Kumquat Privacy Hedge - Planting |

[@verachka7536]

Mmmm! Kumquats!!! Love them! In Austin only Nagami can tolerate cold, they do great in containers! Wonderful, wonderful fruit trees! And looks beautiful!!!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Vera! They're really cool fruit trees. We're hoping we can get them to do just as well in the ground as in pots. We'll see!

[@Betterfoodforbettermood]

Great video and right decision for planting these 4 lil trees in front of the chicken so they can have some green trees close by. lol

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

That and Lori gets to block the "junky" pallet chicken coop from the view of the front!

[@Betterfoodforbettermood]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm hahahaha.

[@coyotesden]

I'm so jelly :p can't wait till we get the well and power in so we can start planting.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey guys! Don't be jelly, you'll be there soon. We've been working on and waiting for this for 2 years, so hang in there!

[@CopperStateCustomAdmin]

You guys inspired me to do a backyard forest here in Santan Valley. Keep it up, guys.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Anthony, that's great to hear! You'll have to send us pics when you get a few things established. We love seeing what everyone else is doing out there!

[@fCLEF007]

yeah, the Meiwa is my favourite, too, I got one after your kumquat video but it's a temperamental, tiny tree for me (I've heard it has a bit of a reputation for that) - I have it next to a Centennial (not the greatest kumquat I've ever had) but that tree is bomb-proof and soooo tall! (I can't harvest most of it bc it's so high). So be careful to keep yours short and also back from the prissy Meiwa! :D

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Ha! Yeah, we're finding the same and hopeful that little Meiwa can hold it's own. Right now they both have new growth on them, so we'll see!

[@desertdanblacksmith1394]

Yay...you are a producing farm already! Exciting stuff! Are you going to be seeding with that seed mix from your Amazon store? I need to order me some of that....I would like to try growing in each area of the yards........ a section of it for the chickens and ducks.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Dan. Yes, we definitely will have that as part of the pasture establishment. Our plan is to get that established at the end of summer so we can start running chickens on it this fall. That was pretty good timing on the old property, so we're hoping it will do well here also. We used that mix along with perennial rye and planted in early September I believe. We did use straw to cover the seed that had plenty of I'm assuming barley seed or something similar in it that came up as well. We had chickens on it by mid-October.

[@2MorMor]

That is one of the best looking chicken pallet house - no need to hide it - in my opinion!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

It's holding up pretty well 3 years in!

[@danielfisch655]

Love the fedge (fruit/food+hedge). We did something similar in our side yard which is our dog run. Great job, looks amazing and thank you for sharing.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Daniel. What did you guys use on that side? We may do more of these with guavas and/or apple trees.

[@danielfisch655]

Edge of Nowhere Farm we did cocktail grapefruit, Meyer lemon and Tangelo. If we take out more oleander we will just add more citrus to the fedge. Still looking to plant a kumquat or two and a jujube.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@danielfisch655 Ok, citrus hedge definitely makes sense and also evergreen.

[@burstreviews8336]

Gonna make a nice green wall there. 👍 How long and often do you water? Morning or night?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We're hoping it does the job well. Right now we're watering a bit heavy because of the heavy heat on the new transplants. We're watering every other day and putting about 10 gallons on them each time. That's a bit much, but we want to ensure they get a chance to spread those roots before we get into those heavy, dry heat days of June. Oh and we water just after dark to keep evaporation down.

[@Erikavagabonding]

You guys are going to go through some water this year getting these all established!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

So true! Hopefully we'll be able to cut back a bit down the road once we get everything established around them!

[@Erikavagabonding]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I only have a fraction of the trees and land you do but now that they're more established, I'm able to almost completely water my 12 fruit trees and other edible landscape from laundry water and rain from my roof. I have an advantage, though. Tucson has rebates for those systems.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@Erikavagabonding oh, gotcha. That is awesome that you're rewarded for conservation. Love that.

[@allanturpin2023]

Did you see that hen in the back give you a "What? Our eggs don't count as the first harvest?" look? Chickens are so sensitive.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Allan, that's a good point. We've been harvesting those for months! They really are sensitive though...:)

[@OnlyNaturally]

I lost some control today, and brought home some plants, including a small Nagami loaded with fruit. I want to keep it potted for now, so what mix have you found is the best for that? Not sure what the 3 gal nursery pot has but it looks like planting mix-?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Frances! It's funny you should mention that. We just picked up 40 more fruit trees ourselves today!! Your Nagami will do best in regular posting soil. We learned the hard way that using a citrus specific blend is NOT a good idea here in Arizona. It drains too fast and doesn't hold enough water. We use the Kellog's potting soil (pink bag) from Home Depot and it works great.

[@OnlyNaturally]

Thanks! I also bought a wonderful pomegranate, which I never thought I'd want. I think I need to rent an auger at this point, lol, cuz all I want to do is go buy more, yikes!

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

@@OnlyNaturally it really does make a difference when you're planting a bunch!!

[@YourAverageWitch]

Our auger comes this week! And our jackhammer, because we seem to have a lot more rocks than you do based on how it looks in videos. But I'm SO READYYYYYYY! My mulberries and my fence are going in soon! Ken got the limequat and the mandarin in the ground with brute force and a mattock. The limequat's leaves are yellowing so now I gotta figure THAT out. Oh I like the way your coop looks! I don't think it looks junky.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

You will not be disappointed having that auger around. It's been used many, many times already and even on a few projects it's not necessarily designed for. For your limequat it may be your watering schedule. Too much or too little can cause that. Also, nitrogen. These are evergreen trees, so they need regular fertilizer with good nitrogen content. Chicken manure is a good option as long as you're composting it or adding it into wood chip mulch.

[@YourAverageWitch]

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Well we definitely have chicken manure. I even have some that has been "cooking" for a few months. I'll let Ken know about the watering. Thanks!!

[@BeeWildHomestead]

Do you have an update not hat it has been 4 years? Would love to see what it looks like now

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

We haven't done one specifically on the kumquats recently, but you can see the hedge it's created in this video we did on the banana tree that is right in front of the hedge; kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoOuiHeYqbWap6s It's growing and fruiting like crazy!

[@gardenofthegeeks8277]

Kumquat is the one thing i can not get to grow to save my life.And it figures cause they are my Wife's Favorite citrus

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey guys! Yeah, they can be a bit finicky. Truth is, we're probably taking a chance putting them in the ground vs keeping them in pots, but we wanted to give this a shot.

[@kathrendelgadillo259]

Am having issues with my kumquats, the fruit is not growing but it becomes yellow. What’s wrong?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Kathren. That's a really good question. It's hard to say for sure, but we've found it's sometimes easier to tell by seeing the tree. If you would like to send us a message on FB or email us a pic of the tree and the surrounding area that may help us give you some ideas. Our email is in the About section here on KZbin and our Facebook can be found by searching the farm name.

[@lukaszstateczny5635]

Where did u guys pick your Kumquats from?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Great question! I believe all but the Nagami are from Summer Winds nursery. The Nagami was from either Home Depot or Lowes from what I recall.

[@lindapetersen9385]

I have a bearss lime and meyer lemon in ground with about 20 feet between them. I would like to put a kumquat between the two. I have both the nagami and meiwa in pots. Do I need to be concerned with the spacing?

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Linda. You'll probably be just fine. There's a pretty good chance your lime and lemon trees are on dwarf root stock. Either that, or they are semi-dwarf, so you can easily keep them trimmed back to give enough room for your kumquat trees. As you can see in this video, your kumquat trees just don't require too much space.

[@RichBurris2]

Progress!!! Yeah.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

Hey Richard, we agree!!

[@robkeller3431]

I've read the Centennials not worth the space it takes up.

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

I would have to agree with that assessment Rob. It's our least favorite of the 4 varieties we have and also the most prolific!

[@robwells354]

They are too close together, they get big

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

The intention is to have them grow together in a hedge and these are all on dwarfing root stocks, so they need to be close.

[@SonOfAGun1814]

i planted a nagami a year ago and it's done nothing. when do they put on blooms and put on new fruit? i've heard their cycle is different than most citrus but still not sure. i've been feeding the same time as my other citrus

[@EdgeofNowhereFarm]

It took a couple of years before we saw any fruit set. They tend to put on fruit at random it seems. We've harvested fruit in spring and fall, so it's pretty hit or miss.