US Citrus, LLC

The Standard Practice of Citrus Production:

• You plant a 1½ to 2 year-old nursery tree in the field, tree takes 6 months to establish & recover from transplant shock
• Get commercial harvest after 4-5 years
• Start maximum fruit production by years 10-11 years
• Plant 121-145 trees per acre and allow many years for plants to fill-up the land and reach maximum fruit production
• Full pay back of all expenses including land cost in 16-18 years depending on cultural practices and fruit variety
• This system seems to work well when orchards are maintained in a family for generations

Our Innovations and Technologies Include or Produce:

Eliminating the 2 year-old nursery phase and plant small trees in the field
Trees starting to produce flowers and fruit in 1-3 years, depending on variety
With commercial harvest in 3 years
Starting maximum fruit production reaches by year five
Planting higher density of plants per acre (3-10 times more plants/acre) bringing a higher yield
Changing citrus production economics
Powerful enough even to attract a busy young professional to citrus production
Which all together bring full cost recovery in less than half the time compared to standard practices
Minimizing the impact of challenges fraught with adversities from pest and diseases
Proprietary technologies practiced here are fully validated over a period of several years with multiple varieties, and
Now commercialized in Texas.