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Top and orange tree?
Posted on 6/9/20 at 9:03 am
Posted on 6/9/20 at 9:03 am
Can you top one and not kill it?
Moved into a house with a 40' tall orange tree in the back yard.
I can only get the oranges up to about 20'. The rest just rot in the top of the tree falling out making a mess and attracting fly's.
Moved into a house with a 40' tall orange tree in the back yard.
I can only get the oranges up to about 20'. The rest just rot in the top of the tree falling out making a mess and attracting fly's.
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Posted on 6/9/20 at 9:30 am to snapper26
40 ft orange tree - that’s impressive but you should be able to top it, but I would not do it all at once - remove no more 25% of the foliage in a year - for the overall heath of the tree. So I would top 10 ft this year, and 10 feet next year. Expect a significant amount of new growth below the area you top that you might need to thin as well.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 10:12 am to CrawDude
^^what he said. I'll add: prune it thoughtfully, don't just hack off the top like it's a hedge plant. Figure out where the main upgrowing branches originate--take them out from as low to the main trunk as possible. You don't want to inadvertently create a gumdrop shape that will be unstable in high wind.
Posted on 6/9/20 at 12:49 pm to hungryone
I’d leave it alone
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