Growing Citrus in Containers for several years. 

Glad you enjoyed the video. Citrus is one of the prettier fruits on the tree. It can be difficult to grow citrus up north, but some people are pretty successful.

Closer to 35 gallons I think. they are in old cattle lick tubs I got from different cattlemen. They gave them to me since they have a lot of them and most of the time just have to throw them away. Glad the video helped.

I really respect Canadians growing citrus with your long winters. Not sure I could do it, but with long winters you tend to get creative with growing indoors.

Thanks, I figure if times get tough getting a 6 year head start is a good thing. An orange or tangello can be well over a dollar and my 4" cocktail grapefruit taste great and unique. Indoors it is the Kishu manderin that takes long naps. LOL! My biggest rootstock stump is only 1-3/4" but supports a 6; tree I also have a grafted Meyer/Cocktail tree growin at 6' One of the best investments ever. Your trees are all steak no sizzle, :)@@growyourownfood7814

I think that organic and conventional gardening can both be safe. But it seems like most people believe in extremes, and the other side is totally wrong. I am more of a hybrid gardening, using both organic and conventional methods.

@growyourownfood7814 Yes, a hybrid mix of both organic and conventional is also what works best for me as well. I think it's due in part to the big gardening channels saying they only use organic products and methods to have their perfect gardens and conventional methods are bad for the environment so you should buy their overpriced products to get the results they get and save the planet 😂

ORMI can also be a scam. Need 51% organic ingredients to be called organic. Pretty sure that’s not our intent when we buy. I do love Osmocote plus with Foliage Pro combo. I actually go “heavy” on the Osmocote and never have a burn concern. Water with FP at 1/4 strength. I was thinking “I’d cut that little Pomelo branch and graft it!” Glad to hear you mention grafting. Do you grow any multi grafted trees?

@@richardr5878 I have not got into grafting yet. I will get into when I retire in about 20 months. Osmocote gives you a little insurance when you get too busy to use the other fertilizer. Foliage Pro is really good fertilizer.

I would start a one teaspoon per 2 gallons of water. If that is not enough you can always go to 1 teaspoon per gallon. I have found that one tablespoon per gallon is way too much. But if you are only fertilizing once a month, 1 tablespoon per gallon may be ok. I try to fertilize once a week, but this year with me being out I am depending upon osmocote since I am limited on time.

Why. Organics do not work well in containers, and cost a lot more. You have to supply all the micro nutrients in the container, since the potting medium does not contain them. Very complicated. I am using plastic containers, so I am not growing "naturally " anyway. Using organics is also not safe if using manures that are not properly heat treated composted due ecoli, salmonella. exc., plus could contain herbicides that can damage the plants. The synthetic fertilizer will not affect water quality, since it runs into a pasture that filters out the nutrients. And organic fertilizer heavy in manures adds too much phosphorous to the soil, and that can affect water quality if we get a flood.

@@growyourownfood7814 You fully explained your rationale for not using organic fertilizers in your container plants. There are far too many organic zealots out there.

@@user-su5du9ln8r Thanks. I always say it is your garden so your rules. If you want all organic that is fine, but not everyone feels or believes the same.