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My mandarine tree ... some advice, please?

 
 
margo
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 01:44 am
:wink: are you still peeing on them? Twisted Evil
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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 02:10 am
margo wrote:
:wink: are you still peeing on them? Twisted Evil


I've tried, but it's not possible. Weird angle.:wink:

So it's doing pretty well minus the most desirable treatment!
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 02:38 am
Lots and lots of small fruit can be an indication of stress.
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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 02:43 am
dadpad wrote:
Lots and lots of small fruit can be an indication of stress.


I sort of figured that, dadpad.

Any suggestions, or too late to do anything? (Obviously lack of lots of water has been a big issue this summer! Sad )

Actually, I'll be happy (given the circumstances) if I have small, perfectly edible fruit.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 03:31 am
Pick some whilst still green if you want to reduce the stress. Not much else you can do.
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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 03:36 am
But if I just leave them, it won't detroy the tree will it, dadpad? (What a thought! Shocked )

It looks extremely leafy, green & healthy!

I can cope with a crop of midget mandarines! Razz
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 03:50 am
I think it will be ok but "extremely green and healthy" might indicate a fertiliser imbalance (high in nitrogen). Combined with small fruit this is probable.

I have to go and will be "up the bush" for a week so cant answer any more queries.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sun 10 Feb, 2008 11:37 am
Peaches are small in drought years, but they are very, very sweet.
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2008 12:46 am
dadpad wrote:
I think it will be ok but "extremely green and healthy" might indicate a fertiliser imbalance (high in nitrogen). Combined with small fruit this is probable.

I have to go and will be "up the bush" for a week so cant answer any more queries.


Ah! I see!
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2008 12:48 am
Noddy24 wrote:
Peaches are small in drought years, but they are very, very sweet.


So all might not be lost then, Noddy?

Size never mattered much to me anyway! :wink:
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2008 12:50 am
dadpad wrote:
I have to go and will be "up the bush" for a week so cant answer any more queries.


Thanks for your advice so far, dadpad.

And have a good time up the bush! Very Happy
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 11 Feb, 2008 02:58 pm
Careful where you put your hands and feet.
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msolga
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 12:23 am
Noddy24 wrote:
Careful where you put your hands and feet.


... around my mandarine tree, Noddy? Why? Huh? Confused

Oh I see ... you're talking to dadpad!

Yep, dadpad, take care in the bush!
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 01:06 pm
msolga--

One never knows where serpents may be lurking--although dadpad is probably in more danger--literally and otherwise--than you are.

On the other hand, once you get that scarlet corset laced up....
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farmerman
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 01:13 pm
I am soooo jealous of your mandarine tree. ALl we have are goddam apples an peaches.
I would sell my soul for the ability to grow some citrus around here.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 01:48 pm
Sorry if it has already been posted, but when harvesting citrus, it is best to cut the fruit off the tree. For mandarins and tangerines, a little bit of leaves should be left on, perhaps cut 2cm above the fruit. They look better that way and it's better for the tree.

NEVER pull or twist citrus off a tree.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 01:51 pm
Also and perhaps surprisingly, citrus needs cooler temps to ripen properly. Citrus won't ripen and change color on the outside without cool weather. They will tolerate a frost or light freeze, they just don't like it to stay below freezing for more than a few hours at a time.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 01:52 pm
I just realized this is an old thread. It has to be, msolga's in the southern hemisphere and it's summer there. Citrus is a winter crop.
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msolga
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 06:40 pm
Noddy24 wrote:
msolga--

One never knows where serpents may be lurking--although dadpad is probably in more danger--literally and otherwise--than you are.

On the other hand, once you get that scarlet corset laced up....


Laughing

Only two hands here. It's taking so long that I suspect I may be out of danger indefinitely, Noddy!
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msolga
 
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Reply Tue 12 Feb, 2008 06:46 pm
farmerman wrote:
I am soooo jealous of your mandarine tree. ALl we have are goddam apples an peaches.
I would sell my soul for the ability to grow some citrus around here.


Actually, farmer, I wouldn't mind a goddam apple tree & also a goddam peach tree! I wish I had more space!

I suspect my mandarine tree (grown in what I considered was quite an inappropriate spot - too shady) has reaped the dubious benefits of climate change! It's growing like crazy! Confused
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