Owari Satsuma Mandarin
Phylis
8 years ago
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Just brought this home and realized the curled leaves and black spots. Can this be saved, or better off returned?
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Comments (14)I feel it is best to grow citrus that are not readily available in stores. Obviously lemons and limes will do fine most places in the bay area. Variegated Eureka is an interesting choice with attractive foliage and unusual stripped fruit. Orange: Trovita does not require the same heat as most other orange cultivars. It is flavorful and does not have many seeds. Cara Cara Navel orange has pigmented fruit and is spoken of very highly by many people. Mine is very young and has yet to bear fruit. Mandarins: Kishu, Gold Nugget and most cultivars of satsuma are probably the best choices. Kishu and Owari Satsuma will ripen very close to one another. I highly recommend tasting satsuma before purchasing it. Many people love them, but I am not a big fan. I much prefer the flavor of the clementine-type mandarin. The Gold Nugget ripens in late winter/early spring and will keep on the tree through most of the summer. It also requires less heat than most mandarins. Blood orange: Moro is the most colorful and Tarocco is the most flavorful. Moro ripens consistently in this region. Tarocco needs more heat than Moro and may be a bit more spotty in its ability to fully ripen here. Oro blanco is a pommelo/grapefruit hybrid that requires much less heat than traditional grapefruits. Hope this helps. -Brett...See MoreHard to find citrus in Arizona?
Comments (15)Very good! See if you can find the name of the grower on the pot label, or ask your Costco what grower they buy from. That way, you can stay in contact with them to know when they will be sending citrus to the various Costcos or other retail outlets. Australian Finger Lime is its own weird citrus cultivar, but very fun to have in the yard. It has very pretty foliage - tiny little leaves. Very thorny, and grows some very, very interesting looking fruits that can be used in cooking like a lime. Kind of the rage in many high end gourmet restaurants right now. And sorry to hear you were in a car accident, my gosh. Glad you're okay and healing. I would wait to plant anyway, until your weather cools off some, anyway. Keep them in an afternoon shady spot, so the don't cook in their black plastic pots. Patty S. Here is a link that might be useful: UCR Citrus Variety Collections: Australian Finger Lime...See MoreCitrus Tree update video. Owari Satsuma, Tango Mandarin
Comments (1)Thanks for that!! your trees look very happy. Mike...See MoreMountain Mandarin Festival 2009
Comments (3)Last Saturday we had absolutely beautiful weather for the 2009 Mountain Mandarin Festival! The air was brisk, the sky was a clear, November blue, and the sun was warm...shorts and sweatshirt temperatures. My friends and I met a little before eleven, and then entered the Fairgrounds to begin the circuit of sounds, scents, sampling, and sight-seeing! There was so much to see, and so much to report. In addition to the loop, there were two buildings full of crafts, such as soaps, jewelry, lotions, lights, wines, candies, olive oils, wood carvings, metal castings, kitchen apparati, and much, much more! (Click here to see the Slideshow for some examples of various handicrafts). Outdoors, there were numerous games and such for the younger kids, along with demonstrations (chainsaw carving, for instance). In the middle of the Festival was the sound-stage, where a blue-grass band (reminiscent of O Brother Where Art Thou?) sludged through a few cover-songs from the movie...Man Of Constant Sorrow being the first. We took in the tunes during lunch - an Elk burger (I would have liked the Ostrich, too) for a friend and I, and sausages and Teriyaki chicken and roasted corn for my other, less adventurous friends. Oh, and tangerine juice to drink! This year, I purchased Mandarin honey, several Mandarin jams (Blazing Mandarin with orange Habañero peppers added), and bags of Mandarin fruit (I also stocked up on jams for Christmas presents). My Thanksgiving cranberries had fresh Mandarin, too...and were delicious! I attended the Festival on Sunday, as well, but the weather had turned drizzly and grey. Since we (two other friends and I) were walking to the fairgrounds from a nearby apartment, I decided to leave my camera behind (in the interest of unfettered travel, should I be carrying anything on the return). Anyhow, I hope you enjoy the images in the Slideshow...just click below, and you should be transported directly. ;-) Josh Here is a link that might be useful: Mountain Mandarin Festival Slideshow...See MorePhylis
8 years ago
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