On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:31:17 GMT, "hanson" <hanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Citrus fruit growth elimination / suppression / retardation.
>
>In a backyard: 2 citrus trees, 1 Tangelo and 1 Lemon
>~ 20 years old, each 30+ ft tall, no fertilizer applied ever,
>seldom watered, pruned every 2-3 years, but each one
>is yielding, year after year, approximately ten (10!) full
>35 gallon barrels of huge, juicy tangelos and lemons.
>
>== Problem: Fruits are ready all at one time. Too many!!
>
>== Comments: (1) "Fruit Eliminator", (Cl-Et-PO2Na) does
>not mention any effectiveness on nor use for citrus trees
>and cautions about leave discoloration. Despite this info,
>does anyone have positive ex. with it (1) on citrus trees.
>(2) I hate to do annual, manual blossom plucking.
>
>== Request: What can be sprayed onto these blossoms
>that will eliminate or at lest diminish this unwanted bounty?
>hanson
A few applications of glyphosate and you won't have any fruit, or
leaves to rake either. Just a dead stick. :)
Heck, man, spray nothing on them. Set up a fruit stand with your
"organic" produce and let other people pay you to take them away!
Steve Turner
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