Hallo, ich suche allgemeine Ratschläge. Lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn Sie ein anderes Subreddit empfehlen. Ich habe einige Nachforschungen angestellt, wie ich meinen Orangenbaum pflegen soll, aber vielleicht kann ich noch mehr tun.
Dieser Baum steht seit mehr als 20 Jahren auf diesem Grundstück. Ich bin mir wirklich nicht sicher, wie alt es ist, weil es zum Haus gehörte und es bereits ein ausgewachsener Baum war, als meine Eltern das Haus kauften. Ich bin vor etwa fünf Jahren eingezogen und kümmere mich seitdem darum. Mein Mann beschneidet es alle zwei Jahre, indem er das Unterholz entfernt und neue Triebe beschneidet. Letztes Jahr brach ein großer alter Ast aufgrund des Gewichts, also beschnitt er diesen Ast. Dieses Wochenende haben wir 10 Tüten mit wunderschönen süßen und manchmal säuerlichen Orangen gepflückt. Oben im Blätterdach stehen noch einige, die noch nicht fertig sind, und einige Zweige beginnen zu blühen.
Einige Leute schlugen vor, einige der höheren älteren Äste zu beschneiden, um das Blätterdach wieder auf eine kürzere Höhe zu senken. Im Moment ist der Baum höher als das Dach meines Nachbarn. Ich kann die Orangen immer noch über eine Leiter und einen Pflücker erreichen. Wie auch immer, sollten wir es kürzer beschneiden? Es wurde im Laufe der Jahre nicht wirklich gepflegt und ist einfach außer Kontrolle geraten. Aber die Orangen sind fantastisch und ich möchte diesen Baum noch 20 Jahre lang behalten.
Von: palomaxbella
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I forgot to add we live in growing zone 10a. Tree gets full sun. We also prune the branches to not fall on the neighbors side because he otherwise has to pick up orange splatter on his side walkway. We give him bags of oranges though so he’s not missing out.
I don’t have any advice for you as my orange graftling is only about a foot tall, but I wanted to say that’s a lovely tree and yard you have!
No advice, but I hope you can keep it for the next 20 years! What a lovely addition to a backyard!!
You may want to search for local arborists who are familiar with citrus? Regardless, that is an amazing tree.
My dad’s tree was a mature root stock tangerine when we moved in in 1969. He chopped it to a few feet and had several things grafted onto it in the 80s. It’s currently about the size yours is now and produces loads of all 5 fruits every year. It’s sturdy enough i just climb up it. Yours looks great and no reason it won’t continue for years to come. Taking a load off the top might make harvesting easier.
I suggest looking to an arborist who specializes in citrus. The older a citrus tree gets the better the fruit. Do whatever you feel necessary to keep this tree alive.
I have quite a few old trees, and I just kept them at their heights. It would make more sense to prune the canopies to make picking easier, but I kinda just want them to do their thing.
Don’t have pruning recommendations, but instead I’ll recommend these [fruit pickers](https://a.co/d/0etjN3lx); they are expensive, but nicer than the usual metal basket ones because you can twist and bend fruits without scratching the barks or snapping the branches.
In general, you’ll just want to thin out the interior branches to remove anything that conflicts.
Beside that – just keep the tips pruned to keep it manageable – citrus can grow 2 meters a year.
Definitely don’t top it. You’ll expose the trunk and give it sunscald.
It’s not going to get much bigger anyways. Citrus max out at around this height. It looks extremely healthy. Enjoy it!
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Potassium and magnesium will change the tartness to sweetness
this is an awesome tree
What a great problem to have. It’s beautiful. Hope you can get it trimmed up shorter so you can get to the top fruit easier. One not is make sure to fertilize with a citrus fertilizer the fruit will taste so much better.
It looks realy healthy so thats cool 🙂
If it is a too big hazard for your neighbors house you can always prune the top branches, as it look realy healthy and not that old. (I mean it doesnt look like a centenary tree haha).
Just check the best time to cut it. I would suggest start lf the coldest day of the year. But im not a pro in orange tree.
And dont forget to use healing putty (idk if it’s the specific term as english is not my native language haha).
If you cut the main branch. Don’t cut it too hard. Leave so other strong branches behind to take the lead.
But anyway. It looks realy good like that, so don’t change too much the way you are doing it. I mean it all depend on where you are, your tree habits etc… if it work, keep like this, it’s the best way to keep it thriving.
I would reduce one big branch each year as they bear fruits off last year’s growth. This way you’re not losing out too many fruits and lessen on the stress to the tree. I’d start with that big one on the upper right that’s out of shape with the rest of the canopy. I’ve seen citrus taken a hard prune to the main branches and takes a couple of years to flush back up without much problem as the tree is aged and healthy. Make sure to watch videos on how to remove big branches as it could strip the bark off the tree where you don’t want it to happen. Happy growing!
So in this 1,000 word essay you asked if you should prune it back more. How do people have this much time on their hands I don’t get it
Thank you everyone for your advice!
I would just say make sure you’re giving it fertilizer like twice a year, that looks like a small area of dirt and it could run through nutrients
When I lived in Riverside for a few years, I took care of several highly mature orange trees. I hit on a formula for nutrition that REALLY worked for vigor. We had navel oranges. 50 pounds alfalfa pellets and about 10 pounds kelp meal per fully mature tree per three months.
That is one gorgeous tree!