Pruning Meyer Lemons in Containers
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2015
- Learn how to Grow the popular Meyer Lemon from light requirements to temperature, to fertilizer and soil requirements. Learn what container is best for root care, a key ingredient in growing healthy citrus and how to control for insect.
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Thanks for not making this a 30 min video. Gave me just the info I needed!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the detailed, but short heads up on this subject !!!
WOW 8 years ago! Great information, thanks !
Thanks! Mine has evolved into a crazy shape
Incredibly helpful. Thank you!
I'd like to have things pointed out more, for example pointing where you're going to prune before pruning, because I couldn't see :) Great info otherwise, thanks!
Thank you for the feedback!
thanks this is the info I was searching for.
Great video, thanks. I bought a Meyer Lemon this spring, it was about 4 ft tall from the pot dirt. It has grown a lot, it is now almost December, but I picked a plant that has almost all of the growth to one side of the plant. No large branches on the one side. There is also a new shoot coming up from the graft union, shooting straight up (it is Meyer, not root stock). What should I do in terms of Pruning? It will live inside this winter.
Great info
Great info, nice work my friend 👍👍👍
This is the kind of video I've looking for. I am growing a lemon that i planted from seed in 2017. Now its taller than me. But only 3 branches. I am afraid to cut the top part because i might ruin them. 😖
Why would anyone dislike this video?
Best channel ty
This video was very helpful. I have a dwarf Meyer lemon tree that is less than a year old. It is bearing fruit for the first time with several lemons at all different sizes. I have a couple of branches that do not have any flowers or lemons on them that I would like to cut back. Is it safe to do so while the lemons are still ripening on the tree since it is its first production of fruit and we are still in Summer?
Nice video thank you. I have a question I have a lemon tree I am don't know what kind of lemon is but my little tree is 2ft What I understand from this video I have to cut it to get more branches and stronger.
thanks
Can I prune back a lead in August? Or do I have to wait until the end of the last frost? My lead is wayyy out to the left and it’s making it hard to fit into any space. Haha
nice demonstration. I wish you had a solid colored background. it was hard to see what you cut exactly with the other lemon trees being directly behind the one you pruned. I have a potted meyer lemon with lemons all over it. the branches are drooping. I'm wondering if I should cut it back now to send more energy and nutrients to the fruit, or wait until after harvest. Just got the tree and looking for care tips. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!!
+Janice B Cut back after fruiting is the general practice. The plant will take care of the fruits needs and the more foliage on the plant the better at this time of year
thanks for the advice.
Thanks. Nice content, informative, and just what I needed. Salute.
Great advice thank you! I have a young Meyer lemon plant I've grown from seed it's about the size of the smaller Meyer plant you displayed at the end of the vid... How do I prune to stop growing upright and encourage side branches without destroying the plant?
Just prune it back and keep doing that letting the plant grown a little higher every time It will thicken up. Also give it good light on all side so growth is encouraged outward as well as upward.
thank you!!
Nice video! I have a meyer lemon plant in a container that I got last year. It is a small plant, doesn't seem to be producing leaves and hasn't grown ever since. It looks nude like a bunch of sticks with hardly 10-15 leaves. The existing leaves are mature, greenish yellow. It produces flowers twice a year and there is currently 3 big lemons growing. Some lemons fell off very young. I fertilize it with the pearl-type granules once in 3 months and water every other day. It is kept in a sunny spot in Los Angeles weather. There are no leaves/growth to prune, hence never pruned it. What am I doing wrong, or how can I make it grow new leaves and look healthy? Thanks.
Check your root system. Sounds like it’s compromised by root disease which has weaken it. Watering it every other day without much foliage can encourage root diseases. Grow in a clay pot and don’t water until the surface of the soil is dry. Just shift it into a clay pot without disturbing the mix. Although it’s not the time of year for growth you just need to get it through until late winter when it will start growing again.
Thank you for this video. I have a potted Meyer Lemon that the main branch has grown too high and the rest of the branches are lower, I would like to know if you recommend me to cut that or just leave it (wish I can add a photo here), I am worried that if I prune it the whole tree might die. It is the main branch or trunk. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
As long as the roots are healthy and the plant is in active growth in spring and summer. You can prune them hard and they will recover. Don’t do it in fall or winter.
I have a small Meyer lemon tree cutting and all the top leaves have curled up and some even turning brown. the underleaves that are new growth are coming in great. Any ideas what caused the curl and browning og the top leaves? I want to prevent it in the new growth
+Amber Davis Not sure. Could be that it got wilted severely once which killed the top of the plant.
I have a meyer lemon in a pot that I've had for 7 years. I'm in Connecticut. I bring it in every winter under a grow light. It obviously grows good inside as well. What I'd like to do is severely prune it this winter and have it go dormant if possible. Is it possible to heavily prune it and cut down heavy on light?
BTW if it dies, it'll be like I lost my child.
We generally suggest not pruning more than 1/3 of the plant at one time. Pruning too much will harm the plant. If you decrease the amount of light it gets, the plant will go into a semi-dormancy and may start to shed its leaves. The leaves will resprout in Spring.
So I live in Kansas and as an ongoing expirament I planted some meyer lemons in a pot. At the time I could find NO information on pruning indoor citrus anywhere, so the trees have been allowed to kind of run rampant. It has yet to flower and is 4+ ish years old, knowing it has been mishandled over the years I am not too worried, but more info would be so useful! If you have a video on how to "rescue" an older overgrown tree i would love to see it
It sounds like the plants were started from seed. If so, it can take many years before they start to flower and fruit. Generally with seedlings, we do not prune them much as they need to get fairly large before they start the flowering process. I would let them go as long as you have room for them in the growing area, and only prune those branches that are getting too tall or are reaching out too far from the central trunk.
New lemon tree in a pot: Its Oct 3 her in Az. When should I prune my lemon tree? I have a long limb coming out the top. Do I do it now or wait? thank you :)
+Lacey McKay A light pruning can be done now. They will grow year-round as long as temperatures are warm. AZ should still have enough growing season left.
Thank you !
I have 3 Meyer lemon plants, one in the ground that's 3 yrs, one in a 2 gallon plastic pot 1.5 yrs old, one in a 2 gallon fabric pot 1.5 yrs old. Only the one in the plastic pot has gotten flowers which fell off soon after. I live in S FL. I water at least once a week sometimes 2 times a week I have used compost tea as well as foliage fertilizer and yet I do not get any fruit or flowering only modest growth . Any suggestions?
If you are in FL, I would look at the symptoms of ‘Greenings’ a disease of citrus. As it progresses the plants don’t fruit as well. If you pruned the plants at all that can slow down flowering.
No greenings disease here, but the oldest one in the ground has problem with leaf miners, which I have pruned a little an plucked leaves. I visit my plants on a daily basis, I am going to try compost tea every 3 to 5 days again. Thanks!
Can we grow multiple lemon 🍋 trees in single big pot till they get fruits on it... Or it has to be individually potted...
Ideally, plants need to be potted individually to thrive and fruit.
Can this be done in early spring?
The best time to prune is during late spring, after flowering, when in active growth.
How long does it take before lemon trees start to flower? My tree is much larger than that, but it hasn't produced fruit yet, could it be because it was grown from seed?
How long have you had the plant? Are you currently fertilizing it at all? If so, what is the NPK value on the fertilizer and how often is it being applied? Is it receive 8+ hours of direct sunlight per day?
@@LogeesPlants I first planted the seed for my tree in May 2017, and I grew it in a container until last year, when I planted it in my backyard.
It has grown pretty fast. It gets about 5 or 6 hours of direct sunlight every day, plus partial shade for the rest of the day. I fertilize once a month with an all purpose water soluble fertilizer, 24-8-16.
I've heard lemon trees can take a few years to bloom if they're grown from seed, is that true? Also, do you fertilize your trees immediately after you prune them, or is it better to just give water for a few days and let them recover first?
Plants grown from seed can take some time to bloom. We would suggest, however, swapping to a different fertilizer if you can. The one you are using is promoting a lot of leaf growth as it's high in nitrogen and supporting root growth with the last number being high as well; however, that middle number in the NPK value is for the blooms, which this fertilizer doesn't focus on. Try finding something with the middle number being the highest of the three, but all three numbers below 10 (For example, a 7-9-5 or a 10-10-10, etcetera). This will focus more on eventually producing the blooms and fruit you are seeking. Although it may take awhile, it will eventually be worth it. In our area, we fertilizer Spring through early fall once per month. Please see the following care sheet for more specific information: www.logees.com/media/care/pdf/Citrus.pdf
@@LogeesPlants O.K., I'll check out the link, although I guess I should mention I'm not necessarily seeking to grow fruit. See, I just happened to see a UA-cam video about growing a lemon tree from seed, and I happened to have a lemon from the supermarket, and one thing lead to another and now I have a tree, lol! I'm more or less just curious about it.
Anyway, thanks for response, I'll give your recommendations a try! 😁
Could barely see what you were cutting... Would reccomend a backdrop in front of plants in the rear to shield viewer from dizzying effects of background leaves competing for attention with the foreground plant in which technician was working. Would love to see this video again, minus the background plants and with close up shots as to the cuts the technician was making.