However, if youâre at all like me, sometimes ya just get the urge to bake something without a plan in place. I often find myself in this situation and it can be a real bummer if the recipe youâre using calls for room temperature items such as butter, eggs, and cream cheese.
If you have bought a sapling from the nursery, then you can wait for at least a year for the orange tree to grow to about four feet. This is an ideal height for the tree to start producing fruits. However, for oranges to come on a regular basis on the tree, it takes at least four years from its birth. Oranges start as a flower and they take about eight weeks to mature into a ripe fruit. However, people who grow oranges put in a lot of effort throughout the year to make the oranges juicy and pulpy. For an average person, who is just growing the plant, the product might not be so great.
Although Citrus is a subtropical genus, northern gardeners can grow lemons, oranges, and other citrus trees in containers to enjoy fresh fruit. Standard-size orange and grapefruit trees can grow 18 to 22 feet tall, whereas dwarf varieties only grow 8 to 12 feet tall.