Curious who all has calamondin trees? On average, how long does it take from flower to edible fruit? I've had my cal since last saturday. it had the tiniest of fruits, well, looking today, I've seen several that have doubles, if not trippled in size. Seeing this growth is quite exciting.

When I purchased the tree it had several ripe fruits, which I quickly ate. mmmmm. It also had 70+ fruits started. I cut that ammount down to 30. I still thought that was a lot to keep on, I'm really wanting more veggitative growth than fruit... but I could not handle cutting all the fruit off. Looking this AM... I noticed that nature does the job just fine on its own, 5-9 little fruits have dropped... and I'm guessing another 10 will drop to leave a pretty good final count.

Once the fruit ripen, I think I will try either planting a few seeds or taking cuttings to allow me to have several trees. I really enjoy eating a calamondin right out of hand... but theres a lot more I'd like to try doing with them, so... why not get more trees (esspecially through cuttings... their free!) to experiment with various cooking ideas. canning, pickling, marmalade. I love cooking... so time to just learn how to have fun using things I grow from scratch!

Calamondins take almost 1yr to ripen. I would say that breaks down to 9 or 10 months

crazy just how long it takes to get our fruit ripe.

1 year breaks down to 9/10 months? haven't heard any citrus fruit that takes a year, even some of the larger sweet fruits. hmmm

1yr doesn't break down to 9/10 months... it takes ALMOST a year to ripen.
Myers Lemon takes 9 months.
Grapefruit take almost 18 months.
Oranges take almost a whole year to ripen.
This is according to Four Winds Growers. They are citrus tree growers in California. If you are in a cooler climate it can take longer as many citrus need the heat and the sun to ripen