Growing Citrus in the Arizona Desert

[@stanmatuska2057]

Wow! Very nice and professionally done! Awesome!

[@FruitTree]

Thanks Stan

[@SippingTea2x]

This is exactly what I want when I move to Arizona. Citrus fruit trees & a chicken coop. Love the info ❤

[@FruitTree]

Thanks

[@danielfisch655]

Loved the history lesson, great information, we use IV Organics and thank you for sharing.

[@amysnipes4245]

Wow, you are a wealth of information!

[@FruitTree]

Well thanks. That was very cool of you to say

[@anthroman7963]

Great video! I love the way you have pruned your citrus trees. Also, it's important to not let your citrus tree have leaves that touch the ground. It gives pest an opportunity to climb up the tree and wreck havoc

[@w.8329]

I will keep that in mind can the pest still climb up the branch ?

[@FruitTree]

Yes

[@salazar3451]

Queen creek used to have the best oranges by Ellsworth and cloud rd behind orchard ranch. I lived there my whole childhood on the farm next door.

[@rebeccaryan6229]

Great video!

[@FruitTree]

Thanks I appreciate that

[@judithstorck5195]

Yep - we use IV ORGANICS - love that product! Judi

[@FruitTree]

I'll try it soon. On more than just citrus

[@IVOrganic]

Thanks for that AWESOME Testimonial Judith! Charles :-)

[@EarlBalentine]

We have a small backyard maybe 20-25 feet deep. If I could paint 4 fruit trees which fruit trees would be the best selection to have? We love clemetines & avocado.

[@FruitTree]

Are you in PHX? If yes clementines and all citrus are great options. Avocados can grow and some have gotten to fruit. They need to be an understood tree for years first so I would not recommend. My favorite trees for phx are citrus, fruiting female mulberry ( not illegal) and jujube. All are fairly bom proof and provided a lot of fruit. Citrus is ready november to April Mulberry fruit from April to may. Jujube has 2 seasons in spring and a large season in the fall

[@jadrianson3360]

Thank you for the video! I am not sure why we do not amend out soils with sand and lava rock more often(plants don’t have a circulatory system for air transport like humans & roots must breaths as well, lava rock and sand added to clay make the medium more permeable. No one talks about all the free nitrogen in our atmosphere!!!! Get the air based nitrogen down to the roots after irrigation with soil amendments like sand and lava rock!! Also good idea on going organic from this point forward. The organic fruit produced will have much more immunity defending compounds and be much more satiating in my opinion. I do a lot of chop and drop for green mulching (nitrogen), add rich compost, and have been making and adding bio-char as well

[@EarlBalentine]

BTW great video.

[@FruitTree]

Thanks

[@espartaco2028]

Thank you so very much for the reach around and subscribing. I truly enjoy the level of detail and delivery in your videos and wish you nothing but success in health and wealth. Honestly? I didn't know my butthole from a snakehole two years ago when staring my "orchard" on my 1/2 acre. The smartest thing I did was start with strong, healthy, larger citrus. I have a Eureka lemon, Ruby Red GF, four Japanese variant Tangerines and a red navel orange. I planted them in an even mix of local sand (that's all there is here) with Black cow. I layered 2' of woodchips over the entire 1/2 acre and covered that with 2' of oak, pine and maple leaves. Up until this year, I watered everyday in the growing season, which was a mistake. Mistakes? I've made plenty of those. I have learned two pieces of wisdom, one borrowed, one my own. Bayer Advanced citrus product to prevent Greening. Couldn't have citrus without it here. The other is Citrus are too willing to please! Don't allow a young tree to fruit! It's bad, the fruit isn't good, just don't do it. Very hard to have that level of discipline and patience but, only disappointment awaits. The one Tangerine I did have fruit on which was way too young was split in half because of it! Not cool. Thanks again!!

[@FruitTree]

Thanks. Watering everyday can lead to issues like root rot. One or 2 deep soaks a week forces them to push out roots and that helps establish the tree. Sounds like you are doing great though.

[@gr8rubs]

Great advice. I live in Las Vegas and am considering planting some kind of citrus tree. Any recommendations on how to get that Arizona sour orange rootstock?

[@FruitTree]

Sunset nursery ships to Vegas i think

[@bmo6475]

I'm new to this and in the CA high desert is there any books you recommend on desert gardening

[@FruitTree]

No just youtube

[@taba3129]

Do you have to protect the trees trunk at the beginning of its life?

[@FruitTree]

Absolutely

[@taba3129]

@@FruitTree is an organic tree paint what you recommend for a juvenile? A shade screen isn’t what the owner wants

[@FruitTree]

Yeah organic is burlap. I've used organic paint. (It's been a while) but they do make them. I've also used latex paint without issues. Best protection is letting them be a bust as they want to be

[@JZ-gr1tz]

Looks like they don't make him a lot of Orsnje Juices or lemonade must. Of it are standing in tree . Still proven that in small place look at thriving Oranges a lot 🍋 as well hens eggs

[@michelleelle4622]

Totally new here so I have a question that may seem ridiculous to you but here it goes... when talking about root stalk, does that mean to buy locally grown items?

[@FruitTree]

Kind of. We have a few local growers that use the right root stock. I would buy from greenfield citrus nursery or AnP

[@anthonyhernandez7582]

Shot out to Brian Whitfill 🤙🏻

[@katieshort6904]

Can I retrain a mature citrus tree (lollipop syle) to grow as a bush?

[@FruitTree]

Yeah just don't prune it. They want to be a bush.

[@marisabrancato7260]

I need your heeeeelllllpppp! I’m in San Tan Valley as well and this is my first year growing citrus. Moved from the Midwest and I am struggling. Can you help me out?

[@FruitTree]

Yes I'd be happy to help. Email me [e-mail] and we can share contact info

[@JZ-gr1tz]

Hire one of those green guys Workers they even help plant the tree out of nursery