How to tend a Citrus myrtifolia

Also known as: Aurantium acre Mill., Aurantium bigarella Poit. & Turpin, Aurantium corniculatum Poit. & Turpin, Aurantium coronatum Poit. & Turpin, Aurantium humile Mill., Aurantium myrtifolium Descourt., Aurantium orientale Mill., Aurantium silvestre Pritz., Aurantium sinense Mill., Aurantium variegatum hort. ex Barb.Rodr., Citrus amara Link, Citrus ampullacea Yu.Tanaka, Citrus anonyma Yu.Tanaka, Citrus asahikan Yu.Tanaka, Citrus aurantium subsp. amara (Link) Engl., Citrus aurantium var. bigaradia (Loisel.) Brandis, Citrus aurantium f. intermedia (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium var. limetta Guillaumin, Citrus aurantium var. myrtifolia Ker Gawl., Citrus aurantium f. natsudaidai (Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium var. sanguinea Engl., Citrus aurantium var. sinensis L., Citrus aurantium subsp. sinensis (L.) Engl., Citrus aurantium subsp. suntra Engl., Citrus aurantium var. natsudaidai Yu.Tanaka, Citrus benikoji Yu.Tanaka, Citrus bigaradia Loisel., Citrus bigaradia var. cyathifera Risso & Poit., Citrus canaliculata Yu.Tanaka, Citrus changshan-huyou Y.B.Chang, Citrus communis Poit. & Turpin, Citrus daidai Siebold & Hayata, Citrus decumana var. panuban Wester, Citrus decumana var. paradisi (Macfad.) H.H.A.Nicholls, Citrus decumana var. racemosa M.Roem., Citrus dulcimedulla Pritz., Citrus dulcis Pers., Citrus florida Salisb., Citrus funadoko Yu.Tanaka, Citrus fusca Lour., Citrus glaberrima Yu.Tanaka, Citrus grandis var. dulcis Yu.Tanaka, Citrus grandis f. benikawa Yu.Tanaka, Citrus grandis var. glaberrima (hort. ex Tanaka) Karaya, Citrus grandis var. kotokan (Hayata) Karaya, Citrus grandis var. natsudaidai (Tanaka) Karaya, Citrus grandis var. racemosa (Roem.) B.C.Stone, Citrus grandis var. sulcata (Ik.Takah.) Karaya, Citrus grandis var. tengu (Yu.Tanaka) Karaya, Citrus intermedia Yu.Tanaka, Citrus iwaikan Yu.Tanaka, Citrus iyo Yu.Tanaka, Citrus karna Raf., Citrus keraji Yu.Tanaka, Citrus leiocarpa var. tumida Yu.Tanaka, Citrus maderaspatana hort. ex Tanaka, Citrus maxima var. uvacarpa Merr., Citrus medioglobosa Yu.Tanaka, Citrus mitsuharu Yu.Tanaka, Citrus myrtifolia (Ker Gawl.) Raf., Citrus natsudaidai (Yu.Tanaka) Hayata, Citrus nobilis var. genshokan Hayata, Citrus nobilis var. rubrifrons Yu.Tanaka, Citrus nobilis var. subcompressa Yu.Tanaka, Citrus nobilis f. tumida (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus omikanto Yu.Tanaka, Citrus oto hort. ex Yu.Tanaka, Citrus panuban (Wester) Tanaka, Citrus pompelmos var. racemosa Risso & Poit., Citrus pseudogulgul Shirai, Citrus pseudoparadisi hort. ex Yu.Tanaka, Citrus racemosa Marcow. ex Tanaka, Citrus reshni (Engl.) Yu.Tanaka, Citrus rokugatsu Yu.Tanaka, Citrus rumphii Risso, Citrus sabon f. banyu Hayata, Citrus sabon f. hakunikuyu Hayata, Citrus sabon f. jiyu Hayata, Citrus sabon f. mitsuyu Hayata, Citrus sabon f. sekitoyu Hayata, Citrus sabon f. soyu Hayata, Citrus sinograndis Yu.Tanaka, Citrus subcompressa (Tanaka) Yu.Tanaka, Citrus taiwanica Yu.Tanaka & Shimada, Citrus tangelo J.W.Ingram & H.E.Moore, Citrus tankan f. koshotankan Hayata, Citrus tengu Yu.Tanaka, Citrus toomikan Siebold, Citrus tosa-asahi Yu.Tanaka, Citrus truncata Yu.Tanaka, Citrus ujukitsu hort. ex Tanaka, Citrus yatsushiro Yu.Tanaka, Citrus yuge-hyokan Yu.Tanaka, Citrus aurantium var. voangkely H.Perrier, Citrus sinensis f. sekkan Hayata, Citrus aurantium subsp. natsudaidai (Yu.Tanaka) Makino & Nemoto, Citrus nobilis Lour., Citrus kotokan Hayata, Citrus paradisi Macfad., Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, Citrus calot Lag., Citrus leiocarpa hort. ex Tanaka, Citrus aurantium var. crassa Risso, Citrus aurantium var. dulcis Hayne, Citrus aurantium var. fetifera Risso, Citrus humilis (Mill.) Poir., Citrus pomelana Van Deman, Citrus aurantium subf. anonyma (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. banyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. benikawa (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. cyathifera (Risso & Poit.) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. dulcis (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. hakunikuyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. iyo (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. jiyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. omikanto (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. sekitoyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. sinograndis (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. sulcata (Ik.Takah.) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. tosa-asahi (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. truncata (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. yuge-hyokan (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. funadoko (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. iwaikan (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. jyuma-unshu M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. keraji (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. kotokan (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. pseudograndis (hort. ex Shirai) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. yatsushiro (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. yonezawa-unshu M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. ampullacea (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. asahikan (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. canaliculata (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. glaberrima (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. medioglobosa (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. mitsuyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. pseudogulgul (hort. ex Shirai) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. sinensis (L.) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. soyu (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus aurantium subf. tengu (Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. benikoji (hort. ex Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. genshokan (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. hayashi-unshu M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. ishikawa-unshu M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. koshotankan (Hayata) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. mitsuharu (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. miyagawa-wase M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. rokugatsu (hort. ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. rubrifrons (Tanaka ex Yu.Tanaka) M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. sugiyama-unshu M.Hiroe, Citrus nobilis subf. tachimawase M.Hiroe, Citrus grandis var. brunneorugosa Karaya, Citrus aurantium subsp. nobilis (Lour.) Makino, Citrus nobilis var. kikaijimense Yu.Tanaka

Watering

Once every 2-3 days

Sunlight

Better fruit quality with adequate sunshine

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Fertilizers at the stages of budding, fruit setting, fruit expansion, and fruit ripening.

Pruning

Thinning for overcrowded plants

About this plant

Origin
Southeast Asia
Category
Rutaceae, Citrus
Size
Diameter ≥ 20 cm, height ≥ 20 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period April-May, fruiting period October-November
Flower colors
white, fruit color light yellow
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