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Xie Shan in CA
sc4001992:
I also tried to get some mandarin varieties that could ripen earlier so I can extend the fruiting season but have not found any variety that ripens earlier than my Ponkan mandarin. The Xie Shan fruits was not riper any earlier than the other satsumas I have. So for me the mandarins are not ripe until November, then continues until March.
CharlieLoon:
My latest grafting attempts seems to be failing already.
Does anyone know of a nursery in CA that sells Xie Shan trees? This thread https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=27056.0 mentions two down in San Diego. I'm up in SLO so even something an hour or two further north saves me a lot of time.
I'll cold call a bunch of nurseries, but there are obviously lots of them down in the LA/SD region, so if anyone can point me to places I might have better luck with, that would be of an immense help.
12Zodiac:
Too bad I’m in the citrus quarantine area or else I can send you some Xie Shan scions. You’ll get fruits much faster grafted to a mature tree. I grafted Xie Shan from CCPP to my satsuma in May 2023 and it has fruited. I Can’t wait to taste it. My satsuma tasted bland this year.
sc4001992:
Dan, your Xie Shan fruits look good but not ripe. You should wait until it turns completely yellow before you eat them. The early ones that are not fully ripe will not be as good.
sc4001992:
Dan, if you have a brix meter (refractometer), can you take a brix reading of your ripe fruit.
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