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[kathryn stout <kathrynwrites@yahoo.com>]

I think of thick peel as a symptom of too much
nitrogen, or too-fast growth or both--It seems that
our next-door neighbors in (low-humidity) CA decided
to take good care of their orange trees, limbed them
up, watered them a lot, gave them some kind of
chemical shot in the arm fertilizer (I thought,
high-N). Their reward was oranges with thick peels.
Ours, mulched with whatever debris accumulated, left
unfertilized and mostly unwatered, produced the
best-flavored, thinnest-peeled oranges.
You can fuss too much, with citrus. 












--- Richard O'Barr <aatopgunaa@mindspring.com> wrote:
> The book 'hunger signs in crops' by sprague shows
> pictures of citrus with
> thicker skin where the potassium was high and
> calcium was low, and possibly
> high magnesium. Also, apicture where phosphorus was
> low shows thicker skins
> in two books.
>      My observation of citrus from TX where the
> humidity is low seem to run
> with thicker skins than those from FL with a higher
> humidity. Just a thought
> there.
>                                                     
> TG
>                                                     
> Zone 7; AL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "miekal and" <dtv@mwt.net>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Potted citrus
> 
> 
> > this is very interesting, the tree is pretty young
> (I think I got it
> > from hidden springs last year as a youngun) & I
> did cut it back.  Im
> > sure it wasnt over fertilized since I tend to be
> very conservative with
> > fertilizing my container orchard...  thanks for
> this.
> >
> > also, is Meyer's a seedling or a grafted variety? 
> if its a seedling
> > what's the chance of reproducing true to seed?
> >
> > mIEKAL
> >
> >
> > On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 08:50 AM, Richard
> O'Barr wrote:
> >
> > > Note:
> > >      This excerpt came from a list of disorders
> from a Master Gardeners
> > > course in FL that was just forwarded to me.
> > >                                                 
>            Topgun
> > >                                                 
>             AL, zone 7
> > > http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Master_Gardener
> > >
> > > P.S.   Go to this site for more details.
> > >
> > >
> > > Symptom: Thick peel
> > >
> > > Physiological disorder
> > >  At harvest
> > >  Near harvest
> > >  Follow good cultural practices.
> > >
> > > Comment: Worse on trees which are young or
> overfertilized, recently
> > > pruned.
> > >
> >
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