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Sheila starts with ... My orange & mandarin have slowly got less and less fruit over the past 3 yrs. Last season the mandarin had only 3 the orange tree non. What can I do to get them to fruit again.	About the Author Sheila Gold Coast 4th July 2009 12:30pm #UserID: 2521
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Jason says... My first thoughts would be, how does the foilage look? Are the leaves nice and green during fruiting season? If the tree is being well looked after I would suggest some Sulphate of Potash to get the tree flowering nicely prior to fruiting.	About the Author Jason Perth 4th July 2009 12:34pm #UserID: 2491 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees
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Sheila says... Thank you Jason, I will try the Potash. The foilage is nice and green. We have also removed a couple of native trees that were shading the fruit trees. Hopefully this will also help.	About the Author Sheila Gold Coast 5th July 2009 12:02pm #UserID: 2521
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Jason says... Good move on getting them more sun if they were shaded. I found that my Apple trees and Nectarines were starting to flower a little while back just with a few weeks of nice sunshine. Pruned them off as completely the wrong time of year. But some nice sunshine plays a vital role.	About the Author Jason Perth 5th July 2009 1:53pm #UserID: 2491 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees
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Sheila says... How close should other trees be?	About the Author Sheila Gold Coast 10th July 2009 7:09am #UserID: 2521
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Jimmy says... No closer than the expected drip line plus 25 %.	About the Author Jimmy 10th July 2009 4:55pm #UserID: 0
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Correy says... After the fruit has finished I would try pruning 20-30% of the folliage off. If you are sceptical then maybe only do this to half the tree. We did this to our mandarin and it worked absolute wonders.	About the Author Correy Woolloongabba QLD 10th July 2009 5:31pm #UserID: 3 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees
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Julie says... Correy, do you think this would work for a cumquat? And would now be a good time? I've had no fruit for 3-4 years, though it used to be prolific. I get fed up with watering and feeding things with no result!	About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 11th July 2009 7:19pm #UserID: 0
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Sheila starts with ...
My orange & mandarin have slowly got less and less fruit over the past 3 yrs.
Last season the mandarin had only 3 the orange tree non.
What can I do to get them to fruit again.

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Sheila
Gold Coast
4th July 2009 12:30pm
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Jason says...
My first thoughts would be, how does the foilage look? Are the leaves nice and green during fruiting season?

If the tree is being well looked after I would suggest some Sulphate of Potash to get the tree flowering nicely prior to fruiting.

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Jason
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4th July 2009 12:34pm
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Sheila says...
Thank you Jason, I will try the Potash.
The foilage is nice and green. We have also removed a couple of native trees that were shading the fruit trees. Hopefully this will also help.

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Sheila
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5th July 2009 12:02pm
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Jason says...
Good move on getting them more sun if they were shaded. I found that my Apple trees and Nectarines were starting to flower a little while back just with a few weeks of nice sunshine.

Pruned them off as completely the wrong time of year. But some nice sunshine plays a vital role.

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Jason
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5th July 2009 1:53pm
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Sheila says...
How close should other trees be?

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10th July 2009 7:09am
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Jimmy says...
No closer than the expected drip line plus 25 %.

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Correy says...
After the fruit has finished I would try pruning 20-30% of the folliage off.

If you are sceptical then maybe only do this to half the tree.

We did this to our mandarin and it worked absolute wonders.

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Correy
Woolloongabba QLD
10th July 2009 5:31pm
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Julie says...
Correy, do you think this would work for a cumquat? And would now be a good time? I've had no fruit for 3-4 years, though it used to be prolific.

I get fed up with watering and feeding things with no result!

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11th July 2009 7:19pm
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