rainymountain's Calamondin Orange

rainymountain's Calamondin Orange x 1 Treating

Plant: Calamondin (Citrus x microcarpa) |

Bought from local supermarket with birthday money from my Mother 05 or 04.
Native to southeast Asia.

Cultivation:
High light, cool sunny spot, keep soil evenly moist, dilute fertilizer at every watering (citrus are heavy feeders). Propagate by stem cuttings or seed. Easy to grow and flower.

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Planting Data

Plant: Calamondin (30)

Purchased.

Harvest Tally

22.0 item

Milestones

10 Apr 2013

Treating day 3022 Rain, rain, rain

insecticidal soap for scale bugs
22 Dec 2012

Harvesting day 2913 The Winter Garden

two juicy little bitter oranges to make a one-woman Duck a l’orange

2.0 x item
30 Sep 2012

Setting Fruit day 2830 September ends in sunshine

flowering and I suspect a touch of scale… again. Hard to get rid of.
16 Sep 2012

Under Attack day 2816 New additions to the Rossland 'girls'

sticky leaves so a dose of insecticide soap spray and back into their isolation bag
04 Sep 2012

Moved day 2804 The Orchid Garden is reinstated

Winter garden > Winter garden in a bag to isolate any bugs
22 Jul 2012

Flowering day 2760 Tiger lilies and Asiatics.

and flourishing, new big leaves, looking altogether more healthy
02 May 2012

Treating day 2679 Bug fighting, orange harvest, life an...

scale insects again, all of the citruses but one sprayed with insecticidal soap
02 May 2012

Harvesting day 2679 Bug fighting, orange harvest, life an...

the tree looked so pretty hung with tiny oranges

11.0 x item
21 Apr 2012

Under Attack day 2668

covered with sticky stuff again, lots of oranges, pinch tree and shrub fertilizer
15 Mar 2012

Blooming day 2631 March bloom day
15 Feb 2012

Blooming day 2602 February blooms

and fruiting
20 Dec 2011

Under Attack day 2545 Orchids

still has scale insects
05 Dec 2011

Treating day 2530 Calamondin sprayed and sprouts started
03 Dec 2011

Under Attack day 2528 The indoor gardens

scale insects back. Also start collecting snow water to prevent more yellowing of leaves.
02 Dec 2011

Under Attack day 2527 ... back to another snowy high spot, ...
26 Nov 2011

Treating day 2521 Soap and shower for Calamondin Orange

dilute soap spray and shower
15 Jun 2011

Flowering day 2357 June Bloom Day
14 May 2011

Harvesting day 2325 World Naked Gardening Day.... really?

4 usual size, 2 smaller, still some on the shrub not ready to pick

6.0 x item
15 Dec 2010

Blooming day 2175 Bloom Day - December

one tiny flower, one bud and lotsa tiny fruits
25 Sep 2010

Flowering day 2094 What a gorgeous day!
09 Jul 2010

Sprouting day 2016 Watering in the cool morning
09 Apr 2010

Harvesting day 1925 Winter Garden update

1.0 x item
09 Apr 2010

Repotted day 1925 Winter Garden update
15 Mar 2010

Fertilising day 1900 Off to Rossland
01 Feb 2010

Flowering day 1858 Fed and watered
18 Dec 2009

Harvesting day 1813 Orange harvest and pruning

1.0 x item
17 Dec 2008

Harvesting day 1447 Golden globes

1.0 x item
31 Dec 2004

Purchased day 0