Citrus Tree Plants

Hello,

Newbie here and to gardening in general. Just looking for a bit of advice please. I have just bought a trio of Citrus plants they are only 9cm high but arrived in good condition. I have re-potted each of them in to 30cm pots with some good compost. However to give them a good start and hopefully in around 12 months time a good yield of fruit i was looking for a good feed supplement. I saw some very good reviews for two products, Incredibloom & incredicrop so I got one of each. However on the packet it says not to use with seedlings. I have to confess as a novice I’m not sure if my 9cm plants are classed as seedlings? I don’t want to kill them. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Can you post some pictures, the plants sound fairly small.

Failing that can you post a link to where you bought them.

 

Hi Pete,

here you go

 

cant see anything Stan.

 

What citrus are they?
Just from what you have said I think you would have been better going for smaller pots to start with and move them up into bigger pots as they grow.

Realistically, if they are only 4 ins high at the moment I dont think you will be picking much fruit next year, or the year after maybe.
Feeding is something you do to plants that are well established in their containers, so I wouldn't really be doing any feeding just yet.

 

Citrus Tree Collection plants | Thompson & Morgan

Is this where you bought them?

 

No I bought them from Van Meuwen
Try again with the pic.

 

They are Lemon, Lime & Orange. Do you think I need to change my pots? So no feed at all, not even a citrus feed??

 

Ok, personally I'd have used smaller pots, and move them up over the next two or three years as they grow.
They actually look to me like seedlings, possibly rooted cuttings, but not grafted plants.

You will definitely not need to feed them this year in those pots.
Go careful with the watering, with all that soil around them they could easily rot off if they stay too wet.

Limes tend to like warmer conditions than oranges , lemons are probably the hardiest, but none will survive frost next winter so will need a cool bright place to overwinter.

 

+1 to all pete's advice! Citrus absolutely hate to be waterlogged, so make sure they're not standing in saucers of water, just keep the immediate area round the root ball damp and gradually extend watering as roots fill the pots. Compost has enough fertiliser to keep them going for 4 -6 weeks. After that, you can feed once a week, but don't overdo it! They won't grow any more quickly

 

Thanks Pete, so is there any mileage in me re-potting them in to smaller pots or should I just leave them now? Noted on the watering

 

@noisette47 , I agree, but don't you think as its unlikely the roots will get anywhere near filling those pots this year that feeding will not achieve anything.