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Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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savemejebus
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Coral Springs, FL
Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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July 28, 2017, 02:42:48 PM »
Ok maybe not a "dilemma" per se... more of a conundrum. We have a grand total of 2 lemon zest mangoes on the tree this year. Below is how they look today - a light shade of green. We leave for Hawaii on Tuesday and won't be back for 10 days. Do I pick these now (underripe) and hope they ripen by Monday or just leave them on the tree and hope they are still there/not overripe by the time we get back?
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igrowmangos
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USA, East Central Florida, Plant Zone 9B
Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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July 28, 2017, 03:24:32 PM »
Pick one, leave one. Just incase....
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“When life gives you lemons, throw it back & say, “I said I wanted a MANGO!”
bsbullie
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USA, Boynton Beach, FL 33472, Zone 10a
Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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July 28, 2017, 04:16:41 PM »
From the looks, even if you picked today it would most likely not be ripe by Monday. Maybe pick it and sneak it on and take it with you...
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Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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July 28, 2017, 04:39:13 PM »
I can guard them for you. Honest.
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beefyboy
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united states, florida
Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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July 31, 2017, 10:20:24 PM »
put a clam shell on it. Try finding the ones used for 1 qt of strawberries, they will work perfectly. you can even put a string through it near top and tie to the branch that way the fruit will never hit the ground.
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savemejebus
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Coral Springs, FL
Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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August 01, 2017, 05:49:15 AM »
decided to leave them both in the clamshells. hopefully still there when we get back. i'll have to make up for it by eating mangoes in Hawaii.
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beefyboy
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united states, florida
Re: Lemon Zest dilemma - pick now or risk leaving on tree unguarded for 14 days?
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August 01, 2017, 07:55:17 AM »
I did not realize you were going to Hawaii! Now I do not feel sorry for you! haha
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