Most flavor-packed, powerfully, intensely flavored mandarin/tangerine?
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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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Seedless Mandarin Varieties
Comments (12)Dltsch has provided a good list of some of the best alternatives. Although I would say that "Gold Nugget" is far superior to "Pixie", if you want a seedless mandarin. "Page" has a wonderful flavor, in California or Florida, but, as others have pointed out, it is not always completely seedless. Satsuma-type mandarins can be very nice as well -- however, they tend to ripen very early, and don't hold well on the tree. (They also tend to be more mildly-flavored than intensely sweet/acid fruits like "Page" or "Gold Nugget.) Most satsumas would ripen around November/December, while a fruit like "Gold Nugget" will be at its best much later, through late spring possibly even into early summer. So you can see that many of these cultivars are not in direct competition with each other -- they ripen during different windows. Kquat, There is the California "Honey" mandarin, which is quite a seedy fruit. There is also the "Murcott", sometimes called "Honey" in Florida. "W. Murcott Afourer" is a seedling or bud-sport of "Murcott" (I can't remember which), that I think is better adapted to California. "Tango", as Dltsch mentions, is a U.C.-developed seedless version of "W. Murcott Afourer"....See MoreMost flavor-packed, powerfully, intensely flavored mandarin/tangerine?
Comments (1)My favorite is owari satsuma by far the best.but there is a catch,the first 5years they have no flavor and should be picked off.the Japanese do this for 10 years before they eat them...See MoreOwari Satsuma Mandarin
Comments (9)You've got a few minor bug issues, but the tree looks fine overall. The new leaves are not as deep green as they should be so you will want to fertilize it slightly but frequently with an organic nitrogen rich fertilizer balanced with maybe some seaweed to supply magnesium, zinc, iron and calcium. Most of what appears to be "leaf wrinkling" will go away with the calcium supplement. and by leaf wrinkling, I don't mean the dramatic leaf curling caused by the insect damage. Looking again, you really need to get that tree some calcium... you may want to try calcium nitrate. The lighter green tinge between the veins will go away with the magnesium and zinc... just don't over do the whole fertilizer thing....See MoreWhat is your most vigorous citrus tree?
Comments (11)It is beginning to look like we will see different folks reporting all manner of different citrus as most vigorous. Maybe one will beam out as a real winner but I'm guessing a lackluster weakling for one region, maybe Texas, will be a really winner in another area, like New Zealand. That in itself is interesting and might help us understand how important soil supplements, micronutrients, microbes, pH, temperature, growing season, and sun exposure are when we select a location on our property, dig the hole, prepare the soil for planting, and maintain our tree after planting. So my most vigorous growth and production is probably from my calamondin tree. I was running out of sunny spots in my yard so I just planted it near a mature pecan tree. It has grown into a very beautiful and productive tree in spite of whatever competition it has from the pecan. It's not my favorite fruit but seems quite hardy, blooms often, and bears lots of fruit. The calamondin is in the back left I really struggle getting the Moro blood orange to thrive. It's the little tree in the foreground. It's more sensitive to the cold and just seems to be less tolerant of my mostly hands-off approach to growing citrus. I'll have to mention the Ponderosa lemons since they seem to grow like weeds here in SE Texas. They come up from seed wherever I throw them...even sowing them on my lawn grass...and they grow rapidly if planted in reasonably aerated, soil...meaning I fluffed up and added organic mulch to my clay soil. There is a Ponderosa lemon in the photo in the background immediately to the left of the pecan tree trunk....See MoreDave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
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