Plant Your Own Little Orange Tree

One of our oranges - Gus Kilthau
@Ceerios (4698)
Goodfellow, Texas
January 22, 2017 8:14pm CST
Plant Your Own Little Orange Tree - Even though we are right in the middle of moving residences, there are some gardening-planting things we wanted to do before leaving our current home for the next one. Rather than to try digging up one of our nice orange trees to take along with us, we simply saved lots of orange fruit seeds from our tree, cleaned and dried them, and tested out their germination potential before moving to the next place. We are going to have a large number of the seeds left over from all of that, and will be able to send a few along to others who may be interested in receiving some seeds. This variety of orange tree likes plenty of heat during the warm months and can take a beating from the cold weather in the wintry months, too. The oranges are small in size and have lots of good flavor. If you could make use of 5 or 6 of our seeds, send me a "message." Let me know if your e-mail address is listed on your profile so that I may be able to contact you for a mailing address to which to send your several seeds. I will include a copy of how to germinate the seeds at your place, once you receive them. You can always simply stick the seeds into some good dirt and wait several weeks to a month for the plant to show up above the dirt, but I can show you how to make things move along more quickly than that. Let me know if you want some seeds. Image source: Gus Kilthau Addendum - Let me add this to the "offer" - If you live in a really COLD climate, these seeds are not for you. Out of doors, the tree will eventually become about 15 feet (maybe 4 meters) tall - so growing them indoors would be OK for a while, but not forever. Also, if your government does not allow mail-in of seeds, then seeds cannot be sent to you. If you just want an orange tree to be a little pot plant for a while indoors, that will work OK. Plants are fun, both for people like us and for all of those plant-eating bugs, too.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jan 17
What a generous offer! I hope lots of readers take you up on this. Unfortunately it's illegal to receive seeds into Australia through the mail except in particular circumstances.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@JudyEv - Ms Judy - I understand. Here in the USA that prohibition is often encountered in going from one state into the next one. -Gus-
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@JudyEv - Ms Judy - That is very understandable. I remember one of the times I drove through from Arizona to California. I had to stop at the inspection center at the border. The inspectors were about to confiscate my two nice big apples that I had not yet eaten along the way. "You cannot bring those apples into California..." I talked back - "Yes I can." and then I ate both apples in front of the inspector. Kinda ticked him off a wee bit, too, that did. -Gus-
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jan 17
@Ceerios Australia is careful about imports and our state even more so. Because there is a large area of largely uninhabited 'desert' between us and the other states, there are some diseases that are found in the Eastern States but not in WA. So they are extra fussy about what is allowed in.
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@toniganzon (77346)
• Philippines
23 Jan 17
If oranges could grow here, I would want to have some seeds.
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@toniganzon (77346)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
@Ceerios Nope, no oranges here. They wilt before they could grow. We have a different variety but it's not called orange. And taste is different too.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
27 Jan 17
@toniganzon - Hi Toni - No oranges growing in the Philippines? Now, that was a surprise to me. -Gus-
@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@toniganzon - Hi Toni - Being in the tropical area, my guess is that oranges are already growing in the Philippines. -Gus-
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
25 Jan 17
Where we are, the only trees with citrus fruit are for indoor/ornamental use. It is really nice that you left the tree when you moved and you offer seeds to others. We should all be planting something, anything, to keep the planet as wonderfully green as we can.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@PatZAnthony - Ms Pat - If you were any "righter" you'd be leaning way over to that side. What can be said other than "how right you are?" -Gus-
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 17
Sadly I won't be able to avail myself of your offer Gus - not the right climate here. It's kind of you to offer them.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
26 Jan 17
@Ceerios What a good idea!
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@jaboUK - Ms Janet - Perhaps you might want to ask for some "climate change." -Gus-
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
23 Jan 17
We can't grow oranges here but I have tried starting seeds indoors as house plants. They start out ok but I end up losing them all eventually.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@Freelanzer - Yes. Orange trees do not appreciate real cold weather. -Gus-
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• Agra, India
23 Jan 17
Wow..it will be fun to watch oranges grow
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@amitkokiladitya - Dr. Kokil Agarwal - It is great, good fun to watch almost anything that grows. If there comes some fruit after growing, so much more fun adds eating to watching. -Gus-
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• Agra, India
26 Jan 17
@Ceerios yes..it gives an inner pleasure
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Jan 17
Iwill have to think on that as I live in a room here at the retireent center. but could raise one in my room perhaps lo
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@Hatley - Ms Patsie - If the tree gets too tall for the indoors, you can always stick it outdoors. -Gus-
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
23 Jan 17
Having my own orange trees sounds great, but I'm not sure they would grow well here in this area.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@DWDavis - Howdy "DW" - I am not familiar with the seasonal temperature changes in North Carolina. Short cold winters and then nice warmth works nicely.Easy enough to attempt. -Gus-
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@Yadah04 (3480)
• Philippines
23 Jan 17
I want, i want! But i am from the philippines, lol.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
26 Jan 17
@Yadah04 -Let me ask - Is "wanting" area specific, or what? -Gus-: