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How to Prune a Dwarf Lime Tree
How to Prune a Dwarf Lime Tree. Genetically grown dwarf lime trees require very little pruning to maintain their diminutive size, according to the University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dwarf lime trees naturally attain a height of no more than 10 feet. This size makes them perfect for landscape plants in warmer...
Genetically grown dwarf lime trees require very little pruning to maintain their diminutive size, according to the University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dwarf lime trees naturally attain a height of no more than 10 feet. This size makes them perfect for landscape plants in warmer climates and container plants in cooler areas. Prune dwarf lime trees to remove weak or damaged growth, renew branches to improve fruit yield or control disease.
Things You'll Need
Bleach
Mixing bucket
Clean cloth
Pruning shears
Branch loppers
Clean your tools before pruning your lime tree by mixing a solution containing 1 part bleach and 9 parts water in a mixing bucket with measurements written on one wall of the bucket interior. Soak a clean cloth in the mixture, and wipe the blades of your pruning tools with this cloth.
Prune lime trees at any point during the year. If the trees are bearing fruit, remove all fruit before pruning the tree.
Remove limbs that are dead, diseased or damaged by cutting them back to healthy wood at a point just above a leaf. Do not leave an exposed wood stub. Remove the weaker limb of two limbs that rub or cross one another.
Shorten limbs that have weak growth by one-third, cutting them back to stronger growth at a point just above a leaf.
Remove suckers, which are new branches that grow from the base of the tree's trunk. Suckers will steal energy from a tree and weaken it.
Cut back each branch back halfway on trees that are no longer producing citrus in spring or summer. This renewal pruning produces a new flush of growth which can be damaged if you renewal prune the tree in fall or winter.
