We bought a house in Burbank last year, a small suburb outside of Los Angeles. The house itself needs so much work but the backyard had established trees, which is a dream.
We had a lot of oranges that came, and they were juicy and wonderful and we had a handful of mandarins. These were so delicious but we didn’t get a lot. Part of the problem was the critter to harvest ratio – too many animals feeding on too few fruit. So I tried a little harder the following season, more water, more fertilizer and the leaves seemed to be doing well however, I didn’t see substantial growth.
What I noticed was that the mandarin was planted along the East facing wall, and the south facing hedges had grown too tall, blocking out substantial sun. I trimmed these back, the bamboo and whatever other trees are planted next to them. This helped get some light and I started seeing change after 3 or so months. I’m going to keep attempting to see this process through and go from there.
