Citrus Tree Purchases. I Couldn't Help Myself!

Last year I discovered the Four Winds Growers Nursery is only 40 minutes west of me. Between then and now, I'd been able to thwart my desire to purchase more dwarf citrus plants. I told myself I had to get my Meyer Lemon tree repotted and healthy before I brought any mates home for her (yea, it's a "her." Men give their cars a gender, why can't I give my tree one? She does bear fruit ya' know. Har. Har). Seeing Thomas' new trees certainly didn't help my self control. After all, he grows his trees indoors! I wanted more too (wining). Hmph. Why shouldn't I have more trees (stomping foot). We have the space out back...

Well, my self control and restraint pretty much dissolved after I repotted my Meyer. I didn't go to the nursery, exactly... I only ordered a plant from them online HAHA! I figured shipping was cheaper than the cost of gas and schlepping myself and toddler into Fremont. Last week my delivery came, and tucked perfectly inside was a one year old Calamondin tree. Although a sour citrus variety, I chose this one because it can bloom year round.

After reading about Thomas' unfortunate indoor aphid attack from bringing a contaminated set of plants inside, I immediately looked over my tree. And a good thing! There were early signs of scale growth on a few leaves. I removed the scale, sprayed with Neem Oil, and placed outside on the opposite end of the yard from everything else. So far no signs of additional scale have appeared.

Each time I stop by OSH for gardening items, I stop by the citrus section (also all Four Winds trees). The selection never really intrigued me. A few grapefruit, Lisbon or Eureka lemons... But the last time I went, there were different plants there. Now, if there's one thing I know about decorating or creating art, it's that you should always have an odd number of items on display. So only having two potted citrus trees is clearly unacceptable. To prevent a garden faux pas, I bought a Clementine Mandarin tree. We eat clementines like they're goin outa style, so I just had to get it!

And now my citrus trio...

My Meyer doesn't look as healthy as it was two weeks after repotting it. I found a good resource for discolored citrus leaves, and nothing that I can see seems to match the color/discoloration of the older leaves (the new leaves look great).

I'm hoping it's because of the cold weather we had last week, and the 40+ degree difference in day/night temps... I'll feed later this week with a weakened citrus fertilizer just in case.

Alright! I'm off to get my peppers in their SWP's, and my tomatoes in the ground.