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  • From: John Barbowski <jbarbowski@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Tropical fruits suitable for container-culture
  • Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:06:38 -0500

*Hello All,

I have a Mandarin Orange that I started from seed in the mid 60's. It is
about 7 ft tall with a 2" diameter trunk. It has never bloomed! (or
needless to say - fruited).

I gave a sibling to my mother who got her tree to fruit for about 4 years
in a row, after about ten years of growing. The tree unfortunately went to
tree heaven soon thereafter.

I put my tree outdoors in the summer where the temp occasionally can reach
into the 90's. When it gets down to the mid 30's, it comes inside for the
winter. The indoor temp ranges from mid to high 60's. The leaves are
gorgeous. There are 2" thorns, but they are not prolific. I prune to shape
the beastie.

>Donna wrote: I said drop the temp, drop it down to 40-50F.

Would a cooler wintering location stimulate the summer blossoms? Thorn
Pruning? Or other trauma? How about a summer heat location - I can put the
tree in a greenhouse where the afternoon temp rises to the high nineties on
sunny days. After 45 years, the tree owes me nothing, but if I might
enhance the experience, it would be gratifying.

john b
Canadian Zone 6b
(just north of Toronto)*




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