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Jul 26, 1. Choose the proper time to prune lemon trees. Lemon trees are evergreen trees that do not demonstrate a true dormancy, such as the loss of leaves. However, the growth and metabolism of the trees slow down after the fruit harvest. Lemon trees in cooler climates show slower activity just before the rapid spring stumpcut.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.

May 15, Indoor lemon trees typically need little to no pruning. Most indoor varieties are thornless, but some lemon trees have thorns. Wear long sleeves and gloves to prune away thorns and all shoots or roots near soil stumpcut.bar: Pennington Fertilizer.

If you want an organic option there are recipes on the internet using olive or canola oil.

Depending on the climate, people prune during spring or autumn. Baby lemon trees aren’t encouraged to bear fruit until they're older.

Young lemon trees are pruned as often as needed to shape their structural framework. For mature lemon trees, the best time to prune is after every harvest once or twice a stumpcut.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Dec 14, Wait until late winter to prune these branches, after the tree is done fruiting, but before new growth begins.

Clip any long, straight branches 1/4. According to experts, when to prune the lemon tree is between January-February and June-July just before or after flowering. Take care of the branches that you are going to cut because you must form a strong and vigorous framework of branches designed for future crops.