always read the label.......

[veggielover]

Made a boo boo today, went to homebase ( more compost!! ) and saw a citrus tree..... reduced from 15 pound to 5 pound, thought to myself result and bought it, on the way home i was reading the instructions of care and saw that i can't actually eat the fruits!!!!

needless to say from now on i will be careful what i buy!! lol

It does look pretty though!!!!

[sharonr]

Could you return it?

[veggielover]

i probably could return it, but for 5 pound it seems silly..... and i have plans for the un edible fruits..... i'm going to dry them and add scented oils, there is about 10 fruits on there at the moment.

[veggielover]

I've just been reading up on my new citrus tree on here and have seen that i can eat the fruits but on the care instructions it says i can't?? i'm so confused!! lol....

its a miniture calamondin..... what do u think???

[zazen999]

Probably trying to avoid any litigation.

Check it out thoroughly before you eat them. I called the Co-op last year as the label on the miniature strawbs I bought said 'for decoration' or something like that - but they were perfectly edible. And once they had a few weeks in the ground and some feed - they weren't miniature at all...

[bluemoon]

A calmodin orange is, I believe, only inedible because it is so bitter. I would imagine you can use the fruits in the same way you can use lemons, perhaps make orangeade or a version of the vine's famous limoncello.

[smallblueplanet]

Maybe you can't eat the fruits that are on the tree currently because they've been sprayed with something?