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Terra S.
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Comments (13)Looks like you already have new lateral branches growing. Your pot is definitely too small for that tree, which is why it looks as if you are getting salt buildup from fertilizer. Actually, I know little about container growing; and even less about grapefruit; but seedling citrus in general take a LONG time to produce fruit. MANY years ago I was assistant herdsman at the UC Davis Swine herd... used mostly for nutrition studies because the digestive system of a pig is virtually identical to humans. What does this have to do with grapefruit? A pig will eat almost everything, including another pig; but a pig will not eat a grapefruit; so I "reasoned", if a pig won't eat a grapefruit, then John ain't eatin' no grapefruit!! I do grow some Oro Blancos; only because the guy who gave me the buds told me they were Pomelos; I give them all to family and friends....See MoreHelp pruning apple tree?
Comments (9)I have a flowering wild apple. I try to kill it every year but wife wont let me. I have cut it from 40 feet to twelve feet. Made it look like a october decoration , no help. It has scab, tent catipls. and black knot it just won't die. I will say it grows faster,(6' -10') year. same spray and care. 10-20 thousand apples yearly that are to small to peal for jelly. Ie. bought nickel size but are sweet. '...See MorePruning new trees and prep them for prairie winter (Please help!)
Comments (4)We don't worry about roots in my part of the country unless things have been extremely dry. So check on things if no rain at least every week, especially if it has been very sunny, hot or windy. Then, if it is getting too dry, just water normally, just enough so the soil gets visibly moist down through the root zone, not sopping wet. You don't want to drown things. And do this only if it's getting dry again from the last time you watered or got rain. We have sandy soil. As mentioned, if the tree is zone hardy for your area, cold will not be a problem. Unless it is in a notoriously exposed or windy spot. The biggest problem I had in the past and this is mostly with fruit trees, is the mice would chew the bottom of the trunk bark, during the winter, under the snow and girdle the trunk. I learned to wrap the trunk with heavy duty aluminum foil from the ground to about a foot up. Because mice will get through the rabbit fencing unless it is very fine hardware cloth. So if your H cloth is 1/4" squares or smaller, you won't have to worry about the mice. And rabbits like any kind of tree so put up some HC, chicken wire or rabbit fence around at about a 2 ft. diameter hoop and as high as needed to protect even if the snow gets a few feet deep. If no snow, 2 ft. high is usually enough. Some of mine are 4 ft high and I might have to deal with higher if a lot of snow blows in. And if deer are a problem, you may have to extend that hoop of rabbit fence up to 6ft. high and add a couple of stakes for sturdiness, so they deer can't reach over the top and snack on the branches....See MoreHelp-Pruning Lemon Tree-Indoor
Comments (3)Lots (which is not to say many, most, or all) are grafted, so look for the graft line if you can find it. Anything growing from under the graft line should simply be removed. Lemons do have thorns. Technically you can remove whatever you like at any time except when the lemon's flowering or fruiting (it removes energy from the plant at that time, which you don't want), although I tend to avoid heavy pruning during winter when I can on everything I can. Here, it's out of shape enough that I'd just do it. https://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-pohutukawa-74987.html The link title is a bit off-putting but it talks first about lemons. In your case, I'd probably just neaten things a little and leave most of the height, really. It's a young lemon, it's going to grow. If you'd rather impose a bushier, shorter shape, though, that's certainly fine as long as it's not too forced....See MoreTerra S.
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