What is happening to my citrus fruit?
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Ken "Fruity Paws" (N-Va 7a)
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Will my seed grown citrus tree produce fruit?
Comments (8)Hi Mike, What else can I explain to you because you seem to understand. I think the concept need's to be taken within reason. Total number of nodes or perhaps total number of contiguous nodes which would amount to a certain vegetative size or mass likely has to be fulfilled too. I think that idea of contiguous branching is the missing element in pushing a juvenile into fruiting. That could explain why some seedling citrus become vegetative giants in a tropical greenhouse without going mature. They have many contiguous nodes from unstressed growth but little contiguous branching from unstressed growth. Start stressing a highly vegetative tropical greehouse juvenile with some repeated droughts and it will often go fruiting. The drought stress kills the tip and new growth will be contiguous branching which seem's to follow a idea of contiguous branching being a factor. All I have ever read on the subject is that abstract which I found in a Google search several years ago. However it made perfect sense and my first trial a contiguous branching pruning seemed to work. I welcome you to buy that article and read it....See MoreWhat could be stealing my little citrus fruits
Comments (1)Squirrels??? Certainly possible. Raccoons or Oppossums could be the culprits as well. Get some dried blood fertilizer and sprinkle it around. Wet it down and that should keep the critters away....See MoreWhat happened to my fruit?
Comments (4)I had some whitefly on my other citrus and put the traps out. From what I can tell on the Meyer lemon there doesn't appear to be any visible insects on the leaves or the fruit....See MoreCitrus happenings....blooms, fruit
Comments (8)Josh, well it's about time you started your own thread and with such beautiful pictures buddy! Very very nice. I hear you on the fragrance thing, the sole reason why I grow them. I can't believe how huge they got and how well you have been with the fruiting thing. Thank you for sharing. Please keep the pics coming. Been tired and away for a bit, but who cares around here. lol Mike...See Morebonechickchris
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