It's been ages since I posted any collection photos of my citrus plants. That must have been from back in the time when the original citrus forum was still alive.
In fact I had pretty much given up on growing citrus plants as it seemed that I couldn't keep my citrus plants in good shape for more than a year. So I lost interest and gave citrus growing a break for a couple of years. But after a while the urge for citrus growing came back and I got me a couple of new plants!
But first the plant that I have left from my original collection that actually kept going well, despite the fact that it was left outside during multiple winter seasons and has suffered from serious die back. That is my original moro tree. It will have to survive outside again this winter, but as winters are gradually becoming less cold I'm sure it will survive next winter again. I have this plant for 10 years now!
This is my flying dragon tree which is growing in ground for 10 years. It is producing "delicious" fruit for a couple of years now. This year it actually produced twice. The second fruiting will likely not produce ripe fruits though...
This is my Tarocco Ippolito orange, one of the plants that I bought in the fall of 2019 from the Tintori nursery. It is currently producing a couple of nice oranges
This is an Ortanique Tangor. If you never tried an Ortanique before I would suggest trying one when you get the chance! I'm in love with this variety from the day I first tasted it
This plant hast produced heaps of flowers and little fruitlets but no real fruit yet unfortunately...
And then finally this is my latest acquisition - a AMOA8 plant, which was on my whish list since forever. I only received it a week or two ago. I hope it will produce a lot of fruits
I hope my plants will have a better future that the plants I used to have. I now keep them under grow lights during the winter months. Also, I switched to using the slow release fertilizer sold by Tintori. Expensive, but I do have the impression that my plants do a lot better with it and that is what counts.
And I think my plants love the grow lights... they started growing again since I took them inside for the winter and are even producing flowers...
Thanks. The moro would be even larger if it hadn't suffered from severe dieback. A couple of years ago the root stock and the lower branch was all that was left of it. Originally there were 2 branches but the second branch was completely lost. It has now become too large to take it inside so I hope the coming winter will be mild enough...
Yes for the plant, in ground would probably be better but when it is in a pot I can still move it to a more sheltered place if it gets too cold...
As for the fertilizer... the composition is printed on the box but unfortunately I no longer have this box available. It is the fertilizer you can find here...