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.
The oranges will produce true to form, depending on the top of the tree, not the bottom. Grafted trees usually start to produce fruit for you the quickest. Depending on your variety, an orange tree can get between 12 and 30 feet tall and have branches that spread around 10 feet across. Itâs important to remember the final size when you pick your tree location. Oranges will also need a sunny location with well-drained soil.