^ DowntownDweller, you are over-watering your citrus tree. My grandmother's property in the West Valley still has an abundance of citrus trees that are full and fruitful. The trees are watered only once a week during the hottest periods of the summer. Here is a little info on citrus watering schedules:

Citrus Watering Schedule
Citrus like to dry out between waterings. In the hottest part of summer this schedule equals watering once every one to two weeks, and in the winter once every four to six weeks. Other times of the year fall between these two extremes. Newly planted trees need more frequent waterings. For the first two weeks after planting, water every three days. After that, the normal schedule should be followed. When watering citrus flood them very thoroughly for 30 minutes to an hour. Examples of other plants that fall under this schedule are bougainvilleas and oleanders. Interestingly, established oleanders need even less water. They are almost as tough as cactus, which is surprising considering how lush they look.

Also, if the tree is large enough and you trim the bottom branches and expose the trunk, then you will want to paint the trunk white otherwise you can kill the tree.

I have flood irrigation and my trees get deep watering every 2 weeks. i have so much fruit i cannot even give it all away

Send all of your grapefruit my way :banana:

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/p...#ixzz1UXeX87B9

Sounds like downtown restaurants are doing well. Does anyone know how the new Westin is doing? When I drive by at night I don't usually see a lot of lights on like I do at the Sheraton.

My established orange trees do just fine with a flood watering every 2 weeks, and even only once a month (when irrigation didn't come one cycle). The lime tree I planted is another matter though. Its only 5-6' tall, and just a twig really. If you don't water it at a minimum, every 2 days, its leaves crisp up and start dropping, and all limbs just point towards the ground since its full of fruit. The trunk is painted already, one of the first things I did. I'm hoping if I can get it past this blazing summer, I can start working my way further and further out with a soaker in between irrigations.

You should (should have) pulled all the fruit off of it so that it uses all it's resources on growing and staying healthy instead of sending them to the fruit.

can we just fill up downtown with those Pistachio Trees? That's a solid pedestrian-friendly tree.

Read an article in the Business Journal talking about a new residential development on Camelback east of the Esplanade, where Trump tried to build his 19-story monstrosity (sarcasm mode fully engaged). Rendering looks to be about 6-7 stories tall and decently urban.

In other news in the same rag, The Level at 16th Street and Highland is 93% leased.

--don

Do you have a link to that? I couldn't find it on their site or through a google news search. I'd like to see the rendering.

There is also a rendering of the new apartments on Camelback on the cover of the latest edition of AZRE. AZRE is the real estate magazine published every two months by AZ Business. I believe I read the demolition of the current structures is expected to begin this month, with actual construction slated later this year on the 270 units.

I posted all the info a few months ago. Not sure how far back in the thread it is.

That has to be the most hideous development I've ever seen.

The elevators there are SO SLOW. I have a friend who just moved in there.

I don't think it is "hideous" but it is much too sterile with too large a parking lot. The whole development looks to be a heat sink for the area. I originally thought it was the product/design of another Seattle firm but it seems the company is based in Houston. :shrug:
http://orbarch.com/portfolio/port-multi2.html

I actually don't think the development is that bad. Good density for being pretty far out of the CBD. Seems like a good use of land.

This look s a lot more suburban than I expected...

http://media2.myfoxphoenix.com//phot...33_640_480.JPG

I kind of like it. It fits the area to a T. It's close to the street, front doors at the curb, dense and low. Lots of urban areas in big cities look like this.

Not dense enough. We need to think bigger. Medium density is no different, functionally, than low density given our current transportation hurdles.

They should be at least twice the height for more density. Since this development aims to lure older adults, it does make sense that units would be a little larger. However, in an urban setting that should mean the building would then need to be taller. I do like the "brownstone" front steps to the sidewalk.

Switching gears-they posted public hearing notices for the project at 7th Ave. and McDowell. One is for signage, and the other is for outdoor alcohol consumption at Chipotle.

I've never been to Chipotle, but they serve booze? I thought it was fast food?