making a sweeter orange

topic posted Sun, February 15, 2009 - 11:55 AM by  benny smithers 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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my orange trees bears fruit every year, big and juicy, not very acidity but the sweetness is not there. I have been told to fertilize more and add lime to increase the sweetness to the orange. Is this true? They get plenty of water. Any suggestions??
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  • conrad
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    Re: making a sweeter orange

    Fri, March 20, 2009 - 5:43 AM
    water in some mycorhizzae, add some mulch, a few inches of mature compost and a sprinkling of rock dust and most importantly sow the understory with rhyzobium innoculated legumes and let nature feed the tree
    with a natural system in place you should not have to do too much watering, less water = more pungent oranges
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