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perseacitrus1



Joined: 26 Dec 2008
Posts: 17
Location: Switzerland USDA 7b

Posted: Sat 03 Jan, 2009 6:42 pm

Hello,

i'm from Switzerland and I grow citrus container citrus in a green house.

My question is : what is the best time to Citrus pruning?

Is it for every Citrus spp. the same time or is there any difference?

Thank you for your answers.

I wish you an happy 2009.

David
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aesir22
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Posted: Sat 03 Jan, 2009 7:05 pm

The best time to prune citrus is never Smile every time you prune it, you set it back from flowering and fruiting, which means you may end up with just a foliage plant. As a general rule, people do not prune citrus. The only times I know of people pruning them are when they bring them indoors and they are too big to fit in, or they outgrow the greenhouse. A bit here and there to tidy it up tends to be quite popular, but substantial pruning will set your tree back

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perseacitrus1



Joined: 26 Dec 2008
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Location: Switzerland USDA 7b

Posted: Sat 03 Jan, 2009 7:22 pm

Thank you for you answer. So the citrus don't need regulary pruning.

Exept to keep the tree's form or to bring it to the green house.

David
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Posted: Sat 03 Jan, 2009 8:11 pm

David, welcome to the Citrus Growers Forum. Thank you for joining. About your tree.....LEAVE YOUR TREE ALONE. Almost NEVER prune a citrus tree. Citrus produce fruit ONLY on new growth. If you prune, you are removing the latest new growth, and your tree will not, and cannot, flower and fruit. - Millet
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A.T. Hagan
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Posted: Sat 03 Jan, 2009 11:05 pm

I don't prune my trees like I do deciduous fruit, but I do prune them for shape. I dislike a gangly looking tree so if it's starting to become awkward I take the pruning shears to it to encourage more and better limb growth the way I want it. This is not a regular thing, but only on an as needed basis which does not happen often.

My biggest Key lime is finally starting to fill in a bit thanks to some judicious tip pruning.

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laidbackdood
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Location: Perth.Western Australia.

Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 7:31 am

I dont prune my container trees much.Only when a branch gets long and leggy.Then i cut back in shape with the tree. I did prune my lemon and clementine in the ground this year.Just to open up the middle of the tree to let some light in and to balance the shape.I did this at the end of winter. I removed some of the fruitlets too,as to give them some space and not over burden the tree with too much fruit.They are both growing well with lots of fruit.They are both 8 year old dwarfs and look good now.These dwarfs take time.I prune my fejoas really hard every year,Once they have finished fruiting and just before winter.They are ten years old now but about 2.5 meters tall.Dont suppose you get those where you are?
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perseacitrus1



Joined: 26 Dec 2008
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Location: Switzerland USDA 7b

Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 9:26 am

Hello laidbackdood,

thank you for your answer. I don't live in the warmer country in the world, but I think that is possible in my greenhouse to have a 2.5 metersctall citrus tree. A friend grow a Citrus limon in groud and in his greenhouse and the tree is 2 meters tall.

So I will say you in 2019 (10 years) Laughing

David
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Laaz
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Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 9:52 am

Hey laidbackdood I believe fejoas are one in the same as Pineapple Guava.

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Sylvain
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Location: Bergerac, France.

Posted: Mon 23 Feb, 2009 10:17 am

Yes. He means Feijoa.
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laidbackdood
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Location: Perth.Western Australia.

Posted: Tue 24 Feb, 2009 7:30 am

Whoops,yes i stand corrected on the spelling.We have several types of feijoas here.If you have more than one,you get better pollination.
I have two trees near each other.One is a standard which produces egg shape feijoas and the other is an "Apollo" variety.I recommend the Apollo very much.They grow larger and more elongated fruits.
One year i had a fruit that was the size of a good sized pear!
It was huge and full of yummy!! Havent had one that size since.They grow a lot here in march and swell then.I feed them nearly everyday at low dose and you see them grow.They are even grown on the side of the road in nz but dont grow big because nobody feeds them! I am not sure if they would be hardy for U S winters.
When these trees were 4 years old,i moved house and dug them both up and transported them in my mazda 323. If you can imagine,My whole car was full of trees with branches and leaves all around my head.I could only use my side mirrors.They have lived at this house for 8 years now.
They produced fruit after a couple of years.I prune them really hard after fruiting(autumn)with a hedge trimmer Cheers
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Evaldas
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Joined: 30 Jan 2010
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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania, Zone 5

Posted: Fri 18 Jun, 2010 8:33 am

I have some questions about citrus pruning:
1) Here's what I've read about dwarf citruses "It is worth bearing in mind that the branches that you prune will not bear flowers that year."
Is that true?
2) Why is everyone so against pruning? It's necessary to prune a tree to maintain it's shape, isn't it?
3) If I do decide to prune my trees is this what I've read is also true "Prune during the summer months, when the plant is actively growing and do not prune after September."?
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gdbanks
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Location: Jersey Village, TX

Posted: Sat 19 Jun, 2010 1:19 am

i did some pruning this past week. and have done it before. the main reason i remove branches is to remove branches that cross each other. i have also pruned to make sure a verity that i have grafted on, is not over shadowed and is auto pruned for me.

now the tree has all summer to grow and recover. do not expect any reduction in fruit next year.

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bigmario
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Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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Location: california

Posted: Sat 19 Jun, 2010 3:41 am

here is a lemon at my uncle's house in Italy. It gets pruned fairly regularly. soil looks like something from the hills not a bag. I do not think it is a dwart stock. http://yfrog.com/iyslemons1j
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