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Pomelo

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MikeHardman

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Pomelo
« on: January 01, 2013, 04:37:53 PM »
Is it normal for a pomelo to be in good flower now?
I have one small tree (rescued 8 months ago, in poor condition but picking up), which has loads of fat flower buds; the photo shows the fiirst one open and with a bee visitor. My other pomelo has no flowers at this time (a young tree, its flowers from earlier in the year did not set fruit).
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Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England
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Alisdair

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Re: Pomelo
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2013, 08:36:14 PM »
Pomelos like grapefruit may flower at varying times of year - a mature plant may even carry two or three separate flushes of flower in the same year. Shows it's happy, Mike!
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Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society
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MikeHardman

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Re: Pomelo
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 09:28:12 PM »
Cool, good, thanks Alisdair.
Now I just need to ensure they don't get infected by Mediterranean fruit fly!
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Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England

Trevor Australis

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Re: Pomelo
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2013, 11:03:45 PM »
Can you not get pheromone traps for Med fruit fly? They are very widely used here in the citrus and fruit growing areas along the River Murray.  tn
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JTh

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Re: Pomelo
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 12:11:59 AM »
I saw some pheromone traps (I believe they were Italian) for sale in Halkidiki last year, and they were not that  expensive. Luckily, I did not buy any, because there were no fruit flies last year, anyhow.
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John J

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Re: Pomelo
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 05:59:06 AM »
Alisdair, I was interested by your observation regarding the flowering of grapefruit and pomelo. All my citrus produce just one crop a year except for the lemons, they have fruit virtually all year round. Actually I can't speak for the pomelo as it was only planted last year but it still produced 3 fruit that we picked last month.
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