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ducky Posts: 70 |
Bitter oranges Posted 114 days ago I have an orange tree that had awful fruit last year, I moved into the house and the fruit was already on the tree, so I don't know how it was treated last year. |
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hutcho Posts: 149 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 96 days ago Thin the fruit when it is about one third formed.Dress with Epsom salts when fruit starts to ripen.10-20g per sq.m.depending on tree size.Best applied as a solution.Guaranteed a winner!All citrus can be treated this way. |
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ducky Posts: 70 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 96 days ago Thank you Hutcho, I have just thinned them, but the fruit has only just started to come, will this cause any problems? |
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hutcho Posts: 149 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 95 days ago The only reason I delay thinning is to ensure that the fruit is at a stage where you can sort of tell the better stuff from the not so better.Also the tree will usually do a bit of self-culling of less viable fruits early on.As fruit starts to colour up check one about once a week for juice content.If dry,give the tree a REALLY big drink around the dripline,but not more than once a week. |
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jodypukallus Posts: 18 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 94 days ago I treated my red paw paw trees with Epsom Salts in Queensland. Made them fantastically sweet. Didn't know you could do it to oranges too. Thanks hutcho. |
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AussieBlonde Posts: 1 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 86 days ago With the epsom salt... how often do you apply it to the orange tree? |
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hutcho Posts: 149 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 86 days ago Hi AussieBlonde.The Epsom salts is definitely a once only per crop.Think of it as putting salt on your dinner.A little bit is good, but more can cause problems you jest don't want.If you're getting good oranges already, you don't need it.Good luck. |
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ducky Posts: 70 |
RE: Bitter oranges Posted 77 days ago Thanks for your help everyone, I'll tell you how they tase. |
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