Flat lemon

[sanguinho]

I found this flattened lemon and I am curious to know if it is something normal and what the reason for its shape is.



What's the name of that wrinkle on top? I think I've seen it on other citrus fruits.

[Laaz]

That may be the result of bud mites.

[david]

Not a shot from the gene pool...more than likely a physically stressed lemon. Mites dry conditions stressed as it grew.

[sanguinho]

I don't know exactly what bugs bud mites are, I'm guessing some kind of aphid. It's been a disaster this year, a lot of aphids and fungi. Can a bud mite make the lemon deform like that?

I don't think that is a dry problem, Galicia is a rainy land and this year especially, it has rained a lot. If it was the reason I suppose I would have more lemons looking like that.

[Laaz]

www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/citrus/Citrus-Bud-Mite/

[sanguinho]

Jul 31, 2020 4:40:49 GMT -5 Laaz said:

www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/citrus/Citrus-Bud-Mite/

Thank you Laaz, but I've never seen these bugs, and if this is correct and I 've understood well

As an alternative to dissecting buds, bud infestation can be estimated from infested fruit buttons.

Collect one green fruit, about 1.25 to 2 inches in diameter, from 50 trees scattered throughout the orchard.
Remove the button and record whether the button or the fruit beneath the button is infested with live bud mites. The relationship between fruit and bud infestations is not linear, but a fruit infestation of 15 to 20% indicates a bud infestation of about 45 to 50%.

I I would have found them inside this lemon or any of my other citrus fruits

Maybe it's starting, I will look.