Address: 13949 LA-23, Belle Chasse, LA 70037, USA
Phone: +15044953969
M Davey
I have planted and enjoyed high quality citrus trees grown by Saxon Becnel and Sons for almost 30 years. Favorites have been a 'Hamlin' Sweet Orange that was little-kid climb-able in 10 years, and by 12 years, we had to stand on a ladder to pick. Most winters it bore hundreds of the sweetest, most intensely fragrant oranges I've ever tasted. We stopped counting at 400 oranges, one year. They were ripe Christmas week, usually. We shared over half of them with the Food Bank. It rarely had any problems at all. Too many fruit; had to thin it a few times. That was in Baton Rouge. We also had bumper crops with a Meyer Lemon, and of course, several different varieties of satsuma. The satsumas all needed propping up, and netting to keep the coyotes from helping themselves to the ripest low-hanging fruit at night. A 'Ponderosa' Lemon also grew too well, and despite rejuvenating it several times and clipping its most wicked thorns to keep it in bounds and well-mannered, it was like the Energizer Bunny. Its grapefruit-sized fruit tended to hit us in the head when we mowed around it. But my late North Louisiana dad dearly delighted in showing off his daughter's "giant lemons" to his friends. Sadly, we moved off and left our 12-tree Baton Rouge citrus orchard, but have started a new one in St. Tammany. All new plants were purchased locally and grown by the Becnels. Looking forward to more bumper crops.
Royce Dours
Becnel farms I used to haul fish oil 3times a day in the summer before and after Katrina. It took me a while to finally stop and try some navel oranges that a bout from a man outside of port sulfur. I ate almost the whole bag other than a few I shared. They where the best sweetest navel oranges I have ever eaten. On the way home that weekend I stopped at yalls fruit stand and bought a whole box. Everyone here in Columbia ms. Really enjoyed them. I haven’t been back down there in years, but we are planning on making a trip soon and I hope to get some more good oranges and maybe some trees. I saw a lot of loss from Katrina when we went down there to empire to clean out a damaged tank of fish oil. I spent three summers there and got to know a few people. It broke my Heart to pass all the damage and places where family’s used to be and everything pretty much gone. But the rebuilding and the way y’all came back really impressed me and gave me a good feeling that there is still hope that everyone can get along and come back from any tradgidy. God bless y’all Hope to see y’all soon Royce Dours (Hawkeye)
Flo Tec
Fantastic company.
Collin Lucas
The smell is 😍
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The figs are a rooted cutting and are approximately 1 year old at the point of sale. The avocado are grafted onto cold hardy rootstock and can be anywhere from 18 months to 2 years old at the point of sale.
Good luck getting an answer to that question. My inquiries to them about their native persimmons have gone unanswered. The tree is a grafted persimmon tree with no indication which cultivar was grafted onto the root stock. And with native persimmons knowing that is imperative.
All of our avocados are grafted. We use a cold hardy rootstock named Lula for all varieties of avocado that we offer.
For in ground growing you will want to use a balanced fertilizer such as 13-13-13. In the first year you can apply a handful of this fertilizer on the first of every month from March to September depending on your location. If you are in little cooler zone you will want to stop in August. The next year you will want to apply a pound of fertilizer on the tree around March 1st depending on the threat of cold weather. If you are still experiencing cold weather you will want to wait until clearly finished. The next year you will apply two pounds, then three the next year all the way to reaching 5 pounds in consecutive years. You will not want to exceed 5 pounds as this is plenty of fertilizer for the tree. For container growing you will want to purchase a good time release fertilizer. Time release here will be key as you will not want a full release into the container at the same time like a balanced fertlizer as it will tend to burn the tree. This should be available at IGC's
Currently we use a Citrange rootstock for the bulk of our trees along with a C-22 Bitters for certain varieties such as Kumquats. Both are cold hardy and very good for the many soil types within our service area.
All citrus that we grow is self pollinating.
We are a wholesale nursery. Please give us a call or send an email to discuss pricing and availability.
Pull any fruit that you see in the first year. That year any fruit produced will likely be dry and puffy as the tree is still immature to produce fruit. This will also help with the overall growth of your tree within the first year. In the second year it is considered to be a growers choice. If you feel your tree is healthy and substantial enough to sustain growing fruit then it can do so, but the fruit still may be puffy and dry at times. The third year will be the first year to truly grow quality citrus on your tree.
At this time no citrus trees grown from either location can enter CA, AZ, and FL. This is due to each individual states citrus rules and regulations to protect the states citrus industry.
You'll have to call or text Becnel. I just have the Meyer lemon and navel orange tree I bought from them.
Unfortunately we no longer grow Chinese Chestnut at this time.
Use seven dust or check with your place where you purchased your trees.
All of our avocados are grafted onto a rootstock named Lula. The Hass avocado is the least cold hardy that we grow, but is a very popular variety as is most commonly found in grocery stores. The others that we grow are cold hardy and good quality avocados. Currently they are Super Hass, Lila, Joey, and Fantastic.
Typically you can begin to cut citrus back once the threat of cold weather is over. In Louisiana and coastal Texas this is done typically sometime in January to February. You can also begin to fertilize from February to March depending on the threat of cold weather. you will want to prune and fertilize to promote new growth on your tree.
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