Pruning a tree depends on the tree and the goal you have in mind ;-) It really is a question that is a bit too broad for a simple answer. A grafted tree is a tree that is not growing on its own roots. It can also be a tree that has branches of another tree on it. For example an apple tree that produces more than one variety of apple on the same tree. Fruit trees commonly have both done. For a lemon tree the Improved Meyer Lemon is very popular and does well as a houseplant if you have a sunny window or supplemental lighting. Don't know anything about avocados. A good place to find trees and shrubs suitable for containers is Raintree

Mrs B R Cant is about 4 1/2 but she was really slow to take off. She is in the middle of an 8ft section of fence and take up the whole section though she is really really heavy on that one side. I usually just prune the dead or damaged canes but the one thing I was always concerned about and perhaps should have taken care of it when she was younger is the two thick canes that are crossing and actually rubbing against each other. I wasn't sure if I should go ahead and prune that or what but if I did it would take a lot of the bush with it. DdB is 4 years old and has actually always had a very lovely shape never really lobsided but grew this one cane (or lateral) out the top that it can't support (the one in the picture) that's the one I was just wondering if I should go ahead and prune. When in bloom and especially after a rain she gets weighed down so much and starts to lean away from the fence. I have checked and I haven't seen any signs of her uprooteing I'm just afraid she will. I have heard about the teas growing horizontal like that (talking about B R Cant) but that is crazy! lol Her shape annoys me right now but she makes up for it in her abundance of blooms throughout the year. I might just go ahead and cut that one cane by half but I will leave Mrs B R Cant alone for now and hope she starts to balance out soon unless someone thinks I should do something about that crossing cane which you can see in the picture. Thanks Sherry! ~Meghan

I would also cut the lower branches. I am a novice at grafting adeniums and haven't done that many but they seem to take more easily then other plants I've tried. I might be tempted to wait until March to try your grafts just in case you have another unusually cool winter. It was cold as &*%! down there a couple years ago. I'm used to the occasional cool winter day in S. FL but it was cold for weeks at a time. I felt like I was back home instead of in West Palm!

Oh Wow! I want to party with you guys! you are non-stop! Seriously - thanks to all who have responded. I feel better that there seems to be 'just different ways' not necessarily 'the best, the worst' of tending to toms....so I'll pick one and move on. Since I have 2 of each - indeterminate and determinate - I should receive some good lessons from nature this planting season. Right now all the plants have blossoms. I'll keep my fingers off the determinates - they are caged; and I'll prune the suckers on the indet. - best that I can keep up - these are trellised. My garden is small enough that I hope to check them daily. Thanks again to all for your responses - and if there's more to share - bring it on!