RESTORING A COLD DAMAGED CITRUS TREE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- After a severe winter storm in February I was left with a very cold damaged citrus tree. The 'Bloomsweet' grapefruit that I planted in the ground over ten years ago was severely damaged by freezing temperatures. Citrus tree maintenance: • 7 TIPS FOR GROWING CIT...
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Hi! I hope your citrus trees have survived any recent winter weather! If you're interested in learning more about caring for them check out this video on citrus tree maintenance: th-cam.com/video/TKxqYafWkFY/w-d-xo.html 🍊
Wow, Scott! I'm proud of you. You did an awesome job on that citrus. You made all the cuts I would have. I did the same thing today for some clients on their fig trees. Your tree is going to return beautiful.
Thanks so much!
Looks good. I would love to see it in 6 months. Thanks for posting. ;-)
👍🏼✨ Thank you! I’ll review the progress in a future update.
...just the information I was looking for! I have 70 blood orange trees in various stages of damage and each will be restored according to the techniques you demonstrated. Thanks Scott!
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Love your content, Scott! I'd be so indecisive if I had to prune back a tree that far. Please keep us updated with that one!
Many thanks! 🙏✨ Will do!
I really enjoy this channel, and thanks. During that same freeze and and in the same town I put around my satsuma orange bags of sawdust and a number of 20-gallon totes filled with water, all covered with a tarp. Lost only 1/3 of my 12 foot tree. Incandescent lights is a great idea, and will use that technique next time we get a bad freeze.
Thank you so much! I'm glad your satsuma made it! 🍊✨
So cute a baby.
Love this one and Izzy did a good job!
Thank you! 😎
Thank you for info Scott.
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!
That freeze was pretty bad, glad you made it through. Awesome job on the tree and your dog is super cute! Great video 👍🏻
Thanks so much! 🙏✨
Great video!
Thanks so much! 💜✨
Excellent pruning job! I didn't see if you added support to the remaining branch. The greatest weakness is at the base of the shoot. I would absolutely drive an 5' - 7' high upright post (3/4" - 1" in diameter)as close as feasible to the shoot and loosely secure it. I wouldn't remove it for several years, until the base has lignified and can withstand strong wind gusts.
Thank you! I appreciate that advice and I'm hoping for the best. 🍋✨
Thank you for the info. Pretty scary to prune that drastically 😲. And you have an awesome dog 😅
I was a little terrified honestly. At least my sweet dog was there to guide me through the process. 😅
Super helpful. I’ve got a lemon and orange that got hit hard by a freeze. I’m in Louisiana. I guess I should also wait until May to make these determinations?
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Im also live near Austin and I didnt get my potted Meyer trees inside until 9pm Thurs after front came through. The leaves are shriveled not looking good...
I’m sorry to hear about that, but give it some time and best wishes!
I don't like how those big cuts turned out.
You've cut into the main trunk... that's not how you cut. You need to cut the branch only, up to the ring, but not beneath it.
That's fair, but that part of the main trunk was dead and wasn't going to heal over from the collar.
Yeah right
Well done you did a great job, hopefully it will give you plenty of fruits for year's too come, your dog is beautiful what breed of dog is it? Thanks for the video see you soon
Thank you! I’ll keep you updated on the progress. My dog is a Mexican hairless, she is a wonderful companion ✨
At what point in the year (in Austin) did you start trimming it? Ours looks sad but seems too early to prune, yes?
Since mine had suffered so severely I waited until May
So we cut our kumquat tree down to one branch like yours but now that branch started to have dry shrivel leaves. It’s been raining a lot and I made sure to water often if I see the soil gets dry. I plan to add compost soil to it soon. What else can I do to save it? It’s been here for over 10 years and it breaks my heart to lose it. Thanks.
Hello! Be sure that the soil dries slightly between watering and drench the soil with liquid seaweed every other week. Best wishes!
@@newgardenroad Thank you, I think I may have over watered like you mentioned.
Hello, How is the tree now ? can you send me a picture ? Mine got severe freeze damage these winter (France) browns leaves, bark split..Thank you
I will share photos in my community tab soon and will post a video update in the near future. My tree is alive and growing well, although it has suffered through three challenging winters.
Great video. I had been wondering about that tree after seeing the damage. When was this filmed? Hope this winter is easy on it.
Thank you! I shot this in late August, and the final pruning segment was shot in late November. Not the timeline that I intended, but that's how it goes sometimes. 😅
Those branches cannot be used to produce another tree. or they do not produce fruit
They were removed for structural purposes
I have a meyer lemon tree in a container I moved it to a diy nursery but I guess that wasn’t enough to protect it from the cold weather. Tree has brown and green branches but I don’t see any new growth I used a 6-3-3 citrus fertilizer and nothing. Do you think is a loss cause? Thanks in advance.
I would wait and see how it responds, but you can try the scratch test now to determine the extent of any damage. 🤞🏼✨
Not true about growing from seed they’re not always gonna be different it’s just gonna take a long time to make fruit
where are you based? I think it has to be America
Austin, Texas, USA
Hi Scott! New viewer here, found this after the last couple nights freezing temps. I’m in NE austin myself off decker. In October I (stupidly?) planted a pink variegated lemon tree in the ground. It was flourishing until now. It’s pretty small and I wrapped lights around it. Today a lot of leaves were drooping. I covered it in a blanket for tonight as well. U think it’ll survive? Do those trees in this area NEED to be potted or can I just use lights?
Hi Brad! Only time will tell if your lemon tree survives as they don't grow much this time of year. At this point you could try the scratch test to see if it still has some life, and if so keep protecting it through any future freezing temperatures. I would give it a few months to rebound if you're not entirely sure.
I recommend growing most varieties of citrus in containers. Satsuma mandarins, kumquats, and the bloomsweet grapefruit are hardy into the teens and are safer bets to be grown in ground but will require protection through some winter weather events. If they're planted with protection from north wind they will fair better. That doesn't assure that they won't be severely damaged by hard freezes though, so it's a little bit of a gamble.
Best wishes, and let me know how things turn out.
Is there any update on this tree? Did it survive such an aggressive pruning?
It survived and is currently leafing out. I will post a video update later in the spring or early summer.
@@newgardenroad That's great! I need to try this because my poor lemon tree was hit hard with a sporadic cold front that plummeted us down to 19 degrees.
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So you pretty much took it all off…
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