1. Local Name: Limau langkat, Limau Batu, Limau Jepun

2. Varietal Recommendation

(i) Limau mandarin:

Bidin - Big fruit, sweet and a good yielder

Kong Ho - Good sized fruit, sweet and a heavy yielder

(ii) Mandarin Honey Orange:

Johor Honey - Sweet-sour taste, good aroma and a heavy yielder

3. Spacing: 5.5 m x 5.5 m

4. Planting Material:

Recommended rootstocks are Carrizo citrange and Cleopatra Mandarin.

5. Manuring

In addition, orgamic manure at 10-30 kg/tree/year and dolomite at 0.2 to 0.3 kg/tree/year is recommended.

6. Pruning

The young trees should be pruned at one year to form an open, well-balanced canopy. Each should have only a single trunk with three or four well-distributed primary branches originating at different points from 30 to 60 cm above ground level.

7. Fruit Thinning

Common practice is to allow one or two fruit per twig, thinned when the fruits are less than marble size.

8. Vegetitative Stage: 3 years

9. Economic Life: 20-25 years

10. Harvesting and Yield

• 4 - 5 years - yield: 5 - 7 mt/ha/year
• 8 years and above - yield: 20 - 30 mt/ha/year

11. Pest and Disease Control

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