"hanson" wrote in news566c.45498$aT1.43908
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

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

Find yourself a couple of naive kids. Casually mention to them your
(fictitious) success at running a lemonade stand when you were a kid.
Tell then you'd like to give them the same opportunity. Give them all
the fruits on the conditions that they have to pick them and if they make
a profit they will give you a modest amount. Depending on the kids, you
are likely not to make any money, but you'll have gotten rid of the
fruits, which is what you really wanted in the first place.

(and you thought you were evil, Janice. Mwahaahahah)