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what is the best orange tree to plant that can survive a light freeze every few years?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:33 pm
i want to plant an orange tree to go along with my satsuma tree so that i have another choice to eat.
im just not sure what is the best, im not much on navel oranges so i was thinking maybe something like a tangerine, mandarin, or clementine blood orange, or something else?
any of you guys got garden skills and have "educated" ideas on what is the hardiest orange tree that makes a lot of fruit and that can put up with the occasional light freeze we get every few years?
what would you suggest?
im just not sure what is the best, im not much on navel oranges so i was thinking maybe something like a tangerine, mandarin, or clementine blood orange, or something else?
any of you guys got garden skills and have "educated" ideas on what is the hardiest orange tree that makes a lot of fruit and that can put up with the occasional light freeze we get every few years?
what would you suggest?
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Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:35 pm to keakar
Kumquats are hardy, not full blown oranges though.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:49 pm to keakar
Louisiana Sweet is a good choice, but if temperature goes below 25 or so it needs to be covered. I get 400 or so oranges every year off mine. The grandkids love to make gallons of orange juice every Christmas. That's the hardiest and most cold tolerant variety that I know of. The oranges are medium sized, and as the name implies they are really sweet. I lost one tree a few years ago when it got down to about 20 and I forgot to cover it. They'll produce oranges in the second year, and will cover you up staring in year 3!
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:53 pm to Bowhunter
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Louisiana Sweet
about how big is your tree? I don't mind covering a smaller tree a few times a year but a tree that is 12ft tall and 10 wide would be a chore.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:57 pm to Chuker
Fully grown they're about 6 feet. Very easy to pick the oranges...don't need a ladder. They're short and bushy.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 6:59 pm to Chuker
I put a Primos ground blind over it...very easy. If it's going to get really cold I run an extension cord and hang a light it it
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:04 pm to Bowhunter
My Louisiana sweet is probably 12 ft tall and 10 ft wide so they get pretty big, too big to cover. Keeping the trunk above the graft from freezing is usually enough to keep it through a heavy freeze, but it may lose a lot of size and take a season to recover.
Mine look terrible now, but hopefully they look OK in the spring. I have more issues with my lemon and lime than the oranges or Satsumas.
Mine look terrible now, but hopefully they look OK in the spring. I have more issues with my lemon and lime than the oranges or Satsumas.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:04 pm to Bowhunter
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Louisiana Sweet is a good choice
thanks, never heard of it but it sounds like a great choice, where did you get it from?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:12 pm to keakar
I bought my Louisiana Sweet at Stines in DeRidder. They should be available at most nurseries.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:18 pm to CajunAlum Tiger Fan
My Louisiana sweet is probably 12 ft tall and 10 ft wide
Guess I should have said that I prune mine in the spring before they bloom to keep the size manageable
Guess I should have said that I prune mine in the spring before they bloom to keep the size manageable
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:35 pm to Bowhunter
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They should be available at most nurseries.
ok thanks, i generally look at lowes or home depot since there are no nurseries around here, so what i see are very limited choices there.
looks like i need to take a road trip to a nursery.
i took a quick look and there seems to be contradictory info on if a hamlin and louisiana sweet are the same exact tree or not, its like 50% say they are and 50% say they are not, would you know anything about that?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:52 pm to keakar
Lots of varieties of fruit trees because folks graft one variety on another, cross-pollinate, etc. The Hamlin has been around for 100 years I think. My understanding is that the Louisiana Sweet was developed by LSU. Could be the same but I'm not sure.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 7:54 pm to keakar
By the way I don't buy ANY plants at places like Lowe's or Home Depot. You have no idea where the plants came from. I've had very poor results with plants from the big box stores. Go with local when you can.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 8:02 pm to Bowhunter
thanks, i have a mandarin orange im getting ready to pull up and throw away. its about 8 years old and its been half dead and half new growth for the last 5 years and hasnt even tried to make fruit in 6 years.
its only 12-14" around and just 4ft tall in all that time.
it got torn up by kids stealing fruit the first year it made some. they were just snapping branches ripping the oranges off while still green and then it got hit with a freeze and had no leaves and all the branches dried up and fell off for a full year after that. but then it just started sprouting new branches and growing again but the top half of of all the branches always died again and fell off no matter how many new branches started the top halves died again.
it never even tried to make fruit after that. i was told its a lost cause if its still struggling and not making fruit after all this time.
my plan is to just replace it so im gonna get that louisiana sweet to put in its place
its only 12-14" around and just 4ft tall in all that time.
it got torn up by kids stealing fruit the first year it made some. they were just snapping branches ripping the oranges off while still green and then it got hit with a freeze and had no leaves and all the branches dried up and fell off for a full year after that. but then it just started sprouting new branches and growing again but the top half of of all the branches always died again and fell off no matter how many new branches started the top halves died again.
it never even tried to make fruit after that. i was told its a lost cause if its still struggling and not making fruit after all this time.
my plan is to just replace it so im gonna get that louisiana sweet to put in its place
This post was edited on 1/21/18 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 1/21/18 at 8:05 pm to Bowhunter
Posted on 1/21/18 at 8:10 pm to Daponch
yep the orange tree came from home depot and its a saxon becnel & sons nursery
pretty sure they supply all the trees for lowes too
just found the tag for it in my files, cost me $29.98 back then, i think they are like $40 now
pretty sure they supply all the trees for lowes too
just found the tag for it in my files, cost me $29.98 back then, i think they are like $40 now
This post was edited on 1/21/18 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 1/21/18 at 8:11 pm to keakar
Posted on 1/22/18 at 7:24 am to keakar
Blood Orange tree.
Mine has done well with light freezes but with the freeze we had last week the leaves are turning yellow and falling off. Hopefully just killed the leaves and not the tree.
Blood oranges are really delicious and juiced are fantastic.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 9:16 am to Cajunate
Just squeezed a dozen oranges..... half Blood and half Hamlins. Made 32 ounces of juice.
I drank a little bit. Very sweet juice!
I drank a little bit. Very sweet juice!
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