On Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 8:06:39 AM UTC-8, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 18:43:57 -0800 (PST), Hypatia Nachshon
wrote:

Golden globes hanging on my dwarf Washington.

Several fallen off because theysplit (why?) but I keep
exhorting the survivors to hang in there just two
more weeks till my children arrive from New York for
my birthday party.

Taste ineffable...

HB

There is no one reason why the splitting occurs. It can be a
combination of things. According to the article below, it is likely
tree stress due to fluctuations in any of these - temp, humidity, soil
moisture and possibly fertilizer.

http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/8038.pdf

I have a tree loaded with kumquats right now....the tree is sitting in
my kitchen, over wintering in a southern exposure. There is jam in my
future.

Boron

Thanks to David and Boron for this. I will be much more vigilant next year (uh, THIS year!) to keep deep watering on even schedule.

Could not access the link directly, as my system will not convert pdf to other.
I am recovering from a major HD crash which lost everything for the last 20 years. (Lesson: Do not postpone backing up!)so cannot find whatever I had that dealt with problem.

Any thoughts? Running Windows 7 on Dell Inspiron Home Premium.

No, I do not want to d/l Windows 10. Ran it on borrowed desktop while mine was in the shop, and hated it.

TIA

HB