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A bad yuzu year, saved by one giant fruit

Original: # citrus # gardening # jardin # garten # garden It was a bad year for yuzus. My tree isn’t very big and squirrels stole

Home gardeners are comparing citrus harvests after a disappointing yuzu season. One gardener reported that squirrels stole two unripe fruit from a small yuzu tree in spring, leaving just one that ripened into an unusually large, lopsided yuzu. The anecdote has drawn engagement from gardeners tagging posts across English, French and German gardening communities.

Why now: It is late-autumn citrus harvest season and gardeners are swapping stories of pests and poor fruit yields.

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• # citrus # gardening # jardin # garten # garden It was a bad year for yuzus. My tree isn’t very big and squirrels stole two fruit off of it last spring when they were still small and green. The result is that the one yuzu that ripened is a total honker. The other yuzu is from a… · jblue@mastodon.world · 17

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