Things You'll Need:
- Polyethylene Bags
- Baskets
- Gardening Gloves
- Pruning Shears
- Pruning Shears
- Plastic Bags
- Paper Grocery Bags
- Plastic bags
- Baskets
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Step 1
Grab a fruit with your hand.
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Step 2
Remove it from the tree with a quick snapping motion. If the rind tears, use pruning shears instead, cutting the fruit just above the stem.
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Step 3
Taste fruit to check ripeness. Flavor is the best judge of ripeness. Rind color alone is a poor indicator. Some brightly colored fruit may not be ripe. Some greenish fruit may taste great.
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Step 4
Harvest only what you will use. Fruit left on the tree will usually improve in quality.
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Step 5
Eat fruit as soon as possible, or store in the refrigerator for up to six weeks.









Comments
Abusaade said
on 10/22/2008 Oranges are splitting. I have no idea why? I live in Southren california close to ocean.
Please; give me an advice. Thank you
mina57@sbcglobal.net
ebony said
on 4/30/2007 Should a few grapefruit be left on tree? Was told we should so the tree would not reflower and try to reproduce to soon. Old wives tale?
kjkerr@frontiernet.net
Dupree887 said
on 1/16/2007 I Just want to know if a bud start to grow on an orange tree
in January is that okay for the tree ? mine is budding now my email address is Dupree888@aol.com
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 When a freeze is looming, especially if it is dry, we turn the soaking hose around the trees over night. The water in the tree is an excellent insulator.