friends have old lemon and orange trees that are producing fruit that are mainly pith.
any cures?

i have told them to fertilise and prune the uncared for trees on their newly purchased land.

pepe said:

friends have old lemon and orange trees that are producing fruit that are mainly pith.
any cures?

i have told them to fertilise and prune the uncared for trees on their newly purchased land.

I would add that consistant watering maybe required too, the old trees may have survived a few years of neglect and lack of water, so your pruning and fert is a good step in the right direction.

pain master said:

pepe said:

friends have old lemon and orange trees that are producing fruit that are mainly pith.
any cures?

i have told them to fertilise and prune the uncared for trees on their newly purchased land.

I would add that consistant watering maybe required too, the old trees may have survived a few years of neglect and lack of water, so your pruning and fert is a good step in the right direction.

yes i told them 50 litres a week ( or a 9 litre watering can per day) is the minimum watering regime.

pepe said:

friends have old lemon and orange trees that are producing fruit that are mainly pith.
any cures?

i have told them to fertilise and prune the uncared for trees on their newly purchased land.

isn’t pithy citrus a sign of inadequate watering as well?

pain master said:

pepe said:

friends have old lemon and orange trees that are producing fruit that are mainly pith.
any cures?

i have told them to fertilise and prune the uncared for trees on their newly purchased land.

I would add that consistant watering maybe required too, the old trees may have survived a few years of neglect and lack of water, so your pruning and fert is a good step in the right direction.

snap

site on some citrus probs
http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/Citrus.htm

Happy Potter said:

site on some citrus probs
http://www.heyne.com.au/gardencentre/factsheets/factsheet.php/Citrus.htm

ps that fruit and citrus food the site suggests is not organic. I would steer very clear of the stuff. Compost and chook fert and B&B , worm wee and liquid fish fert foliar spray and regular watering, and you will get beaut fruit.

I don’t bother fertilising my trees

I’d just remove the kikuyu from the backyard citrus trees hate it.

better than pithy pants lol

They could also pick the fruit when it is actually ripe.

both the Eureka lemon and the Valencia may go pithy if left on the tree way too long.

i had a look at the place with the pithy citrus saturday. to me it looks like they need a prune, a good watering and two years worth of fertiliser.

they are a thirty year old couple who have bought a house that the old owners sold because all the trees are difficult to prune now IMHO.