Do I need to prune the lemon tree?? I am thinking when and if I need to prune it, do I open up the tree some by taking branches from the inside???

I’d say yes.

If winter has kicked in at Luckyland, now is a good time.

One of the Uncle Pete DVDs should have the full guff on it…
There you go Lucky, an excuse to watch them again!

Lucky1 said:

Do I need to prune the lemon tree?? I am thinking when and if I need to prune it, do I open up the tree some by taking branches from the inside???

whatever
Just don’t do it now

wait until October/Nov

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Do I need to prune the lemon tree?? I am thinking when and if I need to prune it, do I open up the tree some by taking branches from the inside???

whatever
Just don’t do it now

wait until October/Nov

I thought winter was pruning time..?

colliewa said:

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Do I need to prune the lemon tree?? I am thinking when and if I need to prune it, do I open up the tree some by taking branches from the inside???

whatever
Just don’t do it now

wait until October/Nov

I thought winter was pruning time..?

Mine is flowering…if I cut now…no fruit.

>Mine is flowering…if I cut now…no fruit.

Oh, mine is dormant. Good frosts here.

after you harvest most of the fruit about now or the next few weeks and before SPring I would think, could well be wrong also lol

Lucky1 said:

colliewa said:

roughbarked said:

whatever
Just don’t do it now

wait until October/Nov

I thought winter was pruning time..?

Mine is flowering…if I cut now…no fruit.

Ours in full fruit on the ripens over here ??

colliewa said:

>Mine is flowering…if I cut now…no fruit.

Oh, mine is dormant. Good frosts here.

Same here, although less frosty where I am!

Now I,m confused .. my lemon trees are laden with fruit, the lisbon and the meyer.
Still got flowers though and immature fruit on both though.

Happy Potter said:

Now I,m confused .. my lemon trees are laden with fruit, the lisbon and the meyer.
Still got flowers though and immature fruit on both though.

ditto

Mine is a lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me for my birthday a few years back. Just starting to flower and set fruit.

Lucky1 said:

Mine is a lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me for my birthday a few years back. Just starting to flower and set fruit.

Well they are diff to lemon trees, I have one of those and they are yummo

My Mandarin is about to get the chop.

pain master said:

My Mandarin is about to get the chop.

Whats the matter with it PM ?

i thought citrus only really need prunning if they get too high to reach.

Or if the brances are too close to the ground when laden.

The Estate said:

Lucky1 said:

Mine is a lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me for my birthday a few years back. Just starting to flower and set fruit.

Well they are diff to lemon trees, I have one of those and they are yummo

I gave mine the chop. Ruddy Fruit Fly magnets.

Okay so we now know who has or hasn’t got a lemon tree of sorts……. now my second question.

When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

Lucky1 said:

Okay so we now know who has or hasn’t got a lemon tree of sorts……. now my second question.

When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

firstly

citrus are evergreen you do not think of them as dormant fruit trees to be pruned in winter unless you want to kill your trees.

Prune in spring and get beautiful fruit the next autumn winter.

secondly
Again no need to open the centres as such. This is not a vase shaped deciduous tree.

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Okay so we now know who has or hasn’t got a lemon tree of sorts……. now my second question.

When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

firstly

citrus are evergreen you do not think of them as dormant fruit trees to be pruned in winter unless you want to kill your trees.

Prune in spring and get beautiful fruit the next autumn winter.

secondly
Again no need to open the centres as such. This is not a vase shaped deciduous tree.

Many thanks RB:)

Lucky1 said:

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Okay so we now know who has or hasn’t got a lemon tree of sorts……. now my second question.

When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

firstly

citrus are evergreen you do not think of them as dormant fruit trees to be pruned in winter unless you want to kill your trees.

Prune in spring and get beautiful fruit the next autumn winter.

secondly
Again no need to open the centres as such. This is not a vase shaped deciduous tree.

Many thanks RB:)

Having said such.. You may still judiciolusly prune the odd branch to allow more light into the tree.

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

Now I,m confused .. my lemon trees are laden with fruit, the lisbon and the meyer.
Still got flowers though and immature fruit on both though.

ditto

Double ditto up here. Lemonade tree too

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

Lucky1 said:

Mine is a lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me for my birthday a few years back. Just starting to flower and set fruit.

Well they are diff to lemon trees, I have one of those and they are yummo

I gave mine the chop. Ruddy Fruit Fly magnets.

I have never had a fruit fly problem with mine till this year.

pomolo said:

The Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

Now I,m confused .. my lemon trees are laden with fruit, the lisbon and the meyer.
Still got flowers though and immature fruit on both though.

ditto

Double ditto up here. Lemonade tree too

yep wrong time of year to be cutting anything other than dead wood off any citrus.

pomolo said:

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

Well they are diff to lemon trees, I have one of those and they are yummo

I gave mine the chop. Ruddy Fruit Fly magnets.

I have never had a fruit fly problem with mine till this year.

me too

but we were always warned. I doubt the fruit fly has had time to evolve much.. At least not that much. I blame modern transport and stupidmarkets’ price priorities.. regulations are easily walked around.

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

roughbarked said:

firstly

citrus are evergreen you do not think of them as dormant fruit trees to be pruned in winter unless you want to kill your trees.

Prune in spring and get beautiful fruit the next autumn winter.

secondly
Again no need to open the centres as such. This is not a vase shaped deciduous tree.

Many thanks RB:)

Having said such.. You may still judiciolusly prune the odd branch to allow more light into the tree.

Taking out branches growing in toward the middle can also help prevent branches growing into each other and rubbing, which can cause damage.

bon008 said:

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Many thanks RB:)

Having said such.. You may still judiciolusly prune the odd branch to allow more light into the tree.

Taking out branches growing in toward the middle can also help prevent branches growing into each other and rubbing, which can cause damage.

It is actually important to keep the sun off the bark. A citrus tree will generally not cause much need to be pruned Though fruiting may be improved by pruning.

>When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

Yep, just hand it the saw.

pain master said:

My Mandarin is about to get the chop.

why ?? pruned or axed pruned ??

colliewa said:

>When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

Yep, just hand it the saw.

And not the chainsaw, which I think MrD killed our lovely orange off with…

The Estate said:

pain master said:

My Mandarin is about to get the chop.

why ?? pruned or axed pruned ??

Might have sooty mould? might not have been cared for in a previous life?

bubba louie said:

The Estate said:

Lucky1 said:

Mine is a lemonade tree that Pomolo gave me for my birthday a few years back. Just starting to flower and set fruit.

Well they are diff to lemon trees, I have one of those and they are yummo

I gave mine the chop. Ruddy Fruit Fly magnets.

bugga

roughbarked said:

Lucky1 said:

Okay so we now know who has or hasn’t got a lemon tree of sorts……. now my second question.

When I prune it…. do I open up the middle some or just let it do it’s own thing?????

firstly

citrus are evergreen you do not think of them as dormant fruit trees to be pruned in winter unless you want to kill your trees.

Prune in spring and get beautiful fruit the next autumn winter.

secondly
Again no need to open the centres as such. This is not a vase shaped deciduous tree.

Thanks Mr RB, noted and will leave along till after Winter !!

umm?
i will be pruning a bit.
my kaffir lime has been forced to one side by the abutilons – so i will balance it by removing a major branch. the mandarins have just finished fruiting this day so i will thin them. the lemon needs to be kept low so i will trim the high branches.
the oranges have big orange coloured fruit now, so they will be pruned later.
they are all flowering but i trim flowers and all in the belief that they produce more fruit than is good for them.

pepe said:

umm?
i will be pruning a bit.
my kaffir lime has been forced to one side by the abutilons – so i will balance it by removing a major branch. the mandarins have just finished fruiting this day so i will thin them. the lemon needs to be kept low so i will trim the high branches.
the oranges have big orange coloured fruit now, so they will be pruned later.
they are all flowering but i trim flowers and all in the belief that they produce more fruit than is good for them.

Hmm ok. But I thought – read somewhere – to take off excess small fruit when they start to form if too many. I wouldn’t take off flowers.

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

umm?
i will be pruning a bit.
my kaffir lime has been forced to one side by the abutilons – so i will balance it by removing a major branch. the mandarins have just finished fruiting this day so i will thin them. the lemon needs to be kept low so i will trim the high branches.
the oranges have big orange coloured fruit now, so they will be pruned later.
they are all flowering but i trim flowers and all in the belief that they produce more fruit than is good for them.

Hmm ok. But I thought – read somewhere – to take off excess small fruit when they start to form if too many. I wouldn’t take off flowers.

when i prune branches whatever flowers are on that branch go. i get no frosts here so that influences pruning times.

pepe said:

Happy Potter said:

pepe said:

umm?
i will be pruning a bit.
my kaffir lime has been forced to one side by the abutilons – so i will balance it by removing a major branch. the mandarins have just finished fruiting this day so i will thin them. the lemon needs to be kept low so i will trim the high branches.
the oranges have big orange coloured fruit now, so they will be pruned later.
they are all flowering but i trim flowers and all in the belief that they produce more fruit than is good for them.

Hmm ok. But I thought – read somewhere – to take off excess small fruit when they start to form if too many. I wouldn’t take off flowers.

when i prune branches whatever flowers are on that branch go. i get no frosts here so that influences pruning times.

Excess fruit is thinned out by the first hot day if there isn’t a sprinker going under the tree. If irrigation isn ‘t supplied, all the fruit will be on the ground the first day the temperature reaches 40˚C