Pruning lemon tree
Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2019 9:42pm
Hi, we have a well established lemon tree with lemons on it at the moment. When do you prune the tree and any advice on how to go about it.
Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2019 10:09pm
Very helpful member
How lovely. Hope you’ve been making good use of them. 🍹🍋🍋
According to our Spanish neighbours, January is the best time to prune fruit trees.
I would suggest looking at some utube videos on the method though as “how to” depends on how old etc...😊
Posted: Tue Sep 3, 2019 5:13am
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I agree with the previous posters, except our trees aren't continuous cropping but do have two crops a year.
I do ours any time in winter, as does the lemon farmer next door.
I take off high growth completely, and any long growth - basically I just tidy it up to make it look neat. Then I get underneath and remove any growth that's going inwards. Basically I'm aiming for an umbrella shape with plenty of space in the middle.
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