Amateur flower growers have long "domesticated" citruses, including lemons. But harvesting on the windowsill is impossible without competent pruning. In addition, such a plant looks much neater and more decorative.
The optimal timing and general rules for pruning lemon when growing at home
Inexperienced pruning of lemon will not benefit the plant, but harm and may even destroy the plant. Therefore, when starting the procedure, you need to be guided by the following rules:
- Use only clean, disinfected and sharpened instruments.
Tools used to prune lemon can be disinfected with ethyl alcohol or dark purple potassium permanganate solution
- If the tree is already bearing fruit, before pruning, you need to remove the entire crop, even the lemons that have not yet ripened.
Before cutting the lemon, the entire crop must be removed from the tree (at any stage of maturity)
- Shoots of the first order are shortened most of all - by 25 cm, the second - by a maximum of 10 cm, thinner branches forming on them - by 5 cm, not more. If there are reasonable doubts about your own eye, do not be too lazy to measure the required length. An error of 1–2 cm can disrupt the normal growth of the tree.
- After spring pruning, rearrange the lemon closer to the window. So it will "feel" the increase faster. daylight hours and will start to grow.
- After pruning, supply the lemon with nutrients by feeding it after 7-10 days. Regular watering will help him recover faster.
The fertilizing carried out after pruning will help the lemon to recover faster and survive the "stress"
- "Fatty" spinning tops, which definitely will not have flowers and fruits, can be cut off throughout the season. The same applies to parts of the plant affected by diseases and pests.
- Lemons at the age of 1–2 years rarely, but flowers appear. They must be cut off immediately. If this is not done, the tree may survive, but it will never bear fruit. No more than 5-10 flowers can be left only on a three-year-old lemon. Each of them should have 15 leaves.
Any flowering, and even more abundant, strongly depletes the lemon - young plants are especially affected
- The optimal shape of the lemon crown is flat. In this form, it is evenly illuminated and warmed up by the sun.
If you form a flat crown of a lemon, the ripening fruits will receive heat and sunlight evenly.
- If you need new, strong shoots, cut the selected branches short. The pinching will ensure the formation of new flower buds.
There is no general opinion among flower growers about the best time for pruning a lemon. The period of flowering and fruiting is definitely excluded - this plant spends a lot of energy, pruning depletes it more. Lemon may not recover from such "stress". Also, do not cut the tree at the junction of summer and autumn. The procedure stimulates branching, and before the onset of the dormant period, new shoots are completely unnecessary for the lemon.
Lemon probably won't survive pruning during fruiting
Most often, the bulk of the lemon pruning work is carried out at the end of the hibernation period. It lasts from October-November to February-March. Plan your procedure for early March. But leaf buds by this time should not "wake up".
Lemon, in which growth buds have already activated and sap flow has begun, should not be cut off radically
Little by little, they begin to thin out the crown already in January-February. If the goal is to increase the yield of an already fruiting plant, pruning is transferred to the beginning of the dormant period.
Video: personal experience of pruning lemon in the winter
A lemon grown from a cuttings or pits is simply a "stick" (zero-order shoot), without lateral branches. To stimulate branching, a year after rooting of the cuttings or two years after the emergence of seedlings from the seeds, the existing shoot, which has grown to 27–35 cm, is shortened by about 20 cm, leaving 3-4 growth buds on the trunk. Ideally, they should be approximately level at approximately equal intervals around the trunk.
Consider the condition of the plant - if it is obvious that it is not yet strong enough, wait another year.
Lemons obtained from cuttings and seeds begin to branch only after the first pruning.
Correct formation of the crown of a lemon tree
A lemon tree at home is formed like this:
- The growth buds left after the first pruning of the lemon should give branches - first-order shoots. In a year they will stretch up to about 15–20 cm. Now they need to be pinched, removing 1–2 growth buds.
- After a year, on each shoot of the first order, two shoots of the second order are left, choosing the most powerful and developed ones. They are also pinched like last year.
- On each shoot of the second order, 3-5 branches of the third order are left. They also need a pinch.
- The final stage - branches of the fourth order on the shoots of the third. They need to be left in 3-4 pieces. It is on them that flower buds appear, and then fruits.
Lemons begin to bear fruit on the fourth order shoots; to form them is the main purpose of annual pruning
How to trim the formed tree further
Further, the lemon only needs to maintain the resulting configuration. Sanitary pruning is mandatory - all branches growing down and into the crown, curved, thin, dry shoots rubbing against each other are removed.
The formed tree is pruned in much the same way as garden fruit trees.
After harvesting, the branches, on which there were lemons, are immediately cut off, removing about 3/4 of the length.
Video: how to form citrus trees from the moment of planting, says the expert
Potential pruning problems:
- Formation of "fattening" tops in place of cut shoots. These branches grow much faster than others, the leaves on them are larger and darker. Spinning tops take away a lot of nutrients from the lemon to the detriment of other growth. If the condition of the crown suits you, remove them completely. If you think the lemon does not branch well, leave about 30% of the length of the spinning top. Sometimes this helps him to "reborn" into a fruiting shoot.
- Appearance after trimming one shoot instead of the required three or four. It needs to be completely broken out. Sometimes this operation is repeated 2-3 times.
- Lack of fruiting. When the lemon is not harvesting, the fourth-order shoots are pinched, leaving 6–8 leaves on them.
- The need for rejuvenation. It is needed by trees aged 15-18 years. All shoots of the fourth order are removed completely. Immediately after pruning, the lemon is transplanted into a new pot, shortening the roots by about a third in the process. "Sleeping" buds are activated, new shoots begin to form.
Video: pruning a lemon crown and typical mistakes
Forming by bending branches
This method allows you to get side shoots without pruning. But the formation of the crown will take much longer. The procedure is carried out in early spring.
Having determined for themselves the height of the stem (from 15–20 to 30–40 cm), after reaching approximately twice the large dimensions, the top of the lemon is carefully bent so as not to break the stem. The stem should remain upright, everything else should be as close to horizontal as possible. In this position, the trunk must be fixed by tying a thin rope to it approximately in the middle.
The tree's natural growth direction is upward. Therefore, the lemon will try to restore the vertical... A new shoot will start from the point of the fold. It will also need to be bent in the direction opposite to the top and fixed. They do this twice more, getting 4 first-order shoots in 2-3 years.
We stimulate reproduction: what can be done to make a lemon bloom and begin to bear fruit
If the lemon does not bear fruit, you can try to "spur" it with the ringing method. The method is only suitable for plants over three years old.
At 5–7 cm from the base of the trunk, two annular cuts are made with a depth of about 1 mm, a strip of bark is removed, turned "inside out" and returned to its original place. The whole structure is fixed with a garden pitch.
There is also another option. At approximately the same place, make one notch up to 0.5 mm deep and wrap a piece of copper wire tightly around the barrel so that it slightly cuts into the fabric. Additionally, you can "ring" the shoots of the first order. The wire is removed after 6–12 months, when an influx of bark forms above it.
Ringing disrupts the normal process of sap flow, the lemon is forced to respond to a threat to life
Ringing disturbs the natural distribution of plant juices. A lemon that does not receive enough water and nutrients "thinks" that it may soon die and actively begins to form fruits for reproduction.
Pruning is an important agricultural technique for indoor lemon. The plant must be forced to branch, otherwise you will not get a harvest from it. Even an inexperienced florist can do the pruning correctly, if you study all the nuances of the procedure in advance.
At the initial stage of development, young lemons form only one shoot of a vertical direction, and after a while, lateral shoots appear.
Branches of the following orders develop only after a few years of tree growth. It is these short shoots that serve as the place where flowers and ovaries appear.
One of the main ingredients is trimming.
Features of pruning at home
Pruning lemon tree can be carried out throughout the vegetative period.
Pruning is carried out according to the following principle: it is necessary to carefully shorten each branch, while starting work with zero shoot. Thus, the plant will begin to bush, and the so-called fruits will appear much faster.
A fully matured zero-order twig must be shortened by almost twenty centimeters. As a result, only a couple of well-developed buds should remain, which are facing in different directions. After some time, shoots will sprout from them.
The latter will also leave 4-5 branches of the first order, which served as the basis for the skeleton of the plant. Such branches should be trimmed so that their length does not exceed an average of twenty-five centimeters.
All shoots that belong to the second order must be cut off by about ten centimeters. The branches of the remaining orders are shortened by no more than five centimeters. The skeleton of the crown is formed before the stage when shoots of the fourth order begin to appear. Then this process must be completed.
When working on the formation of a suitable skeleton of the crown of a lemon tree very important to control so that not one, but several buds are formed on the shoots at the same time.
If only one upper bud has formed, then it is better to remove such an shoot immediately. However, this shoot should not be cut off.
You need to understand the differences"Trimming" and "deleting". So, pruning while forming is not the most suitable option. This is due to the fact that the procedure is both irrational and "painful" for the plant.
Indeed, in order to build the trunk tissue for a tree, it takes a lot of time, as well as a huge number of various nutritional components, without which the normal development of the plant is impossible. Therefore, such idle work should not be carried out.
Pinning
Most suitable option- pinching. This method is based on removing unnecessary shoots at the initial stage of its development from the fruit. Sometimes the kidney has to be pinched again. Pinching on the tips of intensively developing shoots has no less favorable effect.
As a result, you can significantly save nutrients in the tree, which will contribute to more intensive ripening of the newest growth of the lemon tree.
Crown formation
Recently, gardeners very often give preference to the formation of the crown of a tree with a flat shape.
This form is considered appropriate for growing a plant in a confined space.
How to form a crown lemon at home? It is not very difficult to form this crown: from the very beginning, you need to direct all the branches and shoots at a certain time, breaking and bending them if necessary.
Then, when the dimensions of the crown of the tree reach the boundaries of the window opening, it is necessary to carry out a hard pinching, and in some cases pruning. As a result, the lemon will develop well, as well as give bountiful harvests.
When shaping the crown of a lemon tree at home, you must constantly make sure that both in the crown of home lemons and in the lower region of their trunks do not develop fattening shoots or the so-called tops.
Because tops grow quite intensively in the vertical direction, consuming a huge amount of nutrients, which negatively affects appearance the whole plant and its further development.
Therefore, harmful neoplasms should be removed as soon as they are noticed.
Fruiting
It is worth noting that fruiting it is better not to allow until the final completion of the formation all skeletal branches of the lemon crown.
This is due to the fact that the branches develop very poorly under the heavy weight of the fruit. In most cases, with premature bud formation, they are simply torn off.
And here is a video about how to form a crown, how to properly cut a lemon so that it bears fruit.
Another method
The method of cardinal lemon pruning is also practiced, when all branches are shortened to a certain length... However, it has one big drawback - the tree may not bear fruit for the entire next year.
It is better to carry out corrective pruning, slightly shortening new growths. Usually, buds soon appear on newly formed shoots, which grow intensively.
Lemon pruning - the most important procedure in the process of crown formation plants. Within a couple of weeks after pruning, new growth sites are formed on completely bare branches.
The main thing is to do everything carefully. so that the tissues of the lemon tree trunk are not damaged. Otherwise, lemon growth may be disrupted and its yield will noticeably decrease.
A video on how to properly prune a lemon at home, on when you can prune a lemon tree.
And then there's a video about how to cut a lemon at home.
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Recently, more and more often you can find indoor lemon in houses. It is not a very tall tree, which grows quite normally in an ordinary flower pot... But in order for it to be beautiful and bear fruit well, it must be cut off. This article is about how to prune your lemon correctly.
There is a statement that pruning a young lemon that was grown from a shortened cuttings or seedlings is necessary before the start of the active vegetation stage already at the age of one year. This is usually done in February. In this case home tree should reach a height of 20 cm.
At the same time, there is a slightly different approach to lemon pruning. In this situation, it is carried out in the spring, most often in March, and always before the start of the first growth. Usually in the spring, lemon pruning is carried out during the flowering and budding period.
You can also find information that homemade lemon pruned in winter. In this case, pruning is carried out after all the fruits have been removed. This pruning can also be done in the fall. In this case, the autumn-winter pruning of indoor lemon can replace the spring. This will help increase the fruitfulness of your homemade lemon.
It is believed that the best time to prune a lemon tree is still spring.
It should be remembered that you should only prune indoor young lemons when necessary, as frequent and unnecessary pruning can only weaken it.
If you have an old homemade lemon tree, you can prune it for rejuvenation purposes. In this case, the weakened branches are cut to the maximum available distance in order to stimulate the growth of new young shoots.
With proper pruning, as well as timely and high-quality care, the lemon tree will bear fruit for a long time, and its life expectancy will increase significantly.
In the absence of timely and necessary pruning, the lemon will grow with one trunk with no side branches, or with an ordinary dense bush.
Instructions
Since lemon is cut mainly in order to form a crown, they do it according to certain instructions and rules in order to achieve the desired result. An indoor lemon tree should have the required number of skeletal main branches, overgrown shoots and a large number of small fruit branches.
Lighting is very important for a lemon, so it is necessary to prune the plant so that its leaves can receive the maximum amount of sunlight.
For the formation and correct pruning of the crown, there are the following rules:
- you should start pruning a young tree only after it has grown to a height of at least 20 cm;
- for trimming, the stem should be 10-15 cm in height, and in cases of a cuttings plant, you can do without it at all;
- should take into account the needs of lemon in nutrients, light and other biological features... Otherwise, cutting the crown will only allow you to get an ornamental tree that will not bear fruit.
Lemon pruning scheme
Also, this process will be shown more clearly in the video posted in the article below.
Branching features and its effect on pruning
Also, in order to properly cut a lemon, you need to know the features of its branching, which are as follows:
- seedlings or lemon eyepiece at the beginning of growth form only one single vertical shoot, which is referred to the first order;
- in the second year (or at the end of the first year), lateral shoots are formed, which are also referred to as the first order. They must be left in the amount of 4 pieces;
- in the future, on the side shoots of the first order, the formation of shoots of the second order will occur, and so on;
- after the formation of lateral shoots of the fourth order, the onset of the first fruiting is possible.
An adult and already fruiting lemon tree has several variants of branches that begin to bear fruit already in the first year, while others continue to grow and begin to bear fruit only after a year. It is also possible to form new shoots with only one apical flower. Sometimes the so-called vertically growing "fatty" and non-fruiting branches are formed. In such a situation, there are two possible ways to get rid of such unwanted "fatty" shoots:
- complete removal;
- shortening by 25 cm and their transformation into normal fruit branches.
The richest in useful ovaries are only fruit twigs, which are usually located in the upper part of the crown. They are often placed horizontally, but they can also be in a hanging position.
During the growth and development of the lemon, as well as during proper care, there is a gradual dying off of old branches. In order for them not to pull on nutrients and minerals, they need to be cut off. In this case, pruning is designed only so that the nutrients are correctly distributed and go only to young and healthy branches, as well as fruits.
Given the branching features of this indoor plant, the following instruction was developed:
- it is necessary to start pruning with a zero-order shoot. It is cut at a height of about 15 or 20 cm. In this case, four well-developed buds must be left;
- from these buds, the main skeletal shoots will form in the future. They should be directed evenly and in different directions;
- in the future, they should be plucked or pinched at the moment when these branches have reached a length of about 30 cm (sometimes 20 cm is enough);
- pluck out only excess shoots at the time of their appearance;
- if the shoots are useful and needed, then they are pinched when the first 5 or 7 leaves are formed. Only the tops are pinched;
- it is necessary to cut off second-order shoots to a length of up to 25 cm;
- subsequent shoots are usually shortened by 5 cm shorter than the previous ones;
- the formation and pruning of the crown skeleton is completed on the fourth-order shoots.
The nuances of crown formation
In addition to the instructions, there are also certain rules for pruning and crown formation in citrus plants. By following these rules, you can greatly simplify pruning in the future and significantly increase yields.
Rules for pruning and forming a crown:
- pruning and pinching can be carried out throughout the growing season;
- you can shorten all branches, but you should start from the trunk. This will help make the plant take the shape of a bush, as a result of which the formation of fruits will be faster;
- the trunk can only be shortened by no more than 20 cm. In this case, it is best to leave only a couple of well-developed buds, which are directed in different directions;
- shoots of the first order are not recommended to be shortened by more than 25 cm, and shoots of the second order - by more than 10 cm;
- branches of subsequent orders (3, 4, 5) can only be shortened by 5 cm;
- crown formation can be completed by pruning the branches of the fourth or fifth order.
During the entire process of crown formation (takes from two to three years), care should be taken to simultaneously sprout several upper buds at the same time. If this is not possible, this one extra shoot must be completely removed, but the branch itself must not be cut off. It is necessary to remove the shoot when it has already begun to grow.
Forming and pruning a flat crown is more beneficial for the lemon tree, since it allows it to be most optimally placed on the windowsill.
For such a crown, there is the following instruction for its formation:
- at the very beginning, you need to bend, cut and guide the branches that grow deep into the room and orient them in the direction of the window sill;
- at the moment when the width, as well as the height of the crown of the plant, reaches the boundaries of the window joint, a hard pinching or pruning is used.
As a result, a living "curtain" is formed, and the tree itself begins to bear fruit more actively.
Video "Pruning Homemade Lemon Tree"
In this video, you can see how to properly trim without damaging the tree.
For amateur lemonologists, there are tips that will help to optimally and efficiently trim, and will also help to avoid many mistakes.
For beginners to maintain a homemade lemon tree, experts give the following tips:
- during the formation and pruning of the crown, the yield should be normalized by removing the flowers. Excess flowers only drain the tree. After several abundant fruitful years, the plant may dry out;
- anti-aging pruning should be carried out with a decrease in annual growth. It is carried out only in conjunction with feeding;
- instead of pruning, it is better to pinch, since it does not drain the lemon's capabilities so much;
- carefully monitor the formation of "fatty" branches and promptly suppress their development;
- it is best not to allow the plant to bear fruit during the crown formation period, since then the yield will be much higher than if the tree bears fruit during this period. Flowering is especially dangerous in the first year, since it can significantly deplete the lemon, and in the future it will give a low and low-quality yield. The complete death of the lemon is even possible;
- it is best to form a flat crown near a tree;
- pruning should be done only as a last resort and where it is really needed. With its help, you can improve the branching and form a regular and beautiful crown;
- short pruning is carried out if it is necessary to form strong new shoots, and long pruning is carried out if it is necessary to form fruit buds.
With proper pruning, you can form a beautiful crown, as well as improve the yield of the tree, and you will always have fresh lemons for tea!
It is necessary to take care of indoor lemon correctly. This plant is quite whimsical to care for, but among all citrus fruits it is considered the most suitable for a beginner. In addition to maintaining an optimal indoor temperature, regular watering and feeding, there is another important component of the process of growing indoor shrubs. This is pruning. How to prune a lemon correctly, and how often is it recommended to do it? Consider the most important points in more detail.
The formation of the crown of a young lemon is an important step in the care. But everything needs to be done competently and in due time. Many experts argue that it is necessary to shorten the shoots of the tree just before all the vital processes of the plant are activated, that is, in early spring... Moreover, it is not necessary to wait long: the first molding pruning is carried out when the lemon is about one year old. The optimal time for such a procedure is February.
But there is also a slightly different approach. There are many growers who prefer to cut the lemon in the spring, at the time when the plant is blooming. Interestingly, indoor lemon pruning is not necessarily carried out in a strictly specified period. In fact, this procedure can be carried out throughout the year. The main thing is to choose the right moment, and not remove the shoots whenever you like. In the fall, for example, growers also rejuvenate the shrub. This is done after the citrus tree stops all life processes, and the sap flow will no longer be so active.
Should you prune your lemon in autumn and winter? In fact, it is even beneficial for the plant. In this way, you will improve the fruitfulness of the lemon tree. If we talk about the most optimal time to remove branches, it is, of course, spring. Having carried out this procedure during the period of active sap flow, you will be absolutely calm about your indoor flower... Remember: resorting to such "treatment" is only necessary when necessary. Too frequent pruning of branches is fraught with low intensity of tree development.
Forming instruction
Pruning fruit-bearing lemon at home should be done with the basic rules in mind. If you shorten the branches incorrectly, you can only cause serious harm to the plant. Prune your lemon at home, based on the following guidelines:
- if you wish, you can shorten all the branches of the homemade lemon. However, the procedure will be truly effective if you start with the trunk. The thing is that in this way you will be able to form a bush plant that can bear fruit quite generously;
- do not cut the trunk of the tree by more than 20 cm;
- at the end of the procedure, be sure to process all the cut sites. Use an antiseptic for this - garden var. Moreover, it is better not to touch the most fragile branches.
Remember: treating your home plant with an antiseptic after crown formation is very important. The lemon tree adapts much worse to new conditions if it grows in our climate. That is why any nuance you missed (for example, neglect of the need to process shortened branches) can lead to the fact that the shrub will get sick.
The effect of branching on pruning
Lemon pruning is not the easiest part of plant care. Only experienced specialists know how to form a crown efficiently. However, all of this can be learned. The main thing is to master the subtleties of the process. Pay special attention to the peculiarities of lemon branching:
- seedlings or plant oculant constitute one vertical shoot;
- during the second year of development of the lemon tree, lateral branches are formed on it, which, together with the vertical shoot, are referred to the first order;
- after some time, their branches begin to form on the strengthened lateral branches. They are already referred to the second order.
Interestingly, only when shoots of the fourth order are formed on a citrus plant, the fruiting process is possible. When a potted tree bears fruit, the fruit does not form on every branch, since the youngest and most immature shoots are still developing.
Crown formation
How to pinch correctly indoor tree lemon? It is simply necessary to cut the house plant according to the rules, otherwise you will not be too happy with the results. When the growing season comes, it's time to start a similar procedure. The first step is to remove the length from the main trunk. Only after that you can take up the rest of the branches.
If you correctly approach this pruning and shorten almost all the branches of the lemon, it will grow and form much faster.
Do not think that the house tree will take the shape you need after the first branch removal. It will take about 2-3 years to achieve the desired result. Remember, there should be several buds on each shoot. Otherwise, the branch can be simply cut off, but not all, but exclusively the shoot. Many novice flower growers or those who not so long ago faced the need to study the rules for pruning homemade lemon, at one point they think about what shape of the crown they need.
Below is the material on the formation of the crown of an indoor lemon, when I just posted it, it seemed to me that this was enough, but I was mistaken - the topic is quite extensive and not everything is as simple as it might seem at first glance. So I decided to add a few more pages:
For those who want to understand the issue of cropping, I recommend that you look through all the pages - they complement each other quite well, even if the material overlaps in places.
There are many cases when indoor lemons, especially those grown from rooted cuttings, grew well without forming. But all the same, in order for the tree to have a beautiful crown, it is necessary to constantly work in this direction - to manage its growth by resorting to pruning and pinching - removing the emerging buds.
Natural branching of the indoor lemon tree.
A young tree gives at first one vertical shoot of the zero order.
- in the 2nd year, lateral shoots of the 1st order may already appear.
- Usually branches of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th orders begin to develop after a few years. They try to get these twigs as quickly as possible, because only on the short side branches - the pods, flowers are formed, and then the ovaries. If the growth of a lemon is left to chance, then the wait for the first flowers and fruits will be somewhat delayed.
This development of the lemon tree described above is primarily characteristic of grafted seedlings and seedlings. As practice shows, cut lemons still prefer to bush by themselves - already in the first years of life (sometimes there are exceptions).
Rules for shaping the crown of an indoor lemon tree.
Pinching and pruning of branches is carried out throughout the growing season according to the principle: shorten all branches, starting from zero (stem), make the tree bush - you will get "fruits" faster.
- the matured stem of the seedling (branch of zero order) is shortened at a height of about 16-20 cm, leaving only a few well-developed buds directed in different directions. Subsequently, shoots sprout from these buds, of which, in turn, 3-4 are left - these will be branches of the first order (the future main skeletal branches of the plant).
- these twigs (twigs of the first order) are not allowed to grow over 20 -25 cm.
- shoots of the 2nd order are cut only 10 cm shorter.
- branches of the 3rd, 4th, 5th orders are shortened - by 5 cm.
When the branches of the 4th order have already appeared, the formation of the skeleton of the crown is completed.
It is important during the formation of the skeleton of the crown (last 2-3 years), to control that not 1 to the upper bud germinates, but 2-3 more at the same time. If this is not the case, then it is better to remove this single shoot. “Remove” but do not prune a branch - remove an unwanted shoot as soon as it begins to grow from the bud.
There is a difference between "delete" and "trim". Pruning when shaping for indoor lemon is not quite the right thing. Firstly, it is "painful" for him, and secondly, it is irrational. A tree needs a lot of time and a lot of nutrients to build its tissue. In this regard, it is better not to allow such idle "work", and to manage its growth by pinching (pinching) - to remove an unnecessary shoot at the very beginning of its development from the bud. It happens that a stubbornly growing kidney needs to be pinched twice. It is also useful to apply a pinch to the tips of all rapidly developing shoots - to conserve nutrients and ripen new growth more quickly.
Indoor lemon turns.
In addition to pinching with pruning, you need to pay attention to the illumination of the lemon tree sunbeams... The plant should not be constantly in the same position in relation to sunlight, otherwise there will be no full-fledged development. If you treat a lemon tree like an ordinary flowerpot - for example, turn the plant with the opposite side to the light; then, as a result, we get the following: the leaves will curl, deform, or even completely fall off. As a result of the above mentioned action, the plants will grow very poorly and feel oppressed for a long time.
What's the matter?
The thing is that in the conditions of the room, the lemon tree is very conservative. The leaves of the plant seem to get used to a certain dose of light - illumination from a certain side. In the case of a sharp change in the intensity of illumination, the metabolic processes that take place in plants are immediately disrupted, which in turn adversely affects the state of the plant.
You need to turn the lemon tree:
The following proven method is recommended - turn the pot with the plant by 10 degrees every 10 days. Due to such a small turn, the lemon tree will not experience drastic changes, and the metabolic processes will proceed normally. Thus, in 1 year, the lemon tree can be rotated 360 degrees - which in turn will ensure uniform crown development.
A little more about the turns of the plant.
The crown of a lemon tree can also be formed in the form of a bush. The plant itself will tell you how to do it.
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