posted 5 years ago
Looking again, I'm almost certain that it's an orange. And it's very healthy.
The rule in our family is that nobody touches the navel orange tree until Christmas morning, when I squeeze a big pitcher of juice for breakfast. After that, anyone can pick. They'll be ripe by Christmas (or a little bit afterward).
That that were my tree, I'd put down a layer of cardboard to kill the grass, and then cover the cardboard with 8 inches of wood chips. Cover the grass as far as the drip line. Some of the leaves on the tree are a bit yellow, which means that they're hungry for some extra N. If you've got access to coffee grounds, throw those on the wood chips and water them in. Really, any source of nitrogen is a plus.
So . . . if it were my tree, I'd go out there at night right before I went to bed and I'd pee around the perimeter of the tree. Citrus trees are nitrogen pigs. They'll take all the nitrogen you can give them, so peeing directly on the ground around the tree will not bother them in the least.
"The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, these are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" Gandolf