Mandarin
Citrus reticulata
MediumSecondary
Production
The hardiest of the everyday eating citrus — compact, sweet and productive on the right rootstock. Still frost-shy when young, and prone to biennial cropping, so thin in heavy years.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 6 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -3°C
- Min. rainfall
- 900 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- Medium
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
The hardiest of the common eating citrus; compact and productive on a suitable rootstock. Thin fruit in heavy years to reduce biennial bearing.
Watch out for
Frost can still damage young trees and fruit despite being hardier than orange or lemon; some cultivars are prone to alternate/biennial bearing.
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