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Very lopsided dwarf meyer lemon

 
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cafire



Joined: 09 May 2008
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Posted: Fri 09 May, 2008 7:38 pm

Hello! I'm hoping that you citrus mavens can help me. I purchased this 4 Winds dwarf meyer lemon a year ago and it sits in full sun all day. The branches were somewhat lopsided when I got it but it was the best looking tree of the bunch so I took it anyway. The issue is that it hasn't evened out and I'm wondering whether or not I should prune it so that it grows more evenly. It's quite heavy on one side, as you can see by the picture I took last month. I turned the tree around, thinking perhaps one side was getting more sun than the other, but that doesn't seem to have done the trick. Any suggestions for me? Thanks in advance.



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cafire



Joined: 09 May 2008
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Posted: Fri 09 May, 2008 7:47 pm

This is what it looked like last November. It's definitely grown since then, but mostly in one direction!!
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Posted: Fri 09 May, 2008 7:48 pm

I would wait until the fruits have ripened and do the balancing act. Sometimes it is frustrating because the fruits themselves will cause your tree to be lopsided. It may be balanced going into the season, but as the fruits start to become bigger, the tree would become lopsided. So you may end up wasting a lot of fruits for the sake of balance.

Turning the pot occassionally for even exposure is actually the best remedy that I would recommend. Sometimes it takes years to correct itself, and sometimes never will if you have lopsided fruiting.

But if fruits are not as important as a well balanced tree, you can always prune, it is your tree, not ours.
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