guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | reply to signmeuptoo
Re: Are grapefruits sweeter now than 20 years ago? Citrus in general, the trees fruit sour with age, that's why you'll see mature grooves cut down and new seedlings planted
Ones in yards the size of an Oak tree will just be sour fruit due to age of the plant/tree |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by guppy_fish:Citrus in general, the trees fruit sour with age, that's why you'll see mature grooves cut down and new seedlings planted
Ones in yards the size of an Oak tree will just be sour fruit due to age of the plant/tree
Not if you feed them.
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 DavisPhotogFlyingphotogPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-26
Rohnert Park, CA | Yeah this definitely isn't true (what guppy_fish said). We have a quite huge orange tree in our yard in Oakland, and it produces some really amazingly sweet small oranges, pretty much year-round without fail.
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 Spork
join:2011-07-13
Methuen, MA | reply to guppy_fish
said by guppy_fish:Citrus in general, the trees fruit sour with age, that's why you'll see mature grooves cut down and new seedlings planted
Ones in yards the size of an Oak tree will just be sour fruit due to age of the plant/tree
Spent a bit of time trying to verify this claim. I can't seem to find anything to back it up. All I'm finding is cutting down trees to prevent the spread of diseases. That aside they say the life span on a typical citrus tree is 15-50 years. I'd be very interested in anything you could provide on cutting down mature groves because of sour fruit. |
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