Dear friends and growers of citrus

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Dear friends and growers of citrus,

welcome on http://citrus-collection.wz.cz

Allow me to introduce my citrus collection.I have been growing citrus trees for almost 20 years now.

In 1987, I began building my first double-pane greenhouse. The greenhouse measures 8 meters long, 6.5 meters wide and 2.5 meters bellow surrounding terrain.

In 1996, two factors—the presence of a spring and a lack of light—forced me to raise the growing beds by 1 meter.

In 2000, I added another greenhouse measuring 4.2 by 6.5 meters. The covering consisted of 16 mm thick polycarbon sheets.In this area, growing beds are situated 1 meter under surrounding terrain. Higher light intensity clearly benefits sun-loving citruses.

In 2001, the growing area was enlarged by an additional 5 by 6.5 meters. This time the planted area is only covered with plastic sheet.This greenhouse is in use from April through October as a summer location for container plants. The benefit of excellent light conditions is diminished by low temperatures in April and October.

Similarly was used fiberglass in spring of year 2003. The area of this greenhouse measures almost 30 square meter.

Primarily used for citrus trees, my greenhouses shelter other subtropical plants during the winter months.

My subtropical selections include: fig; bay leaf; pomegranate; carob; Chinese date (Chinese jujube); loquat; Feijoa sellowiana (pineapple guava); and kiwi. Despite the high altitude level of my home town of Moravec (located 600 meters above sea level in Zdar-above-Sazava county) I have also had success with grapes, particularly outdoors with frost resistant varieties such as cross-hybrid or “interspecific.”

I enjoy visiting different coastal countries and establishing contact with other growers in an effort to further expand my citrus tree collection. At present, I have approximately five hundred varieties of citrus trees and my growing problem is finding adequate greenhouse space. To address this issue, I have started to plant multiple citrus trees into each pot. A majority of the trees are grown in the ground; I will graft branches of other varieties. This system has worked well for me with grapes; to date, five original vines now contain have twenty varieties. With citrus trees, I wish to bring each variety to bear fruit no matter how small the harvest yield might by. I prefer a wide variety of fruit to a large harvest.

I cultivated In conclusion, I wish you much success in growing citrus trees—may this noble hobby remain with you even after any minor failures which may meet even the most experienced growers. Perhaps my photos will help you in your endeavors.

Petr Broza