Re: tangelo ripe?

i'd say so. i pick mine when there is still a blush of green on them. two things about citrus to know in this regard. one, the fruit will not ripen further once it is picked. two, when ripe, it will keep on the tree for a long time and just color up. most juice oranges [valencias] are pick when still green in color.


At 07:04 PM 1/3/03, you wrote:
Hey Jim-

How do I know when my minneola tangelo is ripe?  (Yes- I've never grown and
orange before- only bought them in the grocery store).  It is pretty much
all orange now.  And, by the way, even though the tree/leaves don't really
look better they also don't look worse.  I dug a larger bed around the tree
and down the slope (hence the reason why my garden waste barrel was full and
too heavy for them to take), and amended the soil with a bunch of compost
etc.  So I hope this fixed the problem.  Anyway- is my tangelo ripe?

Theresa

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