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pinkturtle:
Hi all,

My pomelo fruit the first time this year.  I am running into the fruits are slowly splitting.  Does anyone know what I need to do to avoid this issue?



Thanks,
Al

brian:
I had this happen to my Tango mandarin really badly last year.  The explanations I found were:

1) inconsistent watering - peel becomes dry, then fruit swells quickly and bursts it.  This happens very easily with tomatoes

2) too much fruit set.  The mechanism wasn't explained, but my Tango did have a massive fruit load and at least a quarter of them split like this

Not sure if that is your cause, I haven't ever seen this with my pomelos.

Laaz:
Too much water. The tree uptakes water faster than the peel can expand. Very common.

pinkturtle:
Thanks, I watered it twice a week.  Possible under water.  I will try to water it one time a week to see it is better or not.

pinkturtle:
No fruits for me this year.  All my fruits get splitted. 

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