Re: Caring for Orinoco in Magnolia, Texas
It will be borderline but I think you'll be OK. From my experience here, we need about 4 months (depending upon cultivar) from the time you see the first hand of fruit appear until they are mature enough to cut if you need to. So let's say your first hand appeared around July 9th or so, you'd need until at least Nov. 9th for them to be mature enough to cut the stalk and bring in for ripening; however, as cool weather approaches, I have found that the maturation process slows, so if you can leave them longer that would probably be a good thing. Sometimes we don't get a frost here until around mid-Dec. but with you being north of Houston you could get one sooner. Just keep an eye on the weather forecast!
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