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Mike T

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A few citrus in the backyard
« on: April 23, 2014, 04:27:08 AM »
A stroll around the garden this afternoon reveals a bit of fruit development.


The valencias are large and hanging in bunches.



Emperor mandarins are developing.


The birdnet went on the honey murcott too early and some poked through.



Some bunches of hickson mandarins are hanging on the ground and will need to ne lifted.



The ever-bearing Tahitian pumps out fruit like a machine,
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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2014, 06:03:47 AM »
Nice fruit  8) and trees.
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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2014, 03:30:23 PM »
Mike your right about a Tahitian (Bearss) lime's production.  All a person needs is one tree for fruit year around.  My wife juices much of the fruit and freezes the juice in Ice cube trays, and stores the cubes in the freezer.  When she wants to make something, she takes out as many lime ice cubes as required.  All of your trees look to be doing well - Millet

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2014, 10:35:08 PM »


Hickson is a killer variety, has it's own unique taste. At my patch they only varieties I have planted out are hickson and satsuma.

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2014, 12:04:20 AM »
Great pictures and fruit!  Thanks for the post!

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2014, 07:07:23 AM »
Starling in my hot wet climate there are only 4 mandarin varieties I can grow. Hickson and emperor are on par for top fruit quality and honey murcott and ellendale are really tangors but pretty good. My Ellendale volunteered its spot for another fruit tree because I get overloaded with the emperors being so productive.
I stopped applying fungicide and insecticide about 4 years ago. At that time I cut fertilizer use to 2 light applications a year. The trees improved in health and productivity but I trim off excess growth and sick bits.

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2014, 07:14:59 PM »


This Carter's Red pomelo has grown 5ft taller each year for it's first 3 and flowered well but has not set a fruit yet.


Putting netting over patches of heavy fruiting on citrus has saved many fruit from pests for me. Sulphur crested cockatoos and fruit sucking moths are my main enemies.

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2014, 12:55:38 AM »


I see you are afflicted with the presence of giant african tulip too Mike. An utter bastard of a tree; the area around mine is a no-go for planting anything, totally sucks all the water/nutrients from the soil and everything I've tried to plant  beneath it struggles and eventually gets moved.

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Re: A few citrus in the backyard
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2014, 01:24:06 AM »
Starling it is all over the place here and they get giant with suckers all over the place. They are the first trees to fall over in wind.