Thanks for all the help. Sorry, my one cam get dropped in water. Have not bot a replacement. It is nothing to brag about anyway. About 9 feet tall. Maybe 4 years in ground.

Hi, I just planted a couple of thousand of them, on my seed package, it says 90 to 110 days to maturity, every year we have an annual pumpkin patch, so in order for our plants not to rot before October season, in Arkansas, we have to wait until July to plant them, generally, the vines begin to die back when they are finished. I hope this helps.

I've been eating apples right off the tree my entire life. For the past thirty years I've been living in a major apple growing area of Southern British Columbia here in Canada. When apples have a nice blush to them (besides fruit falling from the tree) that is the first sign they are ready for picking. Taste your fruit when they appear to be ripe, when you like what you are eating pick your fruit. Fruit on the tree will eventually ripen to the point of being mealy so don't leave the fruit hanging too long. As for those Coddling Moths try hanging sticky yellow cards in your trees. Yellow cards attract flying insects such as aphids and all sorts of other flying insects that can damage fruit and even ruin the tree over time. Here in Canada orchardists have been combating Coddling Moth by releasing sterile moths that help to reduce the overall population. Apple trees are lime lovers. They thrive in sweet soil. Add as much as two kilos of hydrated or dolomite lime as a top dressing around each tree right out to their drip lines. Another given with apples is water. Obviously with water restrictions in much of Australia watering your apple tree may be out of the question however with sufficient watering fruit will be bigger, juicier, with enough sunshine add wonderful sweetness! Oh yes! Don't forget, 'An Apple a Day . . . !'

Most satsuma and mandarines can be eaten even before the completely turn orange. They do get sweeter the longer they hang, until they get mealy. They look like they are ready to me. In SE Texas they start turning orange now and are good until at least end of December. Pick one at a time. They only stay really good for a day or 2 after they are picked. Had a friend pick the entire tree, about 3 dozen, all at one time. They really should have picked only what they were going to eat in one day.