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

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:31:17 GMT, "hanson" 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

"hanson" wrote in message
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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?


Either chop down the trees or give away the fruit. There are any number of
help the less fortunate groups wherever you live that will be more than
happy to come get the ten 35 gallon barrels of fruit. You could sell it on
weekends if you felt like it.
But avoid poisoning the soil with chemicals. And spraying something in the
air will most certainly affect lots of other trees and plants in the
neighborhood. If you want to reduce the amount of fruit, why not reduce the
amount of tree? Hard cut it to make it a smaller tree and you will get less
fruit.

Dear hanson:

"hanson" wrote in message
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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?

You got all the straight answers, so I'll try silly ones...

Gasoline and a match! "Roof rats"! Cover the trees with netting (or raise
spiders in them)!

David A. Smith

Dear hanson:

"hanson" wrote in message
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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?

You got all the straight answers, so I'll try silly ones...

Gasoline and a match! "Roof rats"! Cover the trees with netting (or raise
spiders in them)!

David A. Smith

In a cold and dry room, citrus fruits store reasonably well. Why don't
you just buy a juice fruit press?



"hanson" wrote in message thlink.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

In a cold and dry room, citrus fruits store reasonably well. Why don't
you just buy a juice fruit press?



"hanson" wrote in message thlink.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

"hanson" wrote in message thlink.net...
Citrus fruit growth elimination / suppression / retardation.

Introduce the Medfly or other similar aggressor.

Call Ag Extension.

Don't prune, take out entire branches at the trunk.

Set fire to the property. Collect insurance. Plant
pot (for medical purposes only).

Donate the crop to a local charity or food bank
(they pick and take).

Send cash for the real answer.


Mark (would strategically-placed horizontal incisions
into the cambium layer retard blossoming -- the
old 1000-cuts party game suitable for all ages?
Try it on some single test branches. Ask this
question at a local fruit tree operation ... if they
do grafting ... ought to know if this'd work :-)

"hanson" wrote in message thlink.net...
Citrus fruit growth elimination / suppression / retardation.

Introduce the Medfly or other similar aggressor.

Call Ag Extension.

Don't prune, take out entire branches at the trunk.

Set fire to the property. Collect insurance. Plant
pot (for medical purposes only).

Donate the crop to a local charity or food bank
(they pick and take).

Send cash for the real answer.


Mark (would strategically-placed horizontal incisions
into the cambium layer retard blossoming -- the
old 1000-cuts party game suitable for all ages?
Try it on some single test branches. Ask this
question at a local fruit tree operation ... if they
do grafting ... ought to know if this'd work :-)

"hanson" wrote in message thlink.net...
Citrus fruit growth elimination / suppression / retardation.

Introduce the Medfly or other similar aggressor.

Call Ag Extension.

Don't prune, take out entire branches at the trunk.

Set fire to the property. Collect insurance. Plant
pot (for medical purposes only).

Donate the crop to a local charity or food bank
(they pick and take).

Send cash for the real answer.


Mark (would strategically-placed horizontal incisions
into the cambium layer retard blossoming -- the
old 1000-cuts party game suitable for all ages?
Try it on some single test branches. Ask this
question at a local fruit tree operation ... if they
do grafting ... ought to know if this'd work :-)

"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)

"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)

Set up a stall
"hanson" wrote in message
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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

Set up a stall
"hanson" wrote in message
news
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

Set up a stall
"hanson" wrote in message
news
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