?? pics say ll !!!! worried the branches may snaps, but my bestest ever crop …

The Estate said:

?? pics say ll !!!! worried the branches may snaps, but my bestest ever crop …

Wow!! Impressive crop there Thee!

The Estate said:

?? pics say ll !!!! worried the branches may snaps, but my bestest ever crop …

I would say the danger now is wind. The fruit are colouring up so I don’t think will get much bigger and hopefully the branches will continue to support the weight. But wind would put further stress on them. On the other hand if you only remove a quarter of the fruit you will still have a huge crop but will reduce the stress.

Yes, that corner is pretty protected ?? would love to have a sign out the front saying’free mandies’ :)

Do you get fruit fly over there, Thee?

Every single mandy in my mandy crop got fruit-flied this year :( Will be taking some preventative action after the little tree has finished cropping, so I’d love to hear what you guys do…

never had it Bon !

The Estate said:

never had it Bon !

Oh, you lucky thing!! :D

bon008 said:

Do you get fruit fly over there, Thee?

Every single mandy in my mandy crop got fruit-flied this year :( Will be taking some preventative action after the little tree has finished cropping, so I’d love to hear what you guys do…

Victoria is pretty well fruit fly free and fights hard to keep it that way.

bluegreen said:

bon008 said:

Do you get fruit fly over there, Thee?

Every single mandy in my mandy crop got fruit-flied this year :( Will be taking some preventative action after the little tree has finished cropping, so I’d love to hear what you guys do…

Victoria is pretty well fruit fly free and fights hard to keep it that way.

adds it to the list of “why the heck don’t I live there??” places, next to Tasmania

Bbbrrrr Tassie too blood cold for me LOL

bon008 said:

Do you get fruit fly over there, Thee?

Every single mandy in my mandy crop got fruit-flied this year :( Will be taking some preventative action after the little tree has finished cropping, so I’d love to hear what you guys do…

I gave our lemonade the axe.

The Estate said:

?? pics say ll !!!! worried the branches may snaps, but my bestest ever crop …

pick and prune back to a reachable size (2m sphere). … and fertilise after pruning.

yes I intend on making it more Thee height LOL,

The Estate said:

?? pics say ll !!!! worried the branches may snaps, but my bestest ever crop …

well done TheE.

Hard to tell from your photo Thee but which variety is it? Yes you do need to prune it but this is best not done until September October.

I usually find that mandarins rarely stay on the tree very long after they sweeten.

roughbarked said:

Hard to tell from your photo Thee but which variety is it? Yes you do need to prune it but this is best not done until September October.

I usually find that mandarins rarely stay on the tree very long after they sweeten.

Imperial variety,