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The Green Harvest has a good citrus page.

http://www.greenharvest.com.au/greennotes/Organic_Citrus_Care.html

bubba louie said:

The Green Harvest has a good citrus page.

http://www.greenharvest.com.au/greennotes/Organic_Citrus_Care.html

Thanks, Bubba I’ll let her know when I next chat with her :) I use the Qld DPI “Citrus in the Home garden – a guide for tropical Australia” by AJ Wait and “Pruning – A Practical Guide” by Roger Elliot but over the 21 years here and in both my Mum’s garden in sandy soil at Tweed Heads and mine here on heavy clay have found that ongoing trimming all year around works for me!

However, Samantha has a large, maybe neglected, tree in Melbourne to prune – (probably doesn’t need other general citrus culture advice as is a fairly keen gardener herself) :)

BTW what is the modifier code here for italics?

cackles said:

BTW what is the modifier code here for italics?

underscore

bluegreen said:

cackles said:

BTW what is the modifier code here for italics?

underscore

Thanks, BG
testing – duh! Staring me in the face at the top of the list!
BUT
why didn’t they state_italics_ instead of emphasis on the list? :P

cackles said:

bluegreen said:

cackles said:

BTW what is the modifier code here for italics?

I see now why – :p

underscore

Thanks, BG
testing – duh! Staring me in the face at the top of the list!
BUT
why didn’t they state_italics_ instead of emphasis on the list? :P

g’day cackles.
this is not my field – you actually need a tree surgeon or arborist. they attempt to bring big trees back to a 3 metre height by getting into the centre of the tree and chain sawing all the central leading branches back and thus cleaning out the centre of the tree and letting light in. then they look at the structure of the tree and trim off any branches that are too long. they then trim any dead wood, ingrained bark, ‘fairy wings’ and other defective wood.
i just went to a talk on pruning where an old orchardist and a young arborist explained the process.
its a dangerous and difficult job but apparently old, unpruned fruit trees are very common in backyards.

Thanks Pepe! And thanks from Sammi too – original thread updated :D

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