How to Repot Citrus Trees AND Increase Root Growth

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[@tabp8448]

This is exactly how I repotted my lemon and Satsuma orange trees a few weeks back, good to see i did it correctly (Except my rooting hormone was a powder). My 3 year old Meyer lemon tree has it's first and ONLY lemon growing on it that's almost ready for harvest, but when I brought it inside for the winter, it produced hundreds of blooms!! It smells amazing. Many of the flowers have fallen off, but I'm hand pollinating as many as I can. I'm hoping for at least 3 lemons this time. 🙏🏼 🍋🍋🍋

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s awesome my friend!

[@TheRainHarvester]

I've built a greenhouse over water INSIDE my greenhouse during the 2020 snowpocolypse here in central Texas. They lived with the heat from the water! It's in my 2020 freeze video. It worked!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Pretty cool my friend!

[@tpaw6908]

We all love those lemons. I've got a few this year. I found out that 1/2 a lemon juice in glass of water is your vitamin C for the day. God bless 🙏❤️

[@elwyncuster6360]

A lot of good ideas on how to possibly warm up or keep the trees from getting too cold. I wonder if you were to start a compost pile in the high tunnel, maybe with it covered with plastic and if you were to put the trees next to the pile, under the plastic as well. Just a thought. Have a Blessed day.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks my friend. God bless!

[@TheRainHarvester]

Be sure to add half sand mixed with compost. Citrus likes to dry out between watering. Here in Texas I've had great success with sand. Previously, the little citrus would rot.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks so much my friend!

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[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks so much for the support my friend!

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

I have some citrus that I'm trying to over winter. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the blanIet tip!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Good luck my friend and you’re welcome!

[@EricSeider]

One method that was recommended to me was to add a second layer of plastic to the high tunnel that you keep inflated with a low power blower. You could just turn it on when it drops below freezing. You could also have a smaller insulated section for the more tropical stuff, instead of trying to heat the whole high tunnel.

[@timoblake5689]

I worked at a local greenhouse company in Michigan and they had that and that side was always 10 degrees warmer. If you are looking for a easy heating option is a Sand Battery it is an easy solution for any renewables. Tn'T on KZbin has a lot of simple heating options for everything. Loving the P.I.M.P. cast keep it up.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Very interesting. Thanks Eric, ill have to look into that!

[@EricSeider]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 you could also have a little pond or series of stock tanks to retain heat.

[@reneebrown2968]

If you live in a really cold area ( temperatures under 40 during the day) make sure you put a light under your cover

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks my friend!

[@denniscleveland669]

If you put a heat source, like a wood stove or used oil burner, try to locate it toward the prevailing wind side/end.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much Dennis!

[@GimmeADream]

Awesome topic for me. I do have a large lemon tree which does flower and does get fruit occasionally.

[@tabp8448]

The blooms smell absolutely amazing!!🌼🌼🌼🍋🍋

[@cjdflkj]

Citrus really need a lot of fertilizer and new soil yearly to produce good crop. Mine average 45 fruits per tree per year, and I pluck a lot of blooms on top of that. I trim their roots like a bonsai, and feed them citrus feed once a week or two weeks during warm months. Mine are in 21 in pots, and are root to tip between 3ft and 5.5ft tall.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Awesome my friend!

[@debbierafeedie4306]

We put a blowing style heater on a timer in our greenhouse just for our 3 citrus trees. Our Temps have been in the upper teens lately and it seems to be working!

[@garywolf1893]

I like the idea of the metal gage with cover over it. Also take some large stones/rocks which have been heated up in a fire and place those on the ground under that cover. This should get you through a night of cold.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s not a bad idea. Thanks my friend!

[@CrazyDazes]

Hello Michelle! High tunnel is going to POP next year.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Hello! It sure is. I can’t wait!

[@hivolco151]

So happy to see this video... I was just thinking my LIME tree needs to be re-potted! YAY!!!!! Thank you for all you share!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@randypitts4651]

Do a couple of 18 day compost pikes inside. let natural heat work for you.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Not a bad idea!

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[@Skashoon]

Tougher than Woodpecker lips.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks so much Kristy!

[@markkristynichols845]

@@Skashoon yes! Thank you!!!

[@taylor2848]

Adding gravel to the bottom of the pot does not aid in drainage. It only raises the water level in the pot. You have a higher chance of causing root rot. If you need better drainage add holes to the pot.

[@cuznclive2236]

Exactly! Otherwise, make it a SIP and bottom water when the roots hit the reservoir. They seem to struggle a bit when it comes to understanding hydrodynamics... and I wouldn't know jack-shite about it if I had not worked in racing with shock specialists who helped me understand the basics of their specialties in fluid dynamics.

[@taylor2848]

@@cuznclive2236 I have watched too many engineering and gardening videos 😅

[@doodlesthegoose7085]

C9 Christmas tree lights will protect from cold as well.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend!

[@llhuch]

for heat - put in a rocket stove... it can burn inside or outside - run the tubes down the middle of the walkway

[@aaron2847]

I dont feel so bad anymore about my citrus after seeing the leaf drop on yours! It happens to everyone. My in-ground orange is losing all its leaves, but my potted grapefruit is doing good. No coverage with temps that got to mid 20s.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It sure does my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@sharlenec7289]

Nice high tunnel

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks so much my friend!

[@tlrinc2343]

Lemon to the lime, lime to the lemon

[@kimsmith5471]

My horticulture career was in Zone 9/10. We retired to Zone 8B. We have a different citrus now called Satsuma. I hope you keep us updated on yours ! We did use inexpensive Christmas lights around ours then covered them. We also watered the base not the leaves before a freeze as the soil will hold in some heat. I'm curious about the rooting agent & what outcome you'll get. Thank You.

[@ladyryan902]

Christmas lights? That's genius!

[@nancyseery2213]

I hate to say this, but my lemon trees look just about the same and mine are in the house. I thik mine need more sunlight. I have grow lights to hook up. I wonder is the heat lamps from the chicken brooder would help out with your trees

[@mikejones3155]

Another awesome video..!!!

[@regenerativelifewayne]

Nice video

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend!

[@adamnewbould256]

You got an update on these citrus?

[@sherrystacyrn589]

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[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Let me look at it. Thank you!

[@trey8740]

Hey hey Billy you should check out BUILD A Soil they have great soil recipes for great soil very good resource this guys would rather you make your own soil instead of shipping it all around the world

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’ll have to check it out. Thanks so much my friend!

[@michaelmorgan6154]

Those citrus look like their just about dead? I don’t know of any deciduous citrus? We don’t have any here in Australia. For permaculture experts ( teachers) those plants look bad…

[@cuznclive2236]

Just use aloe and natural biology, extract teas, from your land to transplant, but skip the aloe if cost is a concern. Please, tell us why not to use a wetting agent for citrus from your perspective. I would think that establishing feeder roots during a transplant would be a good thing, and a wetting agent does that. It also prevents straight water from running past all of that dry soil, which will create hydrophobic pockets that roots avoid. Stones at the bottom of your pots is not a good thing because it raises hydraulic pressure by minimizing soil mass, which may cause root rot by raising the water table in the environment. Y'all are great at making soil/compost and growing outdoors, but you lack, considerably, at growing in pots and raised beds. No ill-will, but y'all looking like a bunch of newbs.

[@paulabrown5685]

I live in 8a Georgia and I roll my citrus in and out of our garage. Have lemons, limes, key limes and oranges. It is fun to try these. Also Georgia Grown Citrus (google) has citrus grafted to cold hardy root stock.