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  • #1

    Tall Lime?

    Hi all!

    Was wondering if I could get some advice, I have a small lime and its growing very well, but only upwards! My lemon however has lots of side growth. Should I snip off the top of the lime to encourage it to grow more bushy? I'm scared to in case it doesn't respond well!

    Thanks

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    I don’t know much about Limes but if it was mine I would pinch out the tip and hope it would encourage it to produce side shoots.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      Snipping the top off should work fine. You could do that now or leave it till it gets to 3-4 feet and then pinch out the top, clear most of the stem and have a nice little standard.

      Usual citrus caveat - you'd be very lucky to get a seedling to flower or fruit.

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      • #4
        Pinch it out. Citrus actually respond very well to pruning, even fairly hard pruning.

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        • #5
          Thank you all for your replies! I've snipped it off now so hopefully it'll start to bush out over the next few weeks - I'm wanting to keep them all fairly small and not expecting any fruits for a few years. Theyre just a fun addition to the conservatory

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