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Old 07-15-2013, 03:30 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Cracking fruit on dwarf namwah

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Originally Posted by Darkman View Post

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Originally Posted by Nicolas Naranja View Post
try harvesting based on fruit diameter. 35mm is what I used to use. Usually splitting has something to do with humidity and soil moisture.

35mm = 1 3/8"

Does that mean that you harvest everything green amd ripen off the P-stem?

If so is this because you sell yours?
35mm seems really skinny for a Dwarf Namwah.


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Mine do the same -- several different varieties. They still taste great. As Nick suggests, harvest them when they've filled out but before they are yellow with split peels.
Mark, did you measure your fruit, were they that skinny, and green or yellow when they split?
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