Planting A Lemon Tree
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Every garden needs a lemon tree. In this video, Tanya shows us how to plant a lemon tree from start to finish.
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The trick to growing a good strong lemon tree is to FEED it regularly and to give it a good watering every week. Lemon trees are very hungry. Don't over-water as lemon trees don't like having very wet feet, but it is important during the heat of summer to keep it well watered, even during mild winter months too. Here in the sub-tropics of Queensland (Australia), during summer, I water mine with a sprinkler for 1/2 to 1 hour once a week, depending on the heat. Citrus likes water, but only if it drains quickly. Infrequent, deep watering is best. I also spray the foliage every night during summer as this enshrouds the plant in a humidity "bubble' overnight - and the humidity in turn generates growth and healthy fruit. I feed mine every spring with liquid kelp and seaweed emulsion, three tablespoons in 4.5L of water, well stirred and then watered-in generously around the root zone. This nourishes the soil. I alternate this with worm casings and sometimes Epsom salts when the pH level of the soil needs to be regulated.
Citrus need a lot of iron, and they like a slightly acidic soil. Alternatively, apply one tablespoon of iron sulphate in 4.5L of water to all citrus trees - once during spring, summer and autumn. An excellent all purpose complete fertilizer is poultry manure. If you use this, then feed citrus every 6 weeks from spring to autumn - 1/2 a handful per square metre, and sprinkle very lightly around the root zone. Pull back the mulch when you do this, then recover. NEVER apply poultry manure when the tree is in flower! Wait until the fruit are fingernail-sized. If you apply it while they're flowering, they will drop their fruit. In Australian soils citrus trees need trace elements or micro-nutrients - one pinch per 4L of water, per tree, per year.
One other thing I learned from a local well-known gardening expert is that yellowing leaves are a sign of iron deficiency, cold temperatures or a lack of feeding. Feed with blood and bone, citrus food, iron chelates and iron sulphur simultaneously, to combat this problem.
ALWAYS MULCH!! Sugarcane mulch or lucerne are excellent mulches that also provide nutrients. Never mulch directly around the base of the trunk as this causes root or collar rot. Remember that lemon trees have a lot of surface roots, so never cover them with soil as they are surface feeders. Keep these roots mulched though. Another very important fact is to keep a large area around the tree clear of grass or under-planting. Citrus tree roots do NOT like to compete for food! My trees have a large 1m circle around them, and I make sure to pull out any grass that creeps into this zone.
Lastly, one very good tip I picked up here from the expert. SACRIFICE AT LEAST 2-3 YEARS (preferably 3 years) OF FRUIT!!!!! During each fruiting season, for the first two to three years, pinch off the fruit from the tree when they first appear - hard and as tempting as it may be, lose them! This will encourage strong trees, and promote healthy growth and abundant fruit in the years ahead.
Prune lightly during cooler months and remove any branches that cross-over others, as these weaken the tree's defense system and makes them prone to disease. Hang fruit-fly traps during fruiting season, right from when the first flowers appear. Follow the instructions that go with the traps and remember to refresh them every 3 months. If you see any sign of gall wasp in your branches (not hard to miss as they burrow into the surface of a branch and lay eggs that in turn cause a deformed lump in the branch), remove the branch. Don't throw any infected branches or fruit into your compost. Bag them and dispose of them in your weekly garbage. Spray foliage regularly with eco-friendly pesticides or eco-oil to control bugs. Remove stinkbugs, bag and bin them when you find them, and if you smell them before you see them, be sure not to get too close as they may spray right into your eyes! Nasty critters!
😭😭😭reading this makes me reconsider getting one tomorrow. It may be more work than what I’m interested in lol
Wonderful 👍🏼
Thanks for sharing the "Figure-8" method for tying the tree to the stake. Makes good sense. I have never seen that before.
I love your enthusiasm, Tanya! It is very contagious. You make me jump to my feet and do some gardening. I appreciate your gardening tips and guidance. Your videos are very informative. Thanks a lot!
Excellent instructions. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for posting. This is very informative.
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I'm a little late to the party but have a question. I notice that you put the mulch pretty close to the tree. Have you found no problem with rotting the bark or watever as I have read on other sites?
I grow several lemon trees from seeds. They are about six months old. They two or three branches but the stem grows without branches so high that is about five to six feet high, Can I top it it sways too much. Can cut the top off or how do I craft it.
Very informative. Is mulching necessary, my father didn't use any and he could grow lemons.
Mulching is VERY important - at least 6 inches deep! Sugarcane mulch does the job wonderfully and doesn't smother the surface roots. Lemon trees have a lot of surface roots and these must never be buried! The roots absorb moisture from the air and from a good watering.
What did you put over the earth with compost? The white thing, what is that? :)
can we in SA plant lemon trees from lemon seeds? and when would be the best time?