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re: 2019 Garden Thread
Posted on 3/19/19 at 11:15 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 3/19/19 at 11:15 am to PillageUrVillage
To yall baws who have had success planting citrus, what is your method? I have planted two in the front yard, two years ago, and have yielded two dead trees. My thoughts is that proximity to water oaks may be sucking all the nutrients and water away from them, and also that nuclear winter we had two winters ago. I'd like to try and plant some on the side of my house where i have full sun and there's no water oaks. I guess dig a hole twice the size of the root ball, and then should I fill it in with some store bought top soil? Anything in particular? Or should I container grow for a few years until it gets bigger, then plant? Thanks
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Posted on 3/19/19 at 3:46 pm to miramon
Check your soil for pH, they want between 5.5 and 6.5 (slightly acid).
Yep, or 3 times the diameter is better. I use a mix of around 1/3 sand (my Panhandle "soil"), 1/3 top soil, 1/3 peat moss. They want a sandy loam.
Fertilize 2 or 3 times a year around the drip line (early March, May, August). I use Espoma Citrus-tone since it won't burn the trees.
Don't spray Roundup anywhere near citrus trees - I learned the hard way. Mine look good for this year, but between a hard freeze and the Roundup incident, it hasn't been an easy life for them. And the deer ate most of the leaves last fall so I now have a deer fence around the garden.
If the leaves get yellowish add some iron.
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dig a hole twice the size of the root ball
Yep, or 3 times the diameter is better. I use a mix of around 1/3 sand (my Panhandle "soil"), 1/3 top soil, 1/3 peat moss. They want a sandy loam.
Fertilize 2 or 3 times a year around the drip line (early March, May, August). I use Espoma Citrus-tone since it won't burn the trees.
Don't spray Roundup anywhere near citrus trees - I learned the hard way. Mine look good for this year, but between a hard freeze and the Roundup incident, it hasn't been an easy life for them. And the deer ate most of the leaves last fall so I now have a deer fence around the garden.
If the leaves get yellowish add some iron.
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