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Mistakes To Avoid When Pruning Your Meyer Lemon Tree
By KALEIGH BRILLON
Meyer lemon trees are attractive, delicious, and low-maintenance. If you choose to prune your tree, you should wait until the fruit is present to avoid losing out on any growth.
The lemons grow over the summer, ripening in the fall and winter, on the older, outer branches of the tree. Trimming those areas prematurely will cause you to lose out on fruit.
If you choose to prune for aesthetic purposes, make sure to plan ahead, identify which branches are productive, and stick to removing the inner branches or new growth.
Prune small stems at the base of the tree, dead or diseased branches, or anything affecting the look of the tree. Cut above the leaf nodes and leave 5 or 6 inches of branch behind.