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What fruits are ripening where you live?
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Nice! I've never seen anyone cut rambutans in half like that, but you do you. Are those longans I see?
EDIT: Citrus trees are hard to kill, so as the weather warms up, your calamondin will probably recover. It might be disfigured, but it should regain its strength with time.
The cut of the rambutans was a point of contention. I kept them as seed and in-spite of their perhaps, less than optimal cut, I did get plenty seedlings. And yes, longan and lilikoi and soursop.
On the calamondin, I think its at least partially due to it being a little more "wild" than the mexican lime and its planted near which got trimmed on the same day. The mexican lime "loves" being trimmed; it responds with almost extraordinary growth every time I trim it. The calamondin, well, its languished, and I literally planted them both on the same day, fertilize them same amount each time, trimmed them same day, everything same (even both 1 gallon plots when planted).
I think it might be more to do with how "bred for captivity" the mexican lime is compared with the more wild calamondin. Prior to the skeleton trim, the calamondin was far outperforming the mexican lime.
I guess rambutans can't be stopped from making too many babies! 😆
I've never grown calamondin, so I can't say for sure, but it's possible that you really did stunt it... How much of the tree did you cut off?
EDIT: What elevation are you growing both soursop and longan? Do you have a dry winter there?
All basically sea level. I was in a longan & rambutan grove last week, with some trees as old as 80 years.
I don't want to ask for your exact location, but longan at sea level is... unusual. Don't take it for granted. Cherish it.
Yeah I wouldnt expect the elevation to be an issue? I've always found it growing at sea level/ warm climates. My understanding is that it can't withstand cool temperatures. Its for a friends farm, but we don't expect fruits for decades.
In order to flower well, longan usually needs a "winter" season with min temps <12°C and/or less rain. While fruiting, hot and wet is best. At sea level in the tropics, the low temps usually don't occur, and even if the winter is dry enough for longan to flower (but not dry enough to kill it), the other half of the year usually doesn't get as hot as subtropical summers, so the fruits might not develop properly. Either you have a strange tropical breed of longan, or you are very lucky to have the right conditions where you live.