Citrus trees

[3fifty7]

I have several citrus trees, One of them is very large and difficult to cover during cold weather. Would I hurt the tree by trimming back the larger branches before a freeze or do I have to wait until early spring?

 

[Emperor]

You can send that question to the LSU AG Center website, and their horticulturists will answer. When you do, ask them what I can do to get my citrus trees to grow taller? My fruit hangs to the ground.

 

[Walrus]

.... My fruit hangs to the ground.

You're just getting old.. happens to everybody eventually.

 

[Unclee1]

You're just getting old.. happens to everybody eventually.

LOL

 

[Skiney]

I have several citrus trees, One of them is very large and difficult to cover during cold weather. Would I hurt the tree by trimming back the larger branches before a freeze or do I have to wait until early spring?

The LSU ag center can positively answer your question.

MY advice is wait till around the 15th of December allowing the tree to get quite a few cold/frost/freeze mornings then whack them to the desired formation your trying to achieve...

By the way Sir

I have a sugar cane question, the cane I in September is now about 2' tall should I wack it to the ground and mulch it or simply let it grow?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

S.

 

[3fifty7]

Yes it needs to be trimmed back to within 3-6 inches from the ground before a freeze. Mulch is not necessary.

 

[Ironman26]

just went and picked 2 5gal buckets of satsumas yesterday,and they are sweet sweet !!!

 

[CrkdLtr]

Any idea why half my satsumas have a brown, leather like skin? The fruit itself is fine, just the skin was off this year. Didn't have that problem last year. Started turning back in July / August. My thought was maybe something along the lines of Sun Burn?

 

[3fifty7]

Never seen that but it sounds like a fungus.

 

[AK shooter]

Some of mine are dried up on the inside, not enough water?

 

[Beeramid]

I have been wrapping my citrus trees with conventional white Christmas lights (do NOT use LED's) and covering them and they've done quite well even on the coldest nights. This year I'm thinking of building a cube to cover them with, using 1" PVC tubing, covering it with plastic, then adding the light strands. Also, I plug into an analog timer, so they come on and shut off when I want them to. If mine were big enough to prune, I would wait until early February, do not prune on March 1st or after.

 

[kjunwill]

You're just getting old.. happens to everybody eventually.

Now dats some funny _hit ~ right dare ! Lol

 

[Skiney]

Yes it needs to be trimmed back to within 3-6 inches from the ground before a freeze. Mulch is not necessary.

Thank You Sir

S.

 

[fallingbird]

I have been wrapping my citrus trees with conventional white Christmas lights (do NOT use LED's) and covering them and they've done quite well even on the coldest nights. This year I'm thinking of building a cube to cover them with, using 1" PVC tubing, covering it with plastic, then adding the light strands. Also, I plug into an analog timer, so they come on and shut off when I want them to. If mine were big enough to prune, I would wait until early February, do not prune on March 1st or after.

This man knows what he's doing.

 

[3fifty7]

Looks like ill be pruning in February so thinking of a visqueen and bamboo tee-pee with a heat lamp.

 

[pepe lepew]

My fruit hangs to the ground.

Mrs. Lepew digs this ......