!!
Citrus here in socal get leaf miners bad , my orange and lime tree just seem to always have them , I found that neem oil helps keep them at bay and the leaves don’t look as beat , i don’t spray chemicals at all , and I’ve noticed that the trees give delicious fruit even with rough looking leaves just keep them watered and fertilized and you’ll be fine I’ve had my 2 citrus trees for 10 years always get tons of fruit
Orchard is off to a great start!
I also planted a citrus row in my yard with Nagami Kumkuat, Valecia Orange, Sweet Lemon (citrus limetta), Ruby Star Grapefruit, Clementine(hybrid between navel orange and a manderin), Encore Manderin, Lisbon Lemon, Portuguese Navel Orange, Bearss Lime and Key lime :) They are looking good so far. Can't wait to try some fruit :P
Yaaay! New video🤣☺️😍
Soo many oranges hope you get a plenty full harvest one day! 😌😌
On O'ahu I loved pomelos. The pink ones were my favorite. I love your Homestead in San Diego, Kevin🌴
Thank you!
We planted our citrus three years ago and just got our first cara cara oranges (two and delicious), a bunch of eureka lemons and several Dancy tangerines. Still waiting for the bearss lime, washington navel, clemenine mandarine, meyers lemon and valencia. I'm in zone 9b and we get some frost so we had to place our trees according to where we get frost and where it is more protected. We created a microclimate between a large oak tree, fence and building and those closest to the fence are least frost tolerant and the more hardy citrus are closest to the frost zone. We still cover them with frost blankets if there is a frost warning. I'm looking forward to a lot more citrus this year and next. And, this year we got some dragon fruit cuttings from a friend and my partner will be building a dragon fruit set-up like yours and we'll place them along the fence, near the citrus, for winter protection.
Glad you're getting some!
Just got a grow light for the citrus in my house to get them through the winter
I wish citrus could grow in MN! We planted a lemon seed and we actually got one to sprout! It will never fruit in our environment but it’s a cute little plant!
Keep them in large pots and wheel them indoors if possible
So great! Wish I could plant a citrus hedge.❤️
I'm so excited to watch those babies grow! I tried planting two citrus trees once and it was total mayhem, so I'm looking forward to learning a thing or two :) I must say, that was the sexiest outro I've ever seen, haha!
Love the passion.. best hobby ever.
Epic citrus!!! The mulch looks good and makes everything look neat.
wow, nice row. crazy me would put another row of something, a few feet away
Ohhh! We have a family member that has a blood orange tree. All of us in the family, fight over them. Enjoy, that one. Don’t plant it near the street. Just sayin
You forgot to plant the most important (and best) citrus tree of all time - Calamansi! Glad you are getting rid of that confused grapefruit on the end - it's all looking great!
Don't worry, I WILL!
So exciting!
Looks awesome, Kevin!
satsuma and cara cara are the 2 best citrus in my opinion, for different reasons 🔥
We started our citrus last year (they’re dwarfs so they live in pots), and I had no idea that they get so thorny. They have better defenses than roses.
So cool to have all that citrus!!
I used to love pink lemonade as a kid, I'm guessing the differnt taste comes from the unique taste of that lemon! Dont think ill ever be able to grow it here in the UK at least not without a serious greenhouse. But one can dream!
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. AWESOME
Can’t grow citrus here in the DC area but a couple of years ago I learned that pawpaw grows naturally in this area. Tasted my first pawpaw then and it was amazing. A combo of mango and banana with a texture like custard.
I might look into whether it’s possible to plant one in the very small yard where we’ll be living (moving in the spring). The fruit has never made it commercially because it’s very fragile and only available for a few weeks in the fall. I’m not sure you can even buy a sapling and it might require more than one to fruit.
Would be fun to see some cooking videos with stuff from your garden!
the root stock is poncirus trifoliate. Its an incredibly hardy citrus related fruit. if you don't train your tree the root stock will bud.
I did exactly this and now I get more than 100 pounds of citrus a year and what happened to your Meyer lemon
Gave to a friend!
I have serious citrus-envy! I have apple and pear trees here in zone 4. Trying to decide on adding either plums or hardy cherries.