Knowing when to prune a lemon tree is important as getting the timing right will boost its health and give you more delicious fruit to enjoy. The popular citrus trees are commonly pruned from late ...
A bit of maintenance will lead to beautiful plants and a bountiful harvest. Lemon and citrus trees don’t require too much pruning in order for them to produce large volumes of fruit. However, pruning ...
Trim dead, damaged, or crowded branches to boost fruit quality and keep trees tidy. Thinning the canopy and reducing height improves sun exposure, airflow, and ease of care. Regular pruning supports ...
Growing lemon trees in containers isn't hard if you give them light, water, and good soil. Here are some tips for growing and ...
Don’t put a lemon tree in a pot that is too large. “Choose a pot that is about 15% larger in volume than the current pot the lemon is in,” Fleming says. Putting a lemon tree in an oversized container ...
Person using long-handled yellow pruners on tree without leaves. - adriaticfoto/Shutterstock Meyer lemons (Citrus x limon 'Meyer') are natives to China that were ...
DEAR NEIL: I know you’re against topping trees, but my Meyer lemon tree has a lot of shoots at its top and it’s getting larger than I want. Can I cut off the top shoots without damaging the tree? It’s ...
If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...
Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...