<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A couple years ago, Rick mentioned his <span>calamansi, a variety of small citrus. I recall it was the victim of an irrigation malfunction.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span></span>That reminded me of my <span>calamondin. I had planted such a tree, but it was between a lemon and an orange which crowded it. Rick and I figured out that calamansi and calamondin are two names for the same variety. The fruit are the size of a big marble (shooter, if you played marbles). You can just eat them skin and all, or cook into marmalade. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>The conversation caused me to pay attention to my tree. It had one fruit last year and one earlier this year. Over the course of the last year, I selectively thinned out the lemon which was shading its small neighbor. Now the calamondin has a fair number of blossoms and many new shoots. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>I hope Rick's trees are happy.</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>BTW, if you have a tree that is too big, it is fine to cut it back. The biggest thing is to not remove more than 1/3 in a year. Taking a 20 foot tree down so you don't need a ladder to pick is OK, but it will take time and planning of what to cut now and what to do next year.</span><br></div></div></body></html>