Tangelo 'Orlando'
Citrus reticulata x C. paradise
Rutaceae Family
Grafted
The name 'Tangelo' is derived from this citrus tree’s parents, the Tangerine and Pomelo. The Tangelo 'Orlando' produces medium-sized juicy fruit with a flavour that is both sweet and zesty.
Tree Maintenance (Citrus)
Pruning
Citrus reticulata x C. paradise
Rutaceae Family
Grafted
The name 'Tangelo' is derived from this citrus tree’s parents, the Tangerine and Pomelo. The Tangelo 'Orlando' produces medium-sized juicy fruit with a flavour that is both sweet and zesty.
Tree Maintenance (Citrus)
Pruning
- When mature, prune half the tree after harvest to keep it healthy and shaped.
- Remove dead, inward facing or crossing branches. Remove any suckers from the rootstock below the graft.
- During establishment, water slow and deep each fortnight, more often if very dry or hot. As it matures, the tree will become more drought tolerant.
- Watering may be needed when young fruit is forming.
- Spring: liquid seaweed, compost around drip line.
- Summer: Compost around drip line, poultry manure, worm wee (10:1).
- Autumn: liquid seaweed, compost around drip line, sulphate of potash, poultry manure.
- Avoid applying fertiliser while trees are preparing to flower, flowering and up until fruit are larger than marbles.
- Keep soil well mulched, leaving a gap around the trunk to avoid collar rot.
- Spray with horticultural oil if sap-sucking insects or scale occur (avoid spraying on days where temperatures may reach above 30°C, or foliage can become burnt). Black sooty mould on the leaves is a symptom of these pests; ants are also an indicator that there is a problem, as ants will farm and protect the insects in order to consume their sweet secretions.
Tangelo 'Orlando' at LCG October 2023 (photo credit: Graham Bond)
