I just moved to Louisiana and I have 3 citrus trees in my backyard.?

Question

At first I thought I had 2 lemon trees and 1 lime tree. Now it looks as if the lemon trees turned out to be orange trees and the lime turned into a grapefruit tree. Now they are almost ripe and one of the orange trees, the fruit is orange, the other fruit on the other tree is still really dark green and little more tart than the other trees fruit. I am just really confused as to what are these trees and what kind of fruit are they producing? I am very new to any citrus fruit growing. I come from Michigan and we grow Apples up there. If any know a site to go to, to indentify these fruits, or if this sounds familur to anyone i would appreciate any and all help. THANKS!!

Answer 1

CoLeY,
Okay, it's really simple. Gather your family around the trees. Okay? Now, reach for a leaf in the tree that is dark green, they are usually in the inner portions of the canopy. Pull that leaf of and tear it. Smell the leaf, and the reason why you have the family there is to get a consensus of what it smells like. An orange would smell like an orange, and lime a lime, etc.

Now. Care for those things. Look towards the ground, the trunk of the tree. You should see a bulge down there. The bulge should have a scar going around the base of the tree. If you see any branches coming out from below that scar; those are 'suckers.' and the scar is where the graft took place. You have to cut off the suckers, or the nutrients will favor the suckers, rather that the part of the plant that produces fruit.

Fertilizer:
You should fertize your trees with special Citrus fertilizer. If they have a lot of fruit, you don't want to hit it with a lot of Nitrogen. That might knock the fruit off of the trees. Also, your fertilizer should have the following elements in it: copper (sweeter fruit), manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potash or potassium. Other elements are okay too. But you might have to get a special citrus suppliment with almost no nitrogen in it for the times when they are loaded with fruit.

Insects:
Citrus trees are notorious for being invaded. Scale is a common problem, because they draw ants, and you sometimes don't even know that they are there. If you have blackened leaves, you have insects. There are many good sprays that you can use against them, ones that are safe for the use on edible plants. But once in a while, spray down the trees with the hose to keep them cleaner, it washes off much of the pollution and spores, etc.

Pruning:
You can prune citrus trees any time of year. But in the Fall, you need to cut off all the summer growth that occurred during the hot months. The summer growth is lighter in color than the growth that was there before, and it is usually stringy, so it should stand out. During the year, you can prune the trees as needed, if necessary.

And there you have it. Your fruit should get sweeter and your trees healthier if you stick to the plan!

Answer 2

there are many types of oranges, mandarins and tangelos which all look the same when not fruiting. I think you may have to wait until the fruit ripen to see exactly what they are.

I have seen many sizes of oranges, especially the big navel ones.

lime are easy because the have a secondary leaf lobe, lemons have a wider leaf and often serrated edges.

Answer 3

Cher bebe, welcome to the best food in the world. Hope you like it spicy!!

Wait till fruit falls = it is ripe, then taste it. What a lucky lady!

Try the crawfish pie too. Goddess I miss that food.

Answer 4

call ur county agriculturalist and he can help u with all ur ?.websites r fine but they don't know where u live and can't give u proper info if they don't have that little fact of where u live.