Caring for Citrus Trees in Texas | Big Tex Urban Farms
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- In this video, the Fair’s director of horticulture, Drew Demler, shows us how to care for citrus trees, which reach their fruiting season during fall and winter! Fun fact: citrus trees can even thrive indoors during the winter.
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My lemon has about 10 fruits and just started flowering.
Thank you for your informative video about growing citrus in Texas .👌🏼🥰
What a joy to watch! We can feel your passion and you are so knowledgeable! Thank you Drew!
Drew, great video and information. I live by DFW and the information you provided is super useful.
Great info. Thanks for educating us!
Thank you for the idea you've shared about citrus ❤️
I love stopping by your garden center every year. Thanks for sharing,
Good job, Drew. Very informative!!!
GREAT video! Very informative.
Very informational. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
One of the best how to grow videos
Thank you so much! I was looking for this information 🎉
Great video! Very informative and helpful.
Great video. I'm going to try a couple of these. I'll look you up this year at the fair.
Thank you. Your video is very encouraging since I live next door in Irving. I have a calamondin that’s been successfully growing and producing in a large container for a number of years. I just didn’t think of adding any other variety. But, I just bought an Owari and Brown Select Satsumas the other day. Hopefully I’ll be able to raise them with your recommendations.
I did a great deal of reading up on citrus before I bought my trees about a month ago. But I did not find much information on our actual area. Living in Fort Worth you touched on the tidbits I was missing. Thanks for making this video. I look forward to growing these fruits. I got a Meyer Lemon, Key Lime, and Nagami Kumquat. If things go well with them, I think I will add the Satsuma Oranges you mentioned next year.
How are things going Patrick? I just ordered some citrus trees myself
@@nickpacione7746 I sadly killed 2 of the 3 trees over winter. I think I took the "do not overwater especially while inside" to much heart. The 3rd tree did bounce back after I moved it back outside this spring and is doing great. I added 2 new trees as well. I refuse to give up! Good luck on yours!
@@patrickyork2975 Thanks for responding! Glad to know one of them made it.... It's making me realize I should have ordered extras bc I'm an amateur myself haha
Best site to purchase citrus for beginners, I prefer organic? Appreciate any help.
Wow, had no idea we had this right here in Dallas. I'd like to learn more about citrus farming. Do you organize some classes or can we buy grafted citrus plants and fertilizers. I'm thinking of removing all ornamental plants from back yard and putting in trees or plants that give fruits or food. Do reply pl.
This is so helpful! I am in the Dallas area, so I know it all applies to me. Just got my first Lisbon lemon for Mother’s Day, so I am excited to see how it grows in the next few years!
How has your lemon tree been growing? We hope Drew's tips have helped.
Freakin amazing
Thanks so much for this video! I just got 6 sprouts pop up from a store bought lemon that I took seeds from and planted. Also near DFW so I'm happy to hear they have a chance! 😊🍋
What size pot should I get for my lemon tree? I bought a small lemon tree at HEB, it’s about 3 feet tall right now.
Thank you so much for this video! I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to getting some citrus trees to try out!
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Great video! My question is, how do you treat leave miner? I remove the leaves, spray with horticulture oil, neem oil, but they are always there. Thank you
been struggling with my blood orange tree for years. got one great harvest a few years ago, trimmed after harvest then nothing for 2-3 years. have greenhouse plans in my head i'm hoping to get done this season. hoping i wont have to bring my tree into the house again after that.
Incredible selection & production where did you get those huge round containers from?
Great comment about the squirrels. I’m in Dallas and can confirm that the foul beasts will ravage almost every juicy fruit but not citrus
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Did anyone ever tell you that you look quite alike Adam Levine ?
Please, do more videos on Citrus plants, care, fertilizer, watering, etc.
What about leaf miners? I am in Beaumont, TX, and had satsumas in the ground and a kaffir lime in a pot. Both are attacked by leaf miners. Regarding low temperature tolerance, my satsumas in the ground were killed by the 2021 freeze during which the temperature fell to 11 F. However, the trees had survived temperatures in the upper teens during less severe freezes. Since the kaffir lime is in a pot, I always bring it indoors whenever the temperature falls to freezing. And this kaffir lime has been in a relatively small pot for about 10 years since I am paranoid about repotting it. Regarding wildlife eating citrus, something does like to eat satsumas at night; I suspect it's either racoons and/or opossums.
This guy is the citrus pro!
He definitely has a Texas-sized green thumb
Question: How big of a pot should I get for the satsuma oranges?
Hi how are your citrus tree after the hard freeze and if they survived how did you save them?
Drew, awesome video, thank you! I live in DFW and this will be my first time trying out citrus, will likely try a satsuma or lemon, and I have a 18g pot ready. Have a few questions for you, if you don't mind. I have no experience growing trees or overwintering them.
1) can a young (first year) satsuma or lemon withstand down to 25 degrees?
2) how strong does the supplemental lighting need to be to overwinter in the garage?
2) Your satsuma in the same 15g nursery pot - did you have to repot it throughout the years, and if so, how and when? Trim bottom roots and replace some of the soil in March?
my tree lives just fine without any more than a single bulb in the garage. just keep it warm and it'll stay green throughout the winter.
I'd love to buy cuttings from y'all at The Fair.
Great idea
15 gallon pot moved inside? That's huge! How do you do it?
Thanks for this video, sir. 😊Which grapefruit would you recommend for Jacksboro, Texas? I absolutely LOVE the grapefruit and would like to know if you sell your plants? I am interested in a grapefruit and a lemon.
What kind of soil do you recommend when we repot?
How do u build there pots. What’s on the bottom
I live in the Dallas area. At what average temperature should I bring my potted Meyer Lemon tree indoor?
How do you build the boxes?
Limes can easily be killed before it drops to 25 degrees.
Can I keep them in my greenhouse all year? What is the hottest it should get?
I’m in central TX. Do you not recommend planting in the ground?
We are in Weatherford. Where is a place that sells good quality citrus trees?
How much natural vitamin C do these produce, and how big do these species of citrus plants get?
Hey Drew! I bought a grapefruit tree over the summer. Two little grapefruits started growing, but recently started turning brown and didn't continue to grow. How long before a citrus tree produces its first successful fruits?
It may produce a small amount of fruit next year. Just don't let it produce too much. By year three it will be ready to fruit like gang busters!
Where is the best place to purchase citris plants in Dallas?
Where is location?
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Any one with suggestions to buy 15 gallon pot and the lemon tree ?
I got lemon abs limes trees from Lowe’s. They have pots too.
I have a lime and a meyer lemon tree. they've never produced any fruit. I don't know why. I've had them for several years. They get 6-8 hrs full sun. I get some flowers on the lemon and then they drop off and nothing develops. they are in pots. I bring them into an enclosed patio in the winter.
They are either not getting pollin ated properly or something is stressing them out causing them to drop. Even if the get dry for one day too long they will abort fruit. Something I have done throughout the years. Check on your bee activity during bloom and make sure they stay damp during the bloom and fruit set.
Hi where did you purchase those containers from?
If you're referring to the large containers, those are official State Fair of Texas planters. They only live at Fair Park.
Then why do oranges not taste like oranges. I'd love to taste a real orange
Gay seedless fruit. Get some real oranges boi