Growing Blood Oranges in AZ

Today we're sharing our first blood orange harvest.
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[@danielfisch655]

Beautiful coloring on that orange, thanks for sharing.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Daniel! Yeah, we were hoping for a little more color, so we're keeping them on the tree for another week or two to see how they ripen up.

[@meyerlemon3776]

Now i want to grow blood oranges

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Well, next to Meyer Lemons they would be a good addition! ;)

[@gilaonster]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I grow Moros down here in Tucson, out near Oro Valley, and they are grown near my Meyers lemons. My tree is about 6 or 7 feet tall and have produced beautiful oranges...deep red, and super sweet. They are awesome to juice. I got about 60 oranges on it this year and the tree is about 6 years old. I use seaweed to fertilize them as a foliar spray and also an organic chicken dung at the base about three times a year. I dug the caliche out before planting so it drains well and I have it mulched pretty good. The tree is thriving, with all my other citrus in my yard. They are awesome eating though, and super good for juicing.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@gilaonster that's good to hear. We're finding that giving them until the beginning of February yields much darker flesh. What other citrus trees are you growing down in Tucson?

[@gilaonster]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I'm growing Ruby Reds, Mandarins, Valencias, Meyers, and tangelos....thinking about adding cara cara and trovitas after watching your video above. I love growing them and sharing with neighbors and friends. I tried growing Hass avocados three different times, and I eventually lose them during the winter, and that's with lights and covering them(none were bigger than about 6 or 7 feet). I also tried fuerte and Bacon avocados to no avail. Just to cool for them if it gets under 28/30°....I love to try the exotics/tropicals, and to be frank, I thought I would lose more of them during the Summer than the winter, but that has been the case. I still try growing them. Every growing adventure is fun and exciting, even though it's tough when one loses them. I'll keep trying. Just found your channel and subscribed. Keep up the good work and thanks for following up, Bro!

[@michaelagibbs9695]

I got my Morro blood orange last March from Richard's and it's also very tall, with no low branches. I've also noticed it's not thriving , the leaves are not that deep green but more pale green/yellow. I planted a Cara Cara I picked up from Reids next to it so it will be interesting to see how they do.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Michaela! Yeah, I'm pretty confident the root stock is just not helping the matter here. Reid's tree should give you a real good indication as to whether or not it's the root stock. Let us know how it does!

[@almanacgoodsandapparel1309]

did you figure out what the issue was? How did you correct it? I just got a moro.

[@chochi568]

good day sir i just want to know where did you buy your budwood?i prefer budwood because i would be the one to graft or bud it...i hope you can help...if possible pls give to me the link...thanks

[@sdguy100]

The skin will get ALOT more red for a Moro blood orange That’s when you know they are ripe

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Marcus. I think you're right on with that assessment. It's a couple weeks later and the skin is still not that dark color you would expect.

[@abc_cba]

Wow, I can't believe that AZ would be susceptible for Blood Oranges. What area do you stay at ? And what's the max that your city recieves in Celsius in Summers ? Amazing video. Cheers from India 🇮🇳

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there! Our max temp here in the summer is about 51 degrees celsius, but that's only for a few days. Typically it's between 43 and 46 degrees most days.

[@abc_cba]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Wow, the Citrus Research Institute I visited in March told me that temperatures above 49°C are not favourable for Blood Oranges at all. You just proved them wrong. Can you do a tour or a compilation rather of all the fruit plants/trees in your farm in one stitched video, please?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@abc_cba yeah, they start to struggle once we hit 43 c, but the wood chips keep the soil around the tree much cooler which helps. I'll have to see if I can find some time to put that compilation together. We don't own this property any longer, so we are not able to do a walk through. However, we have either planted or will plant all the varieties we had on this property (that did well) on the new one along with many more that we didn't have space to put in.

[@dantheman6698]

try and get a tarocco variety, very sweet, one of the best oranges ive ever tasted.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I have not seen that one before!

[@chochi568]

good day sir i just want to kjnow ehere did you buy your budwood?i prefer budwood because i would be the one to graft or bud it...i hope you can help...if possible please share the link...

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We don't propagate trees here on the farm, so this tree was purchased as a potted plant from a local nursery.

[@williampatrickfurey]

Thanks for showing the red on the skin from the tree-ripened fruit. I've been eating them with the peels still attached for the last half a year or so and needed the actual field research from somewhere I could trust after watching someone else mention that oranges were being sprayed with red colored dye(could be but I don't fully trust the information at the moment). My wonder is if there's different, healthy, mineral oils or if it's mainly a part of the fruit's defense mechanisms(although essential orange oil seems to be a thing). I've noticed an unpleasant sensation in my sinuses after digesting some oranges with the peels on sometimes but that could be from lac resin or possibly even a reaction from the drinking water in this state of Pennsylvania per a study recently broadcasted about Philadelphia's suburban water installment concerning two cancerous "forever" chemicals. Hopefully this research leads to detoxification through a previously unknown mechanism.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey there William. I'm not an expert on the reason these oranges develop that red tinge, so I wouldn't be able to say for sure. I know the carotenoid content in a blood orange is what gives the potential added health benefits, but I really don't know why the fruit itself develops this from a biological standpoint. You have my interest peaked at this point, so off to Google I go!

[@williampatrickfurey]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm think anthocyanins and carotenoids are separate types, but both classes are denoted by pigment among other things. I ate the peel of a blood orange yesterday; no nostral tingle as I mentioned was experienced when eating the whole naval orange with the peel. My belief is now that there's something within the second growth at the bottom portion of some oranges that's causing this unhealthy reaction; now if it's because of a industrial growth chemical, or even a natural one in new growths as a defense is my main concern now(the "tingle" I spoke of felt like I was punched in the nose everytime after the release of air from vapors in the digestive tract), quite distributing to release what I thought was a burp to literally get pain in the nostrils from what I can only hope are natural VOCs in the early growth. Thanks for your interest by the way, I feel like everyone could benefit from the knowledge, it helps that at least some people care. I also have a question about oranges left on the tree in a climate where they could fruit for a longer period, if they would cluster like certain berries and if this smaller growth on the bottom of some oranges grows into another whole orange underneath the first fruit(or of it really is the work of some chemical "additive").

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@williampatrickfurey Not sure on clustering with fruit left on the tree. In our experience, any fruit that remains for too long is eventually dropped by the tree after it sets new fruit.

[@williampatrickfurey]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you for your first hand knowledge, I'm going to search and see if I can find photographs of what I'm seeing. I possibly should've thought Google lens earlier than this but I'm skeptical of most conclusions it's put in front of me.

[@williampatrickfurey]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm believe I might go back to delete a comment because I had that same uncomfortable nostral sensation after eating a store bought blood orange with the peel, just a heads-up

[@xianghouzinjianghu5001]

Blood oranges in AZ are suppose to be picked March - April, not December - February.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We found that to be the case as well. They were a bit darker in March.

[@KINGKHAN-zn2ed]

Which blood orange is best? 1.Moro 2.Toracco 3.Sunguinelli 4.Maltese

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

That's a great question and we don't know...yet! This was a Moro, but we just purchased a Sanguinelli from RSI Growers this week that we'll be planting this weekend. It will be a year or two before we see the fruit, but it will be a good comparison between the two.

[@KINGKHAN-zn2ed]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarmIf you collect this information from any source,please tell me which is best for sweetness and productivity

[@eliramirez9958]

Tarocco

[@alvaroquijano579]

why graft the tree? i don't understand

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Alvaro. Citrus trees are pretty much always grafted for a few reasons. The first is to ensure you get the same type of fruit. Citrus trees need to be pollinated and once that happens it can change what type of fruit the seeds will produce. The second issue, and more important one, is the type of soil the tree will grow in. Root stocks are grown to resist certain diseases and also hold up to specific soil conditions. In our case here in AZ it needs to be able to deal with very alkaline and salty soil. It's also very dry, so it needs to be very drought tolerant. With this in mind they choose the variety of root stock that will thrive in our soil conditions.

[@radsportniederporing2942]

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[@somnathkale6715]

I am from maharashtra in india so i want to farm blood orange so i want seeds of this blood orange how to get it can you help me blood orange is nowhere in our maharashtra

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hello! Unfortunately, all of the citrus trees sold in the US are grown on root stocks, so the seeds will not produce a blood orange tree.

[@tranngocduc1416]

Hello! My name is Duc. I come from Vietnam. I want to buy moro blood orange seedlings. Can you sell it to me, thanks!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hello Tran. We don't currently sell any trees, however there are nurseries here in the US that may be able to ship to Vietnam. I'm just not sure if they sell Blood Oranges.

[@tranngocduc1416]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you!