Planting a blood orange tree

[John68]

We planted a blood orange tree with plenty of sunshine. This was last week The bottom leaves are a little wrinkled. When should our tree start to bloom. Thank you.

 

[John68]

we live in East Texas in Huntsville.

 

[Chuck]

How old is the tree and is it grafted? Most if not all are grafted and it usually takes 2-5 years for a grafted tree but for a more definitive answer you need to know how old it is.

 

[John68]

Hello Chuck and thank you for responding, it is year and half old. We bought the potted tree at Sam's. It has not been grafted.

 

[John68]

Chuck, when we bought the tree, it had two oranges growing, which we ate last year.

 

[Chuck]

If it is not grafted it was grown from a cutting. The cutting produced fruit last year and you planted the tree in the ground this year? If so, I doubt if it will flower this year but next year it should start producing.

 

[John68]

Thank you Chuck, eagerly awaiting next year.