As the saying goes, lemons must be high-yielding, and pruning is the key. This shows the importance of lemon pruning. So how do you prune the lemon tree? There are many pruning methods for lemon trees, mainly including core removal, branch thinning, short cutting, branch shrinkage, bud wiping and tip twisting. Basic techniques such as sawing main branches.

(1) coring refers to picking off the tops of new buds that have not stopped growing during the growing season.

(2) Thinning refers to cutting off a branch or even a main branch from the base.

(3) Short cutting refers to the cutting method of cutting off a part of annual new branches or perennial branches.

(4) Indentation refers to pruning the top part of the perennial branch group.

(5) Bud smearing refers to the method of bud smearing when the bud grows to 1 ~ 2 cm in summer and autumn.

(6) Twisting tip refers to pinching the branch tip 3 ~ 5cm away from the base by hand and twisting it greatly or downwards.

(7) Cut the main branch from the disturbed branch base with a pruning saw.

(8) Cut the roots and dig out the lower canopy, and cut off the big roots and lateral roots with a thickness of 1 ~ 2 cm.

Lemon trees are pruned at different times. In the lemon producing areas of China, you can prune lemons all year round, but the emphasis and purpose of pruning are different. Winter and spring pruning is the pruning after lemon picking and before spring bud germination in the following spring. For the production areas without freezing damage, pruning can be carried out in advance in combination with clearing the garden after harvest; For areas with severe freezing damage, pruning can be carried out after the temperature rises in spring until spring buds germinate. Old trees that need to be updated, fragile trees, and trees that need to be pruned again can also be shrunk and pruned in spring and summer.

Pruning in growth period refers to all kinds of pruning from picking lemon spring buds to picking fruits. Divided into summer pruning and flowering pruning. Summer pruning is mainly based on bud wiping, coring and short cutting. The main purpose is to control the growth of its branches and promote the growth and development of fruits. The flowering period is mainly to remove some leafless branches, reduce the number of flowers and nutrient consumption, and achieve the purpose of fruit preservation. When pruning during the growth period, special attention should be paid to spraying disinfectant at the cutting mouth after pruning, otherwise it will easily cause gingivitis and other diseases.

Pruning lemon trees begins with shaping young trees before fruiting. When the sapling grows to about 50 cm, cut off the top stem and cultivate three stout and evenly distributed main branches under the cuttings. Expand the crown as soon as possible to form a solid skeleton. There should be fewer main branches and more branch groups. The distance between the main trunk and the secondary trunk must be reasonable. Secondly, after the rod is fixed, whenever the tip grows to 20 ~ 30 cm, the top is removed. Promote most dormant buds to become buds and germinate and grow. If the branches are not long in summer and autumn, don't prune them except the long branches, let them branch naturally and become fruit branches. In summer and autumn, long branches only need to top 8 ~ 10 leaves, which can increase branches, advance crown and bear fruit early.

Through our introduction, I believe everyone has a deeper understanding of how to prune lemon trees and how to prune lemon trees.