Why Minneola over Orlando. I am not sure but the Orlando either is self pollinating or grows true from seed or even both.. If it is self pollinating then you don/t need a pollinator. If you don't like the other pollinators get one as a small potted plant that flowerer but doesn't take up to much room. Keep it small

I have never seen or tasted an Orlando. Your idea of a small potted plant is a good idea. I'll consider it.

Denise, you might already have a citrus tree that will help with cross pollination. Read this discussion from 2009 that I copied and pasted. It will hopefully help you and others understand cross pollination for the Minneola a bit better.

Brian has a Minneola that produces a lot of fruit. Maybe he will chime if he sees this.

[https://www.houzz.com/discussions/minneola-tangelo-dsvw-vd~1815217[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/minneola-tangelo-dsvw-vd~1815217)

jinnylea, Thank you, but I did find the thread you posted yesterday. That is where I read about the Meyer. I also read online that a Tango was a possibility as well and I have one of those too. I just wanted to know what people have been using and experienced. I have a variety of trees and any one of those may work, but I am not aware of it. I guess only time will tell.

Amy Thank you. Your comment helps immensely because I did not want to purchase another tree for that purpose due to dwindling winter storage space. I didn't want to buy the Minneola either, but it's cheaper to buy my own tree than continue buying the fruit at $.94 each. lol. I did the same for the Sumo's (Shiranui). Actually, I have purchased 2 Shiranui trees now because of the high cost of the fruit. I spent already at least $40 in Sumo fruit alone this year. Next year I should have some Sumos of my own because one is already blooming.

Hello Denise my Minneola puts out some blooms in the greenhouse during the winter and most times the fruit will set without any outside help from my other tree's . Summer my Minneola will set more fruit but which tree was the cross pollinator ? I will never know I have so many different varieties.

Brian

I have read that they will produce some fruit, but will produce more with a pollinator. There is so much conflicting information on the internet from nurseries or reviews. I have learned that the info found is not current. So many new varieties have been developed since the reviews were published. I was hoping that one of the citrus trees I had would do the job. It seems I got lucky.

Denise I have none of your mentioned above pollinating tree's and my Minneola Tangelo is normally coated with about 40 to 50 good size fruit per good year. Side note I have never found one seed in all the Tangelo's I've eaten and the taste is incredibly sweet.

Brian

I’m with Brian. I have a clementine that is supposed to be a pollinator for mine, but they both often bloom indoors. My tree is not as productive as Brian’s yet, but the fruit are delicious.

nulesm, I normally buy my minneolas at Walmart. I found a couple with seeds in them and planted them of course. One seed produced 4 seedlings and the other has at least 2 sprouting at this time. I really don't know why I go through this because I would rather have grafted trees. Maybe it's from hanging out with other citrus addicts? lol.

My parents have a minneola tree in the backyard and they haven’t ever worried about getting another pollinator tree.

They do have a Valencia, a couple dwarf orange trees (unknown variety), a lemon (unknown variety but not a myer) and a pomegranate. It’s possible the other trees are doing the job but in my parents case it doesn’t seem too picky.

The one thing my mom did notice this year was not to pick the fruit too early. She thought it might of been some sort of issue with the tree but I told her to let the fruit stay on the tree another month. I had one Sunday off the tree and it was delicious. :)