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Loren's Field Notes Tips

Sweet Citrus

Loren's Field Notes

What a bummer. You wait a whole year for your citrus tree to finish its crop, then you peel a piece of fruit, taste it and pucker up ... sour again!

You need Loren's special citrus fertilizer combination.

First mix equal parts of the following items:

  • Fish Meal
  • Kelp Meal
  • Cottonseed Meal
  • Hoof and Horn Meal

    Spread two pounds for each inch of trunk diameter. Spread the mixture around the drip-line of the tree. Finish with trace minerals you'll get from a tablespoon of citrus growers mix (for sweetness) and cover with compost.

    This is more expensive than chemical fertilizers but is only needed twice a year, so it saves work and in the long run costs about the same.

    Add more citrus growers mix a couple weeks prior to harvest for super-sweet fruit.


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