Oh darn, I thought that would be a fun fruit to eat

Thanks,

Citrus medica sacrodactylis ..

It is used in high class restaurants here .. like triffles ...

I tasted yesterday a ripe fruit cut into squares and it tasted well.

You could also make Succade, candied citrus medica.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succade

yes !

therefore it is cut in super thin slices over the food like a triffle.
In the restaurant when served .. makes also some show effect for the fruit is so bizzare ...

Sounds awesome fells. Check out my other thread: My Meyer Lemon Tree! it has pictures of my tree and that is where I will be doing all my updates and discussion + I took some picture of what mark and I think are little buds/flowers starting. Let me know what you guys think

Thanks,

I saw it already ...
Tree looks good, but as always was said .. put it out as long it is possible ..
I do same and last winter here was - 28 ° C ...

alright doc, any updates? show us the fruit!

Hey!

So my lemon is nearly ripe now. I suspect only a few more weeks. It has taken a LONG time! I am so excited! I went on break for a few weeks and right before I left I gave my tree double watering with no nutrients. When I came back there had been a lot of new growth and color development in the big guy/girl. I also have a neighbor (an older lady) who has had it rough (her husband dying, her daughter has cancer, a few of her dogs died; etc.) and I would always talk to her about plants when I went out back, on the deck, at my mom's house. They are both very kind, her and the daughter, but I don't know them all that well. Anyway, this christmas/channukah, my mom received this box on the doorstep, and what was it? A mineola tangelo tree (3 years old from four-winds). How sick? So I have some pictures of the Meyer, which I have had for about 7 month or more now and a picture of the new little gal, Susane (Mineola Tangelo):

















Susane (mineola tangelo - This is either a tangerine crossed with a pumelo OR a manderine orange crossed with a grapefruit) Maybe someone can make heads or tails of it. I have read about these and know about their non-self-pollinating characteristic. I will hopefully be able to pollinate it with my meyer. We will see.




Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the New Year! Happy 2013,
Doc Citrus

Minneolas are a tangelo, specifically a cross between a Duncan grapefruit and Dancy mandarin. It is known as a 'Honeybell' on the east coast. It is one of the most popular citrus cultivars for eating out of hand. Ripens January through March, but folks out here in my neck of the woods will leave them on the tree until March, so they're as sweet as they can get. They will set fruit without pollination, but will set more fruit (although they will be seedy) with cross pollination with another mandarin (per UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection web site, not Satsumas, though, or Orlando or Seminole mandarins). They are, indeed, pollen self-incompatible (cannot pollinate themselves). So, if you want more fruit, pick a nice Clementine mandarin, and you can cross-pollinate if you want more fruit set. And, I would pot this Minneola up a bit. Awfully deep in that pot. I would add more soil, and give the tree more root growth room.

hoosier, thank you for your response. I forgot to add that my mom bought a much too large pot and not enough soil so I have to take care of that when I go home. For now the tree is just taking in natural light so I hope it will do okay.

Well, you can use the extra large pot, just make sure you use a very, very well draining potting medium. There are some good mixture recommendations on the GardenWeb -- Citrus forum (search for "511 mix") that will give you enough drainage for an overly large pot. Downside to using a large pot is having potting mix that doesn't drain well enough, and then the bottom of the pot ends up being too wet, which encourages root rot. We may have that 511 mix on our forum as well, just don't do any indoor container citrus, so not positive, but certainly also worth a search on our wonderful forum, too.

Ah, but Buddha's Hand makes a killer Crema di Limoncello (the type with boiled-down milk added). The floral notes in the zest really come through in the drink.

And even if you don't use it for that, the perfume of the fruit is enough for a small room