Good info overall but just wanted to nitpick a little and mention that where you do heading cuts does actually matter somewhat. When you do a heading cut right after a node, that node is going to start sprouting new growth first, so you can actually choose a node facing in the direction you want your branch to grow, and do a heading cut just after there. Other growths at that node will invariably occur, but you can just do thinning cuts for those in order to focus most of the nutrients going to that particular branch into the new growth that's pointing in your favoured direction.
You are absolutely right!! Did you catch the video I made on making your tree bushier? I got a bit more into those details there! Thanks for the helpful corrections!
Citrus trees dont like to be open to far from the ground Only some space so that it doesnt get contaminated from the soil splashing on the leaves when watering .
If you do a heading cut directly above a node/bud that is pointing toward your Redwood it will be more likely to grow in that direction. Great video 2 thumbs up
All pruning videos are the same. An element of risk and adventure as well as technique and science that is well informed. I have a lemon tree that is about 30 ft tall 🥵. I’m Pruning to shape and to make fruit more accessible. Thanks for the video. Got some good tips.
For obvious reasons (my last name), I love all things LEMONS. Last year, my Mayer lemon tree gave me 4 LEMONS, this year, 12. I'm not sure if I'm pruning her coreectly, but she sure brings me joy.
Tammie! You are funny! I just saw I never responded to your comment but laughed when I read it the first time and again now! What a perfect last name!! ❤️❤️ So glad you love your lemon tree!!!
Thank you so much for a real in depth video that really feels like im with you in real time. Im actually seeing and understanding you. Ive never grown anything n i just purchased 4 trees n two berry bushes. Im really happy to have found your channel. Pray 4 me!!
This is fantastic; thank you for sharing! I have a young lemon tree grafted with other citrus fruits that bears really good fruit but the lemon branches have huge thorns and get so dense you cant get to some of the fruit. Today I learned my reckless pruning was a bunch of heading cuts, causing the dense conflicting growth. Time to re-evaluate and plan my future pruning!
Ah! That’s so wonderful to hear! Thanks for the feedback! I felt the same way! The lightbulb turned on! Not sure if you saw but just posted a follow up of the tree 9 months from this video…showing the tree, the scoring and the new problem…leaf miner! Yesssssss! 😏
Shout out from the north Bay. Watched a ton of videos on pruning, but these two cuts really helped me understand what I am doing to my trees and I have yet to see! Thanks!!!!!!!!! Science is cool.
UA-cam is telling me I never responded to this message but I totally thought I had! Evidently in my MIND! Does that count as science?! Hahaha! Thanks for your comment! I wholeheartedly agree: science IS cool! 🤩🙌🏼
Just FYI: you can stimulate new growth from an existing bud with a relatively high degree of predictability and success without making a heading cut by using the bud notching method. Simply cut a notch directly above the bud you want to push new growth that is deep enough, and wide enough to sever the cambium layer which causes the hormone signal to bypass that bud as it travels down the limb. This technique allows one to stimulate new growth in a more targeted way than with heading cuts, or in situations where the existing growth that would otherwise be removed by a heading cut is not necessarily undesirable.
These videos by far have been the single most helpful pruning videos I have seen describing what kind of cuts and what they do as well as I just learned about scoring that's amazing shout out from Mendocino county!!
yes! the expected canopy for the plant was established to have a pefect shape. On the other hand those unwanted branches can be marcoted to have more planting materials either for open field or for a bonsai!
Thanks, great video. I watch others that were way too complicated but yours explained it very well. Off to prune my lemon tree today (winter here in Australia)
My little lemon tree is crazily shaped but I have no idea what to do since all the weird branches are also the best producers. They get so laden that I've had to thin the fruit and prop them up to help carry the weight. I'm scared I might regret it if I cut them off to neaten up my tree. It's taken her so many years to finally start producing quality fruit. She's currently covered in fruit! Thank you for this informative video. Hopefully, I'll be able to work up the courage to give it a go after I harvest her latest bounty tomorrow. I appreciate all the time and effort you put in to share your knowledge with us.
Ophelia! I’m sorry for the slow response! I totally understand your caution. It’s always a bit of a risk when you prune, but I have to say that for me this whole experience has given me more confidence! Good luck!
Thank you!! I pruned a potted orange tree a few weeks ago.....yikes!! Wish I would've seen your video before then! I have smaller trees and will use your helpful information!!!
Well explained. Thank you! I've watched other videos and yours is so easy to understand. I'm also pruning my lemon three this week (...still winter in Australia)
Thank you for the feedback! You can watch my “May Garden tour” video to see how the tree was doing a few months later and I plan to put out a proper follow up video soon as it has been about 6 months has totally done so well filling in and producing fruit! Have fun this week with your lemon tree!
Thank you for video. what can I do when my lemon tree has curly, sticky and shiny leaves with white sticky eggs I think they are bug eggs. I have photos, but how can I send you the photos?
The pruning during the stage when the tree have fruits ? Excuse me, I'm I'm a beginner in this area ,but this operation not had to be done before the tree have flowers? Thanks!🙏🙏🙏
Some citrus trees fruit all year…like mine! So it’s not so obvious when to prune. Did you catch my follow up videos on this? In part 2 I talk about pests and best time to prune to avoid!!! You can find it in the Fruit Tree playlist!!
I have a lemon tree but the leaves of some shoots have dried up. I have cut the dried parts. It started with the "bark" peeling off. and these branches do not support further growth. Shall I cut the whole tree? OR shall I prune the affected parts? I have had lemons from the tree before.
So glad it was helpful. In terms of when to prune on the eAst Coast…I am not familiar with your climate and pests but I just posted a follow up to this video and share more info about timing…basically before pest come. So for us between Jan- March….
Just started my lemon tree from seed about 2 months ago and its already 2” tall Yaay ! I live up in Vancouver Canada so it’ll have to be an indoor tree, not sure how it will take . Nevertheless I enjoyed your video.Very informative, thank you . New sub 🇨🇦
Loved this and going to send to my brother who's not convinced of the benefit of pruning. What year was this video made? Can you do a follow up video to show the new growth you achieved?
My sisterz lemon tree is about 4 feet tall. Never been trained in any way. How far down can she safely cut and not kill the tree. I would like to plant(propagate) the cut taken from the top.
It's hard to say without looking at the tree...but I would guess a 10-12". With a heading cut you will get new growth from the top nodes so you can plan based on where the nodes are.
Thank you so much for your explanation! It was very good! Still I have some questions: 1. Does this apply to orange trees? 2. I have a lemontree in a big vase under a transparent pergola. It is shaped like a "y". It was preety sick during this past year - cochenille as we call it (little sort of bugs that adhere to the branches, one can make red dye out of it). I treated it and it is still alive. One of the branches is low and has no leaves and no sub-branches. The higher one has sub-branches, but only leaves at the top. The thing is that it is too high, but if I prune it it will have no leaves at all. Is it all right to prune it? 3. Do I need to protect the place where it was cut with some kind of medicine? 4. I give the tree a supplement, do I do it again after it is pruned or only in spring? Thank you so much, looking forward to a reply, Ana
Hi Ana! So glad you found the video helpful. I guess I want to start by saying I am not a tree expert and it sounds like your tree has been through a lot! I’ll share with you what I know: stressed plants are compromised and pruning is an additional stressor on a plant. I might check with someone local first. Before doing anything. 2. The science behind the heading and thinning cuts is that pruning increases growth, heading cuts increase growth the most. Check out the Sept follow up video to see what happened to my cuts…it is linked in the description. I am posting another video on the growth of this tree tomorrow as well so you can see what has happened up to Dec. 3. Follow fertiliser package instructions, I try and do it every six weeks but often fall behind. 4. You could also try scoring the tree to create new branches. i post a short in Sept about Scoring the Lemon tree! Check those videos out. Good luck!!!
Did you say to fertilize every 6 weeks? I’m about an hour away from where you are so im happy i found your channel! Its more helpful when you live in the same zone and state as someone giving advise :)
Thankyou for the great explanation, I have a young citrus which had its first fruit and really found it hard to find a clip that explained and gave quite a few different examples so that I could get my head around heading and thinning cuts. Yours was great, thanks also from Australia
Nice, I read somewhere that you follow the basic three branch fruit tree model with citrus. I have 3- 1 ( 1-seedless lime 1-??? lime, and a lemon) year olds I am slowly shaping. Have a Mulberry that is fun to prune. Volunteer avocados came up in my veggie mulch. Fun to grow and know what I am eating. I insist on organic fertilizer, cow poo, goat, chicken, duck poo...... any thoughts are welcome.
When is the best time to prune? I currently live in Sacramento. My small lemon tree looks like a bush. My grapefruit it’s at least 5 yrs old, kind of small no fruit at all.. not sure what I need to do
The UC Davis website says that the best time to prune is just prior to bloom or just after fruit set…and minor pruning can be done anytime. Also it’s noted that citrus don’t require pruning, it’s more for shape and removal of dead wood or crossing branches. In my experience, the best thing to do to increase fruit harvest is fertilise! I use EBStone citrus fertiliser every 2 months and have had great success. I’ve also recommended fertiliser to friends without fruit set and they have seen results. Tough to tell what’s going on with your particular tree(s) without looking at them, as water or sun light, soil conditions, pests and diseases could also affect. Just some thoughts! Good luck! 🙌🏼🍋
Good information. I have a lemon tree that I grew from seed that's about 3 years old and not producing any new growth. It only has two branches though, so I have not pruned it lately because I wanted to make sure I was doing it at the right spots. Your video helped. By the way do you know if there is a way to stimulate more branches from the trunk? My trunk is bare a little too high up, I think.
Hey there! Yes! I do have a video about producing more growth. Check out my Fruit Trees playlist on my channel and there are some follow ups on this lemon tree as well as a video about stimulating growth on the lemon tree. Finally there are three "gardeners guide" videos that I did with my Father In Law a couple months back that may be helpful for you as well about general fruit tree info!! Good luck!
Hi there! With citrus trees, some varieties they fruit all season so there isn’t a “right time” per se. If your variety has a fruiting season then it is best to prune outside of that…Fall or Winter! In a follow up video I posted recently I talked about citrus leaf miner and how that affects the best pruning time as well.
Yes!! I Just posted a one year follow up video and am sitting here wondering why you didn’t see it easily?! Ahhhh! Social media 🫠 Go check it out! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Hi there. So, the reading I’ve done and my experience tells me that’s almost impossible sometimes nor does it matter. This tree has fruit year round. It does make sense to me to follow that rule if you can! But it doesn’t apply for my tree and therefore increased the challenge…when to prune so I get the biggest harvest and don’t lose much. 🍋 Good luck!
Good info overall but just wanted to nitpick a little and mention that where you do heading cuts does actually matter somewhat. When you do a heading cut right after a node, that node is going to start sprouting new growth first, so you can actually choose a node facing in the direction you want your branch to grow, and do a heading cut just after there. Other growths at that node will invariably occur, but you can just do thinning cuts for those in order to focus most of the nutrients going to that particular branch into the new growth that's pointing in your favoured direction.
You are absolutely right!! Did you catch the video I made on making your tree bushier? I got a bit more into those details there! Thanks for the helpful corrections!
Yes my advice toooo
I learned in another pruning video to sterilize the shears beforehand to reduce disease problems. ?
Your comments go for just about any tree or bush. Even roses.
Citrus trees dont like to be open to far from the ground Only some space so that it doesnt get contaminated from the soil splashing on the leaves when watering .
Incredibly helpful as others said, but no one's mentioned how low-key funny you are! Educational and joyful - thanks!
Thank you! I'm about to prune my lemon tree right now so I decided to look for some tips.
This was perfect!
Thanks!
If you do a heading cut directly above a node/bud that is pointing toward your Redwood it will be more likely to grow in that direction. Great video 2 thumbs up
Thanks. Hasn't been easy to find such a demonstrative pruning tutorial. Appreciate the explanations of the cause and effect of each cut.
All pruning videos are the same. An element of risk and adventure as well as technique and science that is well informed. I have a lemon tree that is about 30 ft tall 🥵. I’m Pruning to shape and to make fruit more accessible. Thanks for the video. Got some good tips.
Thanks understanding the principle of heading cuts and over crossing brunches will be helpful,
For obvious reasons (my last name), I love all things LEMONS.
Last year, my Mayer lemon tree gave me 4 LEMONS, this year, 12. I'm not sure if I'm pruning her coreectly, but she sure brings me joy.
Tammie! You are funny! I just saw I never responded to your comment but laughed when I read it the first time and again now! What a perfect last name!! ❤️❤️ So glad you love your lemon tree!!!
Thanks for this! We've got a very over-grown lemon tree, so everything you've explained here will be very helpful when we start pruning tomorrow. 🍋😃
The direction of your nodes below each heading cut determines where they grow out directionally.
True!
And you are referring to TERMINALS and LATERALS, correct?
Thank you so much for a real in depth video that really feels like im with you in real time. Im actually seeing and understanding you. Ive never grown anything n i just purchased 4 trees n two berry bushes. Im really happy to have found your channel. Pray 4 me!!
Yes!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Let’s pray for each other! 💪🏼🌸 You can DO IT!
@@PowertotheFlower 🥰🤗🤲
Wow.....thanks. very well demonstrated.
This is fantastic; thank you for sharing! I have a young lemon tree grafted with other citrus fruits that bears really good fruit but the lemon branches have huge thorns and get so dense you cant get to some of the fruit. Today I learned my reckless pruning was a bunch of heading cuts, causing the dense conflicting growth. Time to re-evaluate and plan my future pruning!
Ah! That’s so wonderful to hear! Thanks for the feedback! I felt the same way! The lightbulb turned on! Not sure if you saw but just posted a follow up of the tree 9 months from this video…showing the tree, the scoring and the new problem…leaf miner! Yesssssss! 😏
Lovely. Very useful. I'll you know how it goes with my lemon trees. I have lots of work to do!
Thank you very much for this cutting leson , I learned a lot . You are great in revealing this knoledge.
Wow yummy lemon tree delicious perfect video for the good health lemon juice thanks for sharing my friend good afternoon mam
Super helpful and very clear to follow, thankyou.
Shout out from the north Bay. Watched a ton of videos on pruning, but these two cuts really helped me understand what I am doing to my trees and I have yet to see! Thanks!!!!!!!!! Science is cool.
UA-cam is telling me I never responded to this message but I totally thought I had! Evidently in my MIND! Does that count as science?! Hahaha! Thanks for your comment! I wholeheartedly agree: science IS cool! 🤩🙌🏼
Just FYI: you can stimulate new growth from an existing bud with a relatively high degree of predictability and success without making a heading cut by using the bud notching method. Simply cut a notch directly above the bud you want to push new growth that is deep enough, and wide enough to sever the cambium layer which causes the hormone signal to bypass that bud as it travels down the limb. This technique allows one to stimulate new growth in a more targeted way than with heading cuts, or in situations where the existing growth that would otherwise be removed by a heading cut is not necessarily undesirable.
These videos by far have been the single most helpful pruning videos I have seen describing what kind of cuts and what they do as well as I just learned about scoring that's amazing shout out from Mendocino county!!
great video . i am a horticulture graduate but spent life in banking. now raising my own citrus and multi fruit garden.will be in touch
Thank you! Glad you liked it! 🌳
Thank you 👌 😊 💓 ☺️ 💗
I was worried for the plant. Thanks for the enlightenment😍
very new to gardening clearly.
Hi , thank you for sharing . On the branches my lemon tree have a lot of small black circle insects … Please tell my what I can spray something … ❤
yes! the expected canopy for the plant was established to have a pefect shape. On the other hand those unwanted branches can be marcoted to have more planting materials either for open field or for a bonsai!
Beautiful Garden~
Thank you for good sharing.
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My friend, have a good day
Thanks, great video. I watch others that were way too complicated but yours explained it very well. Off to prune my lemon tree today (winter here in Australia)
Oh yay! I’m so glad you found it helpful! I have to say, I found the tree science super helpful! So I’m glad you did too! ❤️🍋
Really informative, clear instructions, and I enjoy your delivery. All the best from New Zealand. :)
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Thankyou for your information❤
My little lemon tree is crazily shaped but I have no idea what to do since all the weird branches are also the best producers. They get so laden that I've had to thin the fruit and prop them up to help carry the weight. I'm scared I might regret it if I cut them off to neaten up my tree. It's taken her so many years to finally start producing quality fruit. She's currently covered in fruit!
Thank you for this informative video. Hopefully, I'll be able to work up the courage to give it a go after I harvest her latest bounty tomorrow. I appreciate all the time and effort you put in to share your knowledge with us.
Ophelia! I’m sorry for the slow response! I totally understand your caution. It’s always a bit of a risk when you prune, but I have to say that for me this whole experience has given me more confidence! Good luck!
thank you! Very helpful to me!
I am amazed trees can take a beating from this 100 degree weather.
I'm melting
I heard once on a learning channel program, that the angle of your cut on a branch, determines the direction of growth.
Thanks for all this good information.
Yep! Home all day. x
Best video on citrus cutting on line so far. Just want to make sure do we cut citrus in February or March?
I’m have a few follow ups. Nov-March is a good time in CA.
Thanks for your help.👍
Love this vid . Thanks. Power to the Flower. So well explained.
Can i just pull damaged or diseased leaves off my lemon trees.??????
I do that, if there aren’t too many! And most importantly I am also helping solve the problem (iron-tone, fertiliser, compost!). Thank you! 🙌🏼
Thanks@@PowertotheFlower Thanks
Thank you!! I pruned a potted orange tree a few weeks ago.....yikes!! Wish I would've seen your video before then! I have smaller trees and will use your helpful information!!!
I learned a lot ❤ thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 😊
Can you brine fruit trees when fruit is coming in? During harvest?
Nice share 😍😍👍👌
Sending full my supports❤️💚☘️🍀🌲🌲
Thanks for good video!
That was so amazing 😃👏🏻! Thank you for how well you explained and showed everything 👍🏻..
So glad it was helpful. Recent update video posted about scoring the tree and making new branches grow….FYI. 💪🏼🌸
Well explained. Thank you! I've watched other videos and yours is so easy to understand. I'm also pruning my lemon three this week (...still winter in Australia)
Thank you for the feedback! You can watch my “May Garden tour” video to see how the tree was doing a few months later and I plan to put out a proper follow up video soon as it has been about 6 months has totally done so well filling in and producing fruit! Have fun this week with your lemon tree!
very helpful thank you
Thank you for video. what can I do when my lemon tree has curly, sticky and shiny leaves with white sticky eggs I think they are bug eggs. I have photos, but how can I send you the photos?
Thank you 💪🏼
The pruning during the stage when the tree have fruits ? Excuse me, I'm I'm a beginner in this area ,but this operation not had to be done before the tree have flowers?
Thanks!🙏🙏🙏
Some citrus trees fruit all year…like mine! So it’s not so obvious when to prune. Did you catch my follow up videos on this? In part 2 I talk about pests and best time to prune to avoid!!! You can find it in the Fruit Tree playlist!!
@@PowertotheFlower looking now! Thanks! I struggle with an worm that destroy my citrus trees !😢
Are those solar shingles by the chimney?
Really great info, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!
So glad to hear it was helpful! Did you catch my follow up videos? You can find them in the “Fruit tree Playlist” on this channel!
I have a lemon tree but the leaves of some shoots have dried up. I have cut the dried
parts. It started with the "bark" peeling off. and these branches do not support further growth.
Shall I cut the whole tree? OR shall I prune the affected parts? I have had lemons from the tree before.
Nice info good video thx love it
So happy to hear!
Thankyou so much.
2 out of 3 of my citrus trees look dehydrated can I give them seasol leaves especially
Great video! Very informative :)
I’m so glad it was helpful! Thanks for the feedback!❤️
Very informative! We live here in the East Coast, when to prune my Lemon tree. Thank you
So glad it was helpful. In terms of when to prune on the eAst Coast…I am not familiar with your climate and pests but I just posted a follow up to this video and share more info about timing…basically before pest come. So for us between Jan- March….
Just started my lemon tree from seed about 2 months ago and its already 2” tall Yaay !
I live up in Vancouver Canada so it’ll have to be an indoor tree, not sure how it will take . Nevertheless I enjoyed your video.Very informative, thank you . New sub 🇨🇦
I have an old lemon tree which was in a pot, now planted in the ground. Stem is black, us this diseased?
You want to cut your branches on a 45 degree angle to prevent water damage and disease.
Loved this and going to send to my brother who's not convinced of the benefit of pruning. What year was this video made? Can you do a follow up video to show the new growth you achieved?
Yes! I have done a number of follow ups and some more tree videos with my FIL! You can find them on my channel under Fruit Tree playlist!!
Plant has a manganese deficiency, much love!
Do you need to make angled cuts or are straight cuts ok?
My FIL says it doesn’t matter about the cuts.
My sisterz lemon tree is about 4 feet tall. Never been trained in any way. How far down can she safely cut and not kill the tree. I would like to plant(propagate) the cut taken from the top.
It's hard to say without looking at the tree...but I would guess a 10-12". With a heading cut you will get new growth from the top nodes so you can plan based on where the nodes are.
Thank you so much for your explanation! It was very good! Still I have some questions: 1. Does this apply to orange trees? 2. I have a lemontree in a big vase under a transparent pergola. It is shaped like a "y". It was preety sick during this past year - cochenille as we call it (little sort of bugs that adhere to the branches, one can make red dye out of it). I treated it and it is still alive. One of the branches is low and has no leaves and no sub-branches. The higher one has sub-branches, but only leaves at the top. The thing is that it is too high, but if I prune it it will have no leaves at all. Is it all right to prune it? 3. Do I need to protect the place where it was cut with some kind of medicine? 4. I give the tree a supplement, do I do it again after it is pruned or only in spring? Thank you so much, looking forward to a reply, Ana
Hi Ana! So glad you found the video helpful. I guess I want to start by saying I am not a tree expert and it sounds like your tree has been through a lot! I’ll share with you what I know: stressed plants are compromised and pruning is an additional stressor on a plant. I might check with someone local first. Before doing anything. 2. The science behind the heading and thinning cuts is that pruning increases growth, heading cuts increase growth the most. Check out the Sept follow up video to see what happened to my cuts…it is linked in the description. I am posting another video on the growth of this tree tomorrow as well so you can see what has happened up to Dec. 3. Follow fertiliser package instructions, I try and do it every six weeks but often fall behind. 4. You could also try scoring the tree to create new branches. i post a short in Sept about Scoring the Lemon tree! Check those videos out. Good luck!!!
Those lemons look healthy.
Good information. I have some work to do.
When is the best time to head or thin a lemon tree?
I have inherited a lemon tree..it needs a lot of "shaping up" very healthy.. but leave a up trunk and very long arms. Help
Does your FIL have a channel or somewhere to learn from him?
Super helpful thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️
Nice 👍👍👍
Did you say to fertilize every 6 weeks? I’m about an hour away from where you are so im happy i found your channel! Its more helpful when you live in the same zone and state as someone giving advise :)
Yes! Ideally a citrus tree receives fertiliser every six weeks! So glad you’ve found this channel helpful! Thank you for the feedback! ❤️
@@PowertotheFlower I don’t remember the month i fertilized my citrus but i know it was spring. Would it hurt to fertilize?
@@pureluck8767 No! Go for it!
Can you post an undated on this lemon tree now?? Would like to see it now! Thanks. 3 years later
I haven’t done an update this year. But many since. Check out the fruit tree playlist!
Hello Cara, My citrus trees have turned into giant shrubs (foreign property) with many stocks. Do I leave it or cut it back to one center stock?
My lemon tree has turned into a bush, I have never cut any branches. How do you pick out a good one to keep or cut
Thankyou for the great explanation, I have a young citrus which had its first fruit and really found it hard to find a clip that explained and gave quite a few different examples so that I could get my head around heading and thinning cuts. Yours was great, thanks also from Australia
I have a limon tree and it's growing fast I live in oregon how can I take care of it
Check out my Fruittrees playlist!
How long after a heading cut until fruit grows off the new growth?
A couple years at least
Sorry one more question, can you put the cut branches into water to grow new trees? :)
I don’t know! But they do smell so delicious I did put some in a vase by my fireplace! 😉
I did adding Rutone to the cutting and it worked.
If I had finished watching it would have definitely broken my heart.
Or check out the rect follow up two years later!!!
very scientific there
Nice, I read somewhere that you follow the basic three branch fruit tree model with citrus. I have 3- 1 ( 1-seedless lime 1-??? lime, and a lemon) year olds I am slowly shaping. Have a Mulberry that is fun to prune. Volunteer avocados came up in my veggie mulch. Fun to grow and know what I am eating. I insist on organic fertilizer, cow poo, goat, chicken, duck poo...... any thoughts are welcome.
does this also apply to avocado trees?
Any tree! These principles apply to pruning generally, plants too!
When is the best time to prune? I currently live in Sacramento. My small lemon tree looks like a bush. My grapefruit it’s at least 5 yrs old, kind of small no fruit at all.. not sure what I need to do
The UC Davis website says that the best time to prune is just prior to bloom or just after fruit set…and minor pruning can be done anytime. Also it’s noted that citrus don’t require pruning, it’s more for shape and removal of dead wood or crossing branches. In my experience, the best thing to do to increase fruit harvest is fertilise! I use EBStone citrus fertiliser every 2 months and have had great success. I’ve also recommended fertiliser to friends without fruit set and they have seen results. Tough to tell what’s going on with your particular tree(s) without looking at them, as water or sun light, soil conditions, pests and diseases could also affect. Just some thoughts! Good luck! 🙌🏼🍋
Good information. I have a lemon tree that I grew from seed that's about 3 years old and not producing any new growth. It only has two branches though, so I have not pruned it lately because I wanted to make sure I was doing it at the right spots. Your video helped. By the way do you know if there is a way to stimulate more branches from the trunk? My trunk is bare a little too high up, I think.
Hey there! Yes! I do have a video about producing more growth. Check out my Fruit Trees playlist on my channel and there are some follow ups on this lemon tree as well as a video about stimulating growth on the lemon tree. Finally there are three "gardeners guide" videos that I did with my Father In Law a couple months back that may be helpful for you as well about general fruit tree info!! Good luck!
Dear Ma,'am
should we not prune the fruit plant in fall season?
is it good to prune when tree is on fruiting?
Hi there! With citrus trees, some varieties they fruit all season so there isn’t a “right time” per se. If your variety has a fruiting season then it is best to prune outside of that…Fall or Winter! In a follow up video I posted recently I talked about citrus leaf miner and how that affects the best pruning time as well.
@@PowertotheFlower
thx, plz tell us some varieties of citrus, which does fruit in all seasons...
my lemon tree lost all of their leaves, i live in the NE and in the winter i place it inside. I have not gotten any lemons from it. What should I do ?
Hi which country do you live can we grow outside in Chicago
No…best in a pot that you can move inside when it gets cold!
On today, 27th May 2024 after watching this video Iearned so much things.
When should I prune I live in south cali
Now! Just posted a short on this and then saw your question! 💯🙌🏼 Jan- March is pruning time for us!
@@PowertotheFlower i planted my tree from seed like 3 years ago and I was told that the trees need to be graphed. Can I still do that?
@@anae6511 good question for my FIL….I’ll ask him!
So these cuts apply to any citrus, right?
Yep. Actually, they apply to pruning most fruits trees….cNt think of an exception.
I live in Northeast Pa. Is it ok to prune in the fall or wait for the spring?
I would ask your local nursery! From
what I know about pruning and weather (which is limited) I would think waiting is safest.
I cut my lonely tree to years ago and it takes so long e to make lonem way is that
How did it turn out a year later?
GREAT! I have a number of follow ups. Check out my Fruit Tree playlists! 🙌
Its been a year....how's it shaping up?
Yes!! I Just posted a one year follow up video and am sitting here wondering why you didn’t see it easily?! Ahhhh! Social media 🫠 Go check it out! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Dont prune when bearing fruits, am I right ?
Hi there. So, the reading I’ve done and my experience tells me that’s almost impossible sometimes nor does it matter. This tree has fruit year round. It does make sense to me to follow that rule if you can! But it doesn’t apply for my tree and therefore increased the challenge…when to prune so I get the biggest harvest and don’t lose much. 🍋 Good luck!
@@PowertotheFlower ok, good reasoning
I think I am going to invite myself for some lemonade in sunny California when the pandemic is over. 🤣
Hahaha! That would be PERFECT!