The Tropical Fruit Forum
Uniting Growers Worldwide!
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
We are looking for Facebook editors for the forum's Facebook page.
Home
Help
Search
Calendar
Login
Register
The Tropical Fruit Forum
»
Citrus
»
Citrus General Discussion
(Moderator:
Millet
) »
Did You Know
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Author
Topic: Did You Know (Read 1432 times)
Millet
Moderator
Hero Member
Posts: 4816
Colorado
Did You Know
«
on:
October 04, 2014, 05:31:30 PM »
A citrus fruit receives 100 percent of all its required nutrients, (energy, light, proteins, etc). to enable it to grow into a mature, healthy, high quality fruit, from only its 3 or 4 closest leaves. - Millet.
«
Last Edit: October 04, 2014, 11:10:47 PM by Millet
»
Logged
karpes
Member
Posts: 39
South Louisiana
Re: Did You Know
«
Reply #1 on:
October 04, 2014, 08:10:44 PM »
Millet
Closest leaves, would that mean new flushes at the end of the branch stems?
Logged
Millet
Moderator
Hero Member
Posts: 4816
Colorado
Re: Did You Know
«
Reply #2 on:
October 06, 2014, 09:16:32 PM »
Karl, Sorry I don't know the answer to that. However, Dr. Manners thinks that research was done with terminal fruit, so all leaves would have been beneath the fruit (trunk side). - Millet
Logged
Print
Pages: [
1
]
« previous
next »
The Tropical Fruit Forum
»
Citrus
»
Citrus General Discussion
(Moderator:
Millet
) »
Did You Know
SMF spam
blocked by CleanTalk