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stewart starts with ... I have a 4 year old mandarin tree this year we had our first crop of 12 mandarins, in june we picked some as they were orange in colour but could not eat them as they were extremely sour like lemons. this tree has 1" fine spikes all over it is this normal? it has started to flower again, what should I do with this tree. its extremely healthy. thank you jim wilcox | About the Author stewart mandurah wa 7th October 2014 3:55pm #UserID: 10600 Posts: 1 View All stewart's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Slickmick says... It seems to me that the rootstock has taken over from the grafted variety. This happens when a shoot from below the graft is allowed to grow unchecked until it dominates the grafted variety and any fruit from it will be typical of the type of that from the rootstock. Therefore any shoots showing below the graft should be removed as they appear. I don't know if there is any wood still viable above the graft but if there is some with any strength it might be worth removing the wood from below the graft to allow the variety above the graft to develop and provide you with fruit of the intended variety. | About the Author Slicko Carindale 30th October 2014 8:30am #UserID: 1775 Posts: 227 View All Slicko's Edible Fruit Trees |