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Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« on: February 08, 2017, 05:50:15 PM »
Awesome quality fruit.


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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2017, 06:00:47 PM »
Beautiful!

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 09:17:21 PM »
Laaz, do you have to protect your fruit from freezing in winter there?

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2017, 08:16:00 AM »
I never protect anything. The fruit is good as long as the temps don't stay below 32F for a extended period. I think we dropped to 26 twice this winter for a few hours... I still have hundreds of grapefruit & variegated valencia oranges hanging on the trees.

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2017, 01:13:05 PM »
Laaz the coloration of your Cara Cara is really something.   My Cara Cara tree which is 11 ft. high and wide and is something over 10 years old produces a lot of fruit, but the color is not as deep as your picture above.   Nice looking fruit.  With the next Citrus Expo in your area, you should put that tree's fruit in the contest.

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2017, 04:39:25 PM »
Thank Bob. This tree is about 10 years old & 6 ft tall. It's from budwood Joe Real sent me years ago.

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2017, 02:40:23 PM »
Well Done Laaz, I hope all is well.

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2017, 09:17:16 PM »
Now that is amazing, growing in those temps!

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2017, 04:47:42 PM »
Wow, that pic looks photo-shopped they're so good!

Congrats!

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Re: Last of my variegated cara cara's for the year...
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2017, 01:26:48 AM »
Wow, that pic looks photo-shopped they're so good!

Congrats!

Nope, just the ckassic look of the Cara...
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