You know the citrus we send up North? Lemons the size of eggs? This is what we keep for ourselves. The lemon with the spoon is fully tree ripened and is good to eat unadorned. Calamondins are ripening and the tangerines are not far behind. These are grown in my yard in North Florida. A little more global warming and Avocadoes will be next. The citrus will produce until around July, and the wild Blueberries start in June and go to August, so I have some fruit going year round.
Up here, next to Georgia we used to grow peaches, but the winters no longer produce the sustained low temps needed for the fruit to produce. When I was a kid, the only citrus that would grow was Kumquats. My how times change.
Citrus returning to N. Florida
Citrus returning to N. Florida
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Re: Citrus returning to N. Florida
good on the fruit...
you bragging with the $50.........!!!
you bragging with the $50.........!!!
Re: Citrus returning to N. Florida
Oh Hell, that is not mine, that is my wife's. She lets me fondle it then it goes back in her purse.
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hahaha.............
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I wish some Kumquats would flow up this way, haven't had one in 40 yrs.SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:55 am You know the citrus we send up North? Lemons the size of eggs? This is what we keep for ourselves. The lemon with the spoon is fully tree ripened and is good to eat unadorned. Calamondins are ripening and the tangerines are not far behind. These are grown in my yard in North Florida. A little more global warming and Avocadoes will be next. The citrus will produce until around July, and the wild Blueberries start in June and go to August, so I have some fruit going year round.
Up here, next to Georgia we used to grow peaches, but the winters no longer produce the sustained low temps needed for the fruit to produce. When I was a kid, the only citrus that would grow was Kumquats. My how times change.
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I will give you two twenties ad a five for that 50
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Re: Citrus returning to N. Florida
I don't have Kumquats, I wish I did. I haven't planted one because they are so pricey to buy. One of my good childhood memories is raiding the grouchy old man's tree next door to my house. I do have Calamondins which look somewhat like a Kumquat but don't have the sweetness. The Calamondins have the tartness of a lime with a unique flavor. I have high hopes for my Loquat tree this year, it is flowering like crazy, but the bees don't seem to be finding it so it may be a bust.steelbuttplate wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:55 amI wish some Kumquats would flow up this way, haven't had one in 40 yrs.SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 8:55 am You know the citrus we send up North? Lemons the size of eggs? This is what we keep for ourselves. The lemon with the spoon is fully tree ripened and is good to eat unadorned. Calamondins are ripening and the tangerines are not far behind. These are grown in my yard in North Florida. A little more global warming and Avocadoes will be next. The citrus will produce until around July, and the wild Blueberries start in June and go to August, so I have some fruit going year round.
Up here, next to Georgia we used to grow peaches, but the winters no longer produce the sustained low temps needed for the fruit to produce. When I was a kid, the only citrus that would grow was Kumquats. My how times change.
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