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Old 11-09-2016, 09:00 PM
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I just moved into a new house on Lake Deaton and am enjoying landscaping my yard. I was quite surprised here that there are so few citrus trees in The Villages. I understand that this used to be a huge citrus growing area (the name "Fruitland" is an obvious indicator). So I have planted several orange trees to see what happens. I realize the occasional freezes pose a risk, but what other reasons keep the number of citrus trees so low? Advice needed please.
We have a grafted tree called a fruit cocktail tree. It has limes, lemons, grapefruit, naval orange, honeybell tangelos. It is a dwarf tree. We have had it for 4 years now and it really produces just enough for us and a few of our friends. Never have we seen a rat.