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when to pick Chandler pummelo?
brian:
Hmm that looks nothing like I was expecting for Chandler, tedburn, but does look like what my tree produced. I am starting to think that the pink, dry-flesh pummelos I've been buying at the grocery store for years are not Chandler, but some other pink type. And now I have to try to figure out what it might be.
My new Chandler from MadisonCitrus is still small, no fruit this year
Millet:
The Chandler tree I once had produced pink fruit. During the winter months my heater is set to turn on when the greenhouse temperature falls to 40 degrees F.
tedburn:
@ Millet and Brian, yes I also thought or expected Chandler to get pink, but if taste is excellent this is more important ;).
Perhaps the pink coloration comes only in the warmer climates than ours.
In every case I was very pleased to be able to harvest in the same year than blooming and before winter, didn ' expect that, though this year we had a hot and dry summer.
Citradia:
This is my first Chandler fruit on a tree l got from Madison citrus last year. It’s in a pot in my living room. Overwintered last year in a greenhouse just fine. I too wonder when to harvest it. It’s huge, but I assume it needs to turn yellow before it’s ready. I’ve seen them much bigger too.
Millet:
Citradia, do not pick the fruit green, Wait until it matures into a yellow fruit.
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