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What causes beginning citrus fruit to drop?
Appreciate answers to what causes beginning small green Citrus (Oranges) fruit in outside patio to drop and not set so they will continue to become regular size oranges. I water and fertilize the trees. Have three. One had about 100 small starting oranges but they aLL droped off. From the two larger trees, only have one tree with two oranges on it and the other tree has only one orange.
Thank you / Valerie
Citrus fruit drop is a normal part of the fruiting process. They typically have three drop periods -- 70/80 percent of the blooms, the small fruit a few weeks later, and golf-ball sized fruit drop as they get larger. If these are younger trees, you might be able to help maturation by forcing the fruit off your trees manually (ie pick off the small fruit). This will give the tree more energy to devote to the remaining fruit. In general, if you want more/bigger fruit, it helps to thin out your blossoms/fruit -- especially on younger trees.
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