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Citrus General Discussion / Re: Ripe fruit dropping
« on: June 16, 2016, 08:33:01 AM »
Thanks for your input. The trees look healthy and bug-free, but this is unusual. By "ripe" I mean they are large (3-5 inch) fruit that have been on the tree for close to a year. Every morning I go out and pick 10 or 12 off the ground. I've been using them as much as I can and giving them to my kids for them to use. Their flavor and juiciness is good. I question whether everything is alright because my sister's tree in Santa Barbara (which NEVER endures the weather extremes we have up here), keeps it's fruit forever, and up until now my trees seemed to act the same way. We have been experiencing a drought for the last five years but this spring we got lots of rain. That's about the only difference I can think of between this year and previous years. There's new fruit on the trees, so maybe things are OK. Thanks again for your help.