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Need advice repoting and pruning Lime tree.

9 years ago

Hello, i have limequat which has 1 lemon growing on it since last year April, in a month i need to move it to bigger pot with changing soil before spring. Can i do it safely without harming fruit?

And second in spring i want to prune my plant making shape more like a tree. Now its growing all time like a bush to sides. because im living in a flat on 5th floor and sun is always from side. Maybe after pruning controlling new branches growth? Need some advice

Thank You.



Comments (11)

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks for anwsering. I haven`t transplanted it for 2 years roots are crowded in this pot want to get it to bigger one. And this plant has no chance growing outside in summer its always indoors.

    How long it takes fruits to get mature?

    And what about pruning changing shape of it? because its growing to sides, and there are some branches that has few leaves on them

  • 9 years ago

    Up

  • 9 years ago

    If it is indoors 24/7/365.25 then transplant at your convenience. What is your zone and location.

    6b Steve

  • 9 years ago

    My fruit getting yellow very fast now, i touched it a little and it fell off first first tryed taste of it, not bad first experience. My hardiness zone is 6b.

    When can i prune plat after transplantation to new pot?

  • 9 years ago

    The tree will probably self prune when it choses which limb to send new growth to. Wait till then before pruning so you don't cut the wrong branches. I really hate cutting any growth off my trees.

    6b Steve

  • 9 years ago

    Yea but my goal is to form tree shape, because its growing in 5th floor and sun comes from side and most of the time it growing to sides and there are branches from last 3 seasons witch has 1-2 leaves on them,

    Can i form trees shape a little? :)

  • 9 years ago

    If your lighting comes from the side it may just naturally grow more out then up so you may be fighting an uphill battle and "tree shape" may not be possible with your conditions. Since the tree will grow and reach towards the light, in your case to the side and not up. I prefer my citrus trees "bush" shaped since I feel like it makes it have more room and branches to create fruit. But if you want to shape and prune what Steve said about it pushing growth in the spring/summer it will naturally decide a few branches to grow and you can use those for your main branches and cut back the others that don't grow. If you trim now you risk cutting back the branches that would grow and leaving the non productive ones, thus resulting in little to no growth this year. Citrus also need a certain number of leaves to produce fruit to maturity, if you trim back it may delay fruit production for a while. I am no expert on shaping and pruning trees but your tree only seems to have one mostly vertical branch so it might be difficult to obtain that true tree shape but hopefully someone with more experience will chime in and let you know the best way to facilitate that. Good Luck! It looks pretty good for an indoor citrus tree in the winter. It has more leaves on it then mine currently do! but I know that come summer they all will flush out with more growth and leaves. Winter can be a hard time for citrus growers.

  • 9 years ago

    clip If the light coming in is tall then tree shape is what you need. I find that most windows support a bush over a tree. Either way if you want a tree plant flowers around the periphery and let the flower shade out the lower limbs. The tree will reabsorb the nutrients and drop those limbs.

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    6b Steve

  • 9 years ago

    Its not harmful to cut branches when new ones pop out?

    I thought doing like controlling new growth for example new branches come upwards leave them and the ones that coming to side cut them and not let it grow. What do you think about that?

    At winter im using T5 39w x2 for this plant to keep light for about 12 hours under this light plant grew one new branch that goes up :) Its enough light i guess

  • 9 years ago

    That should work.

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