There are different ways to treat different trees.
Jun 07, There are different ways to treat different trees. For the makrut lime (Citrus hystrix), which is grown mostly for its leaf, he simply trims it with hedge shears, clipping it all around and taking it back to a simple, neat shape. He also prunes like this for chinotto and cumquats. However, the West Indian lime is treated bushnotch.clubg: Marion IL.
Sep 02, Without pruning or training, citrus trees grow naturally into bushy trees and will initially crop well. However, trees will eventually become overgrown with high proportion of dense, unproductive and spent wood.
Large cuts certainly make the tree very susceptible to disease and rotting.
If trained, shaped and pruned in a specific way, trees will be healthier, easier to manage and will crop more bushnotch.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins. Dec 05, Major citrus tree pruning, which controls the size of the tree, should be done after risk of freeze has passed, but well in advance of summer heat. Otherwise, uncontrolled growth results in a tree that is less vigorous and uses water less bushnotch.clubted Reading Time: 2 mins.
Baby lemon trees aren’t encouraged to bear fruit until they're older. Young lemon trees are pruned as often as needed to shape their structural framework. For mature lemon trees, the best time to prune is after every harvest once or twice a bushnotch.clubted Reading Time: 5 mins. Jun 12, When is the right time to start pruning citrus? It seems for many that there is never a good time to prune their citrus as the tree is always either fruiting or flowering.
The timing of the pruning does depend on the circumstances, but generally speaking light pruning in the late spring or even summer is best bushnotch.clubg: Marion IL.