Have to harvest the rest tonight.





This from just one branch!

Holy moly. That's a LOT of ponkans. My little Ponkan tree has finally recovered from dealing with Phytophthora. Thought I might lose it there for a bit, but it now has lots of small fruits. Still not ready to pick, yet, but all my trees are a bit behind due to being young. My Page has been outstanding this year, as the Clemnules. Really excited about my Ponkan, and In also have a Kiyomi tangor, so I'm going to try my hand at cross-pollination between the Kiyomi and the Ponkan, to see if I can come up with my own version of a Dekopon.

Congratualtions Laaz! That's one heck of a lot of ponkans for a single branch!

The tree is about 15 ft tall, the branches are hanging to the ground.

Nice harvest! Great color!

I found the Ponkan in a nursery, but they told me, the fruits get only really good in a tropical enviroment.

So I am not sure if I should order them ...

I am not in a tropical environment & Ponkan is one of my favorite mandarins. Excellent quality.

Great looking fruit.

Thanks Bonnie. Great tasting fruit as well.

I'm also not in a tropical environment, and Ponkans do well here, as well. I'm really looking forward to ripe Ponkans this year, it will be my first crop. So, not going to judge the tree on this year's crop, but excited nonetheless, to get my first fruits this year.

They meant the fruit will be tasty in south of spain, but not at my place ...

Oh, well, the south of Spain is Mediterranean (sub-tropical) climate, not tropical, and much more like where I live On the 40 degree latitude mark or thereabouts. So, that's why they do well here, then! Or, if you can replicate that in your greenhouse. Not sure if Millet is growing Ponkans, and Laaz' climate, although further north than 40 degrees, is more in the sub-tropical range than if you were at 40 degrees N on the United States' east coast area, where it would start to be approaching a more tropical environment, with higher heat and humidity into the summer months. Our dry season, like the south of Spain, is summer.

The citrus industry in spain is all at the coast where you always have high air humidity.
Yes, I know it is subtropically, but that was their word, not mine.

Ponkan decends from India, so I guess it really needs heat and I hardly can give that for more than 2-3 months.

Laaz, you sure do have some great producing trees! Nice photo!

nice!!!! Looks like youre set for awhile

mike