Like the illusion of Wall Street, with its vast and powerful investment banks, now shuttered, China too is an illusion perpetuated by the Globalists that gave us the 15,000 mile Caesar salad, poisoned cat food and lead based paint on babies' pacifiers. Like the illusion that money would come from thin air to always push housing prices higher, China has spent a generation pursuing its illusion. Pursuing an unattainable dream to be like the West, while 6000 years of its carefully shepherded top soil blows into the sea.
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production - Trees
Help!!
I got my citrus trees a couple weeks ago and potted them nicely. They're in a sunny spot and have a bunch of new growth. So far, so good.
However, I just noticed a trail of ants going up one pot. I've been having trouble with them in my kitchen, but this is another area. It looks like they may be coming in a door. Why is this happening and what should I do? Set them in a dish of water is my best guess.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production - Trees
Nice peach blooms. HOPEFULLY mine will do that in about 45 days or so.
What do you think PO'er? Think they are ready to go!!!
Little guys are really growing...
Was browsing Flickr last night and noticed the trees around Fresno, CA are all blooming right now (peaches)... They look beautiful.
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I like pouring maple syrup on sausage links...mmmm...We have a local guy right in town that taps trees in his "backyard". Its pretty good size, but they always seem to run an article in the paper about him. I could probably tap trees up north of here (family land), but no motivation and a baby _________________ Clothing should be optional.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production - Trees
Wow Frank! Those sprouts are looking great!
I haven't tried growing peaches from the pits. Young fruit trees are still pretty cheap. I'm going to plant one or two more peach trees next week. Problem is, we're in a drought. My rainwater is nearly gone. (<200 gallons.) I still have access to city water, but was hoping I wouldn't need it.
Sunday morning I had pancakes with maple syrup, butter, and chopped pecans. Yum! I hope my strawberries start going... _________________ About my avatar: Guess.
Joined: Sep 16, 2004 Posts: 4907 Location: Southwest WI
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: Re: [Food] Production - Trees
PO'er...
I don't remember, but do you have a variety of peaches? I've done some research and found you can grow a different varieities to really stretch your peach eating season. The difference lies in how long the pit takes to "harden" or something like that. I guess some can take only 2 weeks while some can take 4. I noticed last summer that mine grew to a certain size and just stopped...no growth. Then they just took off after a few weeks. That period was the pit hardening. For me i've found out that i probably want to not extend my season with different varieities too much. With winter showing up by November, my trees need to get put to sleep earlier then southern trees. I know a lot of leaves were still on my trees even after several hard freezes. I guess there are tricks (bending down branches) to get them to "turn off".
Its been a cold, long winter and am really looking forward to seeing some pink flowers.
Revi- Reliance peaches? What kind of low temps do you get around there? I'm scared if it gets much below -25F, i could be in some real trouble. I know Reliance is from the northeast (i think Maine). _________________ Clothing should be optional.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: Re: Citrus and Peach trees
I've ordered from Gurneys, no problems there. I've got orders placed for burnt ridge and raintree. Both come highly recommended. _________________ Clothing should be optional.
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Citrus and Peach trees
I am new to container gardening with trees and have a couple of questions.
How often do you water your potted trees?
What if/any fertilizer do you use?
I have 3 tangerine trees, 2 lemon trees, 1 grapfruit, 1 kumquat, & 1 pink lemonade tree all in containers. The weather here is Los Angeles is perfect for growing so I purchased these over the last 6 months but haven't found a good routine yet.
Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Posts: 1136 Location: Central Texas
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Citrus and Peach trees
joeltrout wrote:
How often do you water your potted trees?
What if/any fertilizer do you use?
joeltrout
I've read that one should not over-water potted citrus. Wait until the soil is dry on top, then water until the drain pan is full. For the size pots I've shown, that's about 3-4 gallons.
I've just added some bagged tree potting soil (which has fertilizer in it) to make up for the soil that gets washed out over the year. I also return all the peels and any leaves that may fall off back into the pot. _________________ About my avatar: Guess.
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Citrus and Peach trees
PeakOiler wrote:
I've read that one should not over-water potted citrus.
I found that out quick. I bought my first tangerine tree several months ago planted it and started watering it then noticed the leaves were turning yellow. So I thought maybe I am not watering enough. The leaves got worse so I decided to not water it for 3 weeks and thankfully it returned to normal.
Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Posts: 1136 Location: Central Texas
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Citrus and Peach trees
seahorse2 wrote:
Who is a good reputable source for buying peach trees online?
Can't answer that. I bought all my peach trees from the local grocery store chain, HEB. I rarely shop using the "www".
The first few peach trees that I purchased over 10 years ago cost about $15 apiece, but two years ago, the last time I bought some, they were up to about $25 ea.
Last season I harvested about 232 peaches from the 13 trees, about 57 lbs, (26kg). If I had bought that many peaches from the grocery store @ $1.29/lb, (the price I checked), they would have cost about $74. I'm going to freak out when all 13+ trees produce 50 + fruit/yr. Look for me selling peaches at the side of the road in June in the shade of a canopy a few weekends. (I'd really like to set up a small gazebo/fruit stand by the road.)
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: [Food] Production - Trees
frankthetank wrote:
PO'er...
I don't remember, but do you have a variety of peaches? I've done some research and found you can grow a different varieities to really stretch your peach eating season.
Its been a cold, long winter and am really looking forward to seeing some pink flowers.
Just two varieties. Twelve are Valencia, and I don't recall the other, it was an "early harvest" variety, one I bought over 10 yrs ago. I don't know if I want to extend the peach harvesting season. I think I'd rather get it done quickly, making preserves, etc. But I may change my mind and get a couple of later producers, i.e, July, because by August, it's way too hot to be picking a lot of peaches. _________________ About my avatar: Guess.
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