Once again this year my designer twig has put out lots of flowers and set lots of fruit but most of them have dropped. This year a few of them became a bit warped before falling off. No idea what that's about!
Last year's tangelos are still hanging in there but they've been struck for the first time by gall wasps. You can just see the stems start to swell. Just my luck, BOTH branches with fruit have galls now and I think it's forcing the fruit to ripen early, as you can see by the yellow flush. I just hope they ripen fully unlike the first fruit that dropped whilst still bitter.
My mature lemon tree just gives and gives, but my little twig has been picky from the start. Young citrus trees are notoriously fussy, and growing it in a pot doesn't help!
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