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Jul 26, Steps 1. Choose the proper time to prune lemon trees. Lemon trees are evergreen trees that do not demonstrate a true dormancy, 2. Remove all fruit from the tree. 3. Prune any branches that sword cuts through tree damaged or diseased all the way back to the base. 4. Cut any branches that are smaller than the Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.

Of course, the best time to prune the lemon tree is when there is no frost because frost can damage your lunar lemon tree. Recovery: After a pest or many harvests, a citrus tree pruning. Clean off any dirt from the pruners, soak them in the alcohol for a full minute, then dry them well with a soft cloth. 3. Cut back damaged limbs into living wood. Before you make a cut, look for new growth on the branch and consider the overall shape of the stumpclearing.barted Reading Time: 5 mins.

Any maintenance pruning done in winter should only be small branches, one-half inch or less in diameter. The best time for severe pruning is after the danger of freezing temperatures is past and just before the spring growth flush. At this time new foliage will grow rapidly to cover exposed limbs. Jun 21, Do you have a mature lemon tree that's really slowing down? Might be time for a 'skeleton prune' to coax it back to vigour. If an old citrus tree has slowed. Jan 07, Pruning Angles.

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At near-vertical angles, overgrowth of the upper canopy frequently shades out lower limbs, leading to dieback and loss of production in the tree skirts.