Calamondin kweken: een tuin vol smaak
Een kleine citrus met veel minivruchten geeft balkonfruit voor drankjes en verwerking.
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By Redactie MoestuinApp · updated
Light container position and winter protection; keep soil moist but not saturated.
Monitor flowering and fruit set; a grafted plant is practical for earlier fruiting.
Calamondin on a balcony: Choose a sturdy pot with drainage holes. Plant without burying the root collar. Let the pot base drain freely. Water according to compost moisture and season.
Bright overwintering: Choose a light winter position before buying. Bring the pot inside before damaging cold. Check moisture and leaves for pests. Gradually readjust the plant to outdoor light in spring.
Check pot drainage and leaves; move gradually between winter quarters and outdoors.
Green fruit turns orange as it ripens; taste and choose the culinary purpose.
A citrus pot brings scent, green leaves and fruit close to the terrace, but also needs a place for winter. Before buying, decide where the plant can stay in light, frost-free conditions. A heavy pot without a practical moving route can become a problem in autumn. Choose a container with drainage and do not leave the rootball in a trapped layer of water.
Observe the plant while moving and overwintering it. Water requirements change with temperature, light and growth. Check the potting compost rather than blindly continuing the summer watering routine. Feeding also belongs with active growth and the instructions for the chosen product. More fertiliser does not make a cool, dark winter position suitable.
Taste citrus in the way you intend to use it. Juice, acidity and scent matter with lemons and limes; kumquats, by contrast, are valued for their skin. A calamondin is not a small, sweet mandarin. Even ripe fruits may be distinctly acidic. Colour alone does not tell the whole story, and flowering and ripening need not fall neatly within one summer harvest period in a Dutch container.
Calamondin: Small orange citrus fruits, refreshingly acidic.
Checked on 2026-10-12. This guide was originally written using the listed sources. Growing advice from other countries is not a local weather forecast.