Citrus trees (forum)

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.

Time: 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.

Time: 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.

Time: 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.


Time: 5th July 2009 1:53pm

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Sheila says...
How close should other trees be?

Time: 10th July 2009 7:09am

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Jimmy says...
No closer than the expected drip line plus 25 %.

Time: 10th July 2009 4:55pm

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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.

Time: 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!

Time: 11th July 2009 7:19pm

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