When to Harvest Pink Lemonade Variegated Lemons
9 years ago
My pink lemonade is finally setting fruit but the lemons seemed to have stopped growing at a very small size. Should I just give it time? When are pink lemonades ready to harvest? It's hard to tell since they have stripes.
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Hobby, I've gotten a very small lemon from my variegated tree.
Here it is pictured beside a Moro blood orange. This small lemon grew on an entirely albino branch, which I think accounts for the miniscule fruit. When I cut it open, it wasn't as pink as I expected, but the taste was nice. I think future fruit will be better, though.
The albino branch on which the fruit set:
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sure, this pic was taken early Nov. I can not say for sure but at least a few more months to go
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12/26/16 it's grown some since Nov. I currently have five new fruit. and dozens of blooms to still open. I will harvest this one around the second week of January and hopefully it will still ripen. This was the runt from the last batch and I want the energy to go into the new fruit set and making them big and healthy for spring.
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