Citrus
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CITRUS
Watering is one of the keys to growing any citrus plant, particularly those grown in pots. The tree should be moist, not soggy. Put your finger into the soil at about 2 inches. If you feel dampness with your fingertip, wait to water. If it is dry, water until you see water run out of the bpttom of the pot. Keep your tree healthy by misting leaves with water daily when you are running heat durning the cold months.
Artic Frost Satsuma
- Self-pollinating
- One of the most cold-hardy citrus varieties
- Known for being one of the sweetest citrus varities
- Fruit is easy to peel
- Considered seedless
- Produces high volumes of seedless mandarin orange/tangerines
- Thornless
Clementine Mandarin
- Self-pollinating
- Hybrid of a mandarin orange and a sweet orange
- Easy to peel and protective
- Deep, vibrant orange color
- Contains between eight and twelve segments
- Generally seedless
- Known for its extremely sweet flavor
Persian Lime
- Self-pollinating
- Known as the seedless lime
- Considered one of the most popular limes – delicious flavor, long shelf-life, and seedless fruit
- Fruit has a balanced, tangy-sweet flavor
- Cross between Key lime and lemon
- Longer shelf life compared to the more delicate Key lime.
Myer Lemon
- Self-pollinating
- Believed to be a hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin orange
- Hybrid citrus fruit known for its sweeter, less acidic flavor and thin, edible skin
- Bear multiple crops per season
- Cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange
- Prun anytime to keep its shape
- Rounder and smaller than a typical lemon
- Skin and flesh that can range from deep yellow to orange when ripe
- Store fresh lemons in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator’s crisper drawer to keep them fresh for a week or more
- Juice can be frozen for up to six months