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  1. BARTSFAM Member

    joined: Jan 21, 2009
    72 posts
    Central MA
    I live in Massachusetts. Years ago, I went to Florida and picked up one of those ornamental orange trees at the airport. I brought it home, and for 10 years had pretty little oranges on the tree, until it died.

    Five years ago, I did the same thing. I went to Florida, and brought home two ornamental orange trees.
    The trees are pretty good size, and I trimmed them as the instructions said. In the summer I leave them on the deck, and bring them in for the fall and winter. They get pleanty of sun, Miracle Grow, and a big pot.

    Why don't I have any blossoms or oranges? I have nothing but green leafy trees! They are over five years old!
    Am I missing something, any of you "green thumbs" know about?
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  2. osagebow Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 29, 2012
    746 posts
    Shenandoah Valley, VA
    Maybe it's a different cultivar of orange, not as happy in pots as your others. I've had Meyer Lemons, had one fruiting well for 5 years or so, left it out in a early hard frost, killed it. The replacement sucked, though. I think it was stressed young and never wanted to reach it' s full potential. Forgive the anthropomorphizing.
  3. btuser Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 15, 2009
    1,882 posts
    The island of Rhum Boogie
    Scare the hell out of it.

    Show it the wood stove.
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  4. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    In the spring, don't use the miracle grow. Add a good fertilizer to the soil that is higher in phosphorus and potassium than nitrogen to boost blossoming.
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  5. EatenByLimestone Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 12, 2006
    4,114 posts
    Apples trees don't produce until they reach a certain age. This can be made shorter by using a dwarfing root stock. I'm going to guess that orange trees can be sped up the same way. The quality of the tree stock also makes a difference and you may have not bought the best stock.

    Matt

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