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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    March 7, 2011
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    It is not really possible to force them to bloom. You can provide ideal blooming conditions, which can encourage it to bloom, but there are many factors, such as age of the tree and season, that make it difficult to force them into bloom if they are not ready too.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    March 10, 2014
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    Yes, it is perfectly safe for your Blood Orange as well.

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  • Answered by
    theficuswrangler on
    October 2, 2014
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    You're going to have to be patient for awhile longer. Like most citrus, blood oranges need 5 years or so before they set fruit. Here are a couple of articles that may be helpful to you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/blood-orange-tree-care.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/orange-tree-container-care.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    March 17, 2015
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    I think you need to up your fertilizing schedule. I believe that's why the lower half of your tree may be doing better then the top half.
    Your tree is young though so fruit production seems good for your trees age. Sunlight, water, temperatures all effect your citrus trees. Much of what we can't control!

    Read this link, particularly the paragraph on fertilizing.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/blood-orange-tree-care.htm

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  • Answered by
    Alisma on
    August 5, 2016
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    It depends on the variety of citrus you are looking at. If both the variety that provided the rootstock and the variety that provides the top of the tree are thorny, the entire tree will have thorns. It is also possible that you are looking at ungrafted trees. Ask whether the trees in this nursery are indeed grafted.

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    August 25, 2016
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    Blood Oranges are mid season fruits, so the fruit is ready to harvest in the months of January and February.
    You can check the stem of the fruit; when the stem begins to dry, the fruit is nearing harvest time.
    The fruits exact ripening time is dependent on the variety and the environment. They do need the cool evenings to make the blood red color deepen.
    Blood Oranges cannot tolerate freezing weather.
    Here is an article with more information.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/blood-orange-tree-care.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    February 6, 2017
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    Citrus trees need full sunshine and plenty of water, occasional feeding and warm winter temperatures
    Having your soil tested will give you the best answers about the availability of micro nutrients in the soil.
    Leaf and fruit buds form at the same time on a Blood Orange tree, and cold weather can damage some or all of the buds.
    Your tree can end of with all leaves.
    To help correct this you can prune the tree back hard to encourage new wood, this will encourage the tree to produce the right amount of leaves and fruit.

    Here are some links with more information.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/blood-orange-tree-care.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/oranges/no-fruit-on-orange-trees.htm

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