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Know Your Lemons and Oranges - Learn To Grow and Use Citrus Fruits
Have you considered purchasing citrus trees but are uncertain what variety and how to properly plant them to ensure good fruit production?
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is important for anyone wanting to become more self-sufficient and live more sustainably. Growing your own fruit and veg means that you have a reduced carbon footprint. No driving to get fresh fruit.
It also means that you can eat your ftuit straight from the garden, fresh and ripe.
This eBook is packed with sheer knowledge and ultimate guide on cultivating the most significant fruit crops, which will encourage even the most dedicated home gardener or citrus enthusiast to cultivate their own.
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: SCOPE, NATURE, BOTANY AND TAXONOMY
Citrus today
Harvesting
A brief history
Botany of citrus
Appearance
Reproduction and variability
Flowering and pollination
Fruit development
Number and classification of species
Species of citrus
Close relatives
Microcitrus
Eremocitrus
Fortunella
Poncirus
CHAPTER 2 CITRUS CULTIVATION
Planting citrus trees
What affects success?
Temperature
Frosts and cold winds
Choose the right type
Shade
Tree size
Root damage
Container growing
Soil
Colloids
Preparing the soil for planting
Does your soil need gypsum?
Planting technique
Feeding
Fertiliser applications
Drainage
Irrigation
Measuring water availability to plants
Irrigation
Scheduling irrigation
Important elements
Period of watering
Cyclic watering
Pulse watering
Water extraction by roots
Types of irrigation
Common citrus fruit problems
Nutrient deficiencies
Pests of citrus
Diseases and viruses of citrus
Planting lemon trees
Planting technique
Caring for lemon trees
Pruning citrus
Pruning a standard shape
Renovating an old tree
Pruning to improve fruit quality
Pruning to improve tree health
CHAPTER 3 CITRUS PROPAGATION
Propagation options
Grafting (budding)
Budding techniques
Dwarf trees and double grafts
Growing from cuttings
Growing from seed
CHAPTER 4 CITRUS CULTIVARS
Deciding what to grow
Unusual citrus
Citrus fruit ripening chart
CHAPTER 5 USING CITRUS
Nutritional value of citrus
How to extract citrus oils
Freezing citrus
Drying citrus
Making use of excess lemons
Making fresh lemonade
Recipes
Making jams/marmalade
Marmalade
Beetroot and orange chutney
Citrus syrup cake
Classic orange fennel and onion salad
Easy salad dressing
Easy pasta side dish
Fruit butter/ fruit curd
Lemon tart
Lemon dipping sauce - Asian style
Lettuce cups with chicken and citrus
Lime chutney
Marinade for chicken
Marinade for steak
Orange salad
Orange couscous
Salsa topping for salmon or trout
This eBook is suitable for -
- The interested amateur
- Gardening enthusiasts
- Plant nursery or horticultural staff wanting to improve their knowledge of growing and using citrus fruits
A specialist and intensive guide to citrus - how to grow citrus plants and what you can do with them.
A must for anyone who has always wanted to grow their own citrus plants but was unsure how to get started.