Me and my pomelo.
Monyet
4 years ago
My last one, hope it will taste better than the previous ones, which were pretty good. Hopefully the tree will have a good yield. The tree’s are budding now, way early, will take them outside for the bee’s to work on with temps in the high fifties next week.
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Ken "Fruity Paws" (N-Va 7a)
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Comments (3)HI, I would love to trade for some of your pomello seed. I have some camellia Japonica and Sasanqua seeds I can trade. Please email me if you are interested. Thanks, Linda...See MoreVerrrry little flesh in my pomelo
Comments (5)Unlikely this is a pummelo. I'm thinking it is most likely rootstock, and probably Cuban shaddock (Yuma Ponderosa lemon pummelo hybrid). wylim32, are you sure your tree really is producing from above the graft, or could you possibly have had the rootstock take over the graft? Pummelos are huge. Huge. And plenty of flesh even with its thick skin. And very sweet. Also, they are ripe in the winter (Dec - March), so if you're picking before then, the fruit simply isn't ready, yet. Soil will have nothing to do with it. Timing for ripeness, and of course, making sure you're actually still dealing with the grafted cultivar, versus rootstock taking over. Patty S....See MoreFour Winds Pomelo
Comments (20)This particular tree is in Guatemala City, which has the cool nights and day/night temperature conditions for citrus. I have at least 5 varieties of citrus here and they all ripen and color almost like California, including my Cara Cara orange which gets a beautiful pink . Here, because we are at 14 degrees from the equator, many plants get fooled into producing multiple blooms/flowers/fruits. My Cara Cara oranges produce virtually year round, as do my Meyers. This pomelo has another set of fruits that are months away from being ripe; but the fruits I harvested were at their peak...note, there are many ways to determine maturity of citrus... skin color, changes in peel character, brix, time of year, etc. Sorry, this pomelo is definitely NOT a Chandler; it's not that it isn't good, or sweet, etc.; it is just not a Chandler....See MoreWhich rootstock to graft a Pomelo?
Comments (10)The question here is what rootstock will provide the best fruit. The Cuban Shaddock is lemon based and will be vigorous and productive at a cost to fruit quality. Poncirus Trifoliata tends to produce high quality fruit but may take an extra year to reach a productive age. With me living in Cincinnati Ohio, California is a foreign country and I am not familiar with the area locations. It should be possible to buy rootstock seedlings from any major suppliers like 4 winds. All grafter are grafting trees for early fruit production on fast growing trees. Fruit quality and tree longevity are low on the attributes scale. Since you may have this tree for decades, spend a year researching what will give you the best fruit for the longest and most trouble time and not just for quick fruit of so-so quality. I don't know the answers but others here do. Don't bother with a hove depot tree. You will most likely not be happy....See More
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