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re: Post-Freeze Citrus and Plant Notes
Posted on 3/2/25 at 6:56 am to jennyjones
Posted on 3/2/25 at 6:56 am to jennyjones
Bump.
All the advice I’ve read said to wait 2 months post freeze to assess damage. A little over 1 month post freeze and my lemon tree is setting buds. A lot of buds. Good news overall, but my tree desperately needs to be pruned. Should I do that now?
All the advice I’ve read said to wait 2 months post freeze to assess damage. A little over 1 month post freeze and my lemon tree is setting buds. A lot of buds. Good news overall, but my tree desperately needs to be pruned. Should I do that now?
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Posted on 3/3/25 at 10:28 am to jordan21210
No reason to do it now I don't think. I would wait.
Posted on 3/3/25 at 12:39 pm to jordan21210
quote:
but my tree desperately needs to be pruned.
I went ahead and pruned all the rootstock suckers on my trees. No sense in letting them leaf out imo & hog energy. Same thing for dead branches/crossing branches etc.
I'm not going to prune any main limbs until the trees are fully budded & for sure have dead spots. This is for a meyer lemon, owari satsuma, and a red navel orange in zone 9a.
How'd your trees do Baw?? Our low was 13.3F and honestly the fact that they're alive at all blows my mind
This post was edited on 3/3/25 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 3/25/25 at 3:10 pm to Bigdawgb
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I went ahead and pruned all the rootstock suckers on my trees. No sense in letting them leaf out imo & hog energy. Same thing for dead branches/crossing branches etc. I'm not going to prune any main limbs until the trees are fully budded & for sure have dead spots. This is for a meyer lemon, owari satsuma, and a red navel orange in zone 9a. How'd your trees do Baw?? Our low was 13.3F and honestly the fact that they're alive at all blows my mind
Bump
Ok. So I have 2 of 3 young Hamlin sweet orange trees where all of the tops have died but 6” or so of the trunks above the graft lines have started sprouting new growth. The new growth is consistent with a sweet orange tree and I’m confident it’s not the root stock coming through.
Below is a picture of 1 of the trees. How or when should I prune this? Will 1 of the new shoots become the new trunk?
Posted on 3/25/25 at 4:13 pm to jennyjones
We good.
This post was edited on 3/25/25 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 3/25/25 at 7:14 pm to Tigerlaff
quote:
We good.
I’m just seeing the new thread someone else started yesterday on this topic. Great info there
Posted on 3/29/25 at 9:03 am to jennyjones
very old satsuma, alive but looks like shite. i'll give it time and then decide what to do
Posted on 3/29/25 at 1:01 pm to cgrand
Mine looks the same , seems I read an “expert” say to leave em be, fertilize at half as much as you usually do and give it till June, if it has not recovered by then cut it down,
Posted on 3/29/25 at 6:25 pm to jennyjones
Mine are doing the same thing. This morning I could clear see the line on the trunk seperating live vs dead wood. I cut them at that line today and pinched off a few new shoots that were way too low on the main trunk.
Posted on 3/29/25 at 7:38 pm to cgrand
your place looks beautiful....post some more pics
Posted on 3/29/25 at 7:54 pm to jlsufan
thanks!
there’s a bunch of pix in the garden thread. Right now is the best the place has looked in a while
there’s a bunch of pix in the garden thread. Right now is the best the place has looked in a while
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