https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:48:46 +0000 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:14:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=40392 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383960&title=citrus#1383960 Author: Nothing
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 8:14pm

Lol I have read alot of gardening books, and I have a poor lemon tree that has been through alot and its still surviving. As KH25 says above, make sure its the ones below the graft otherwise you will cut of the good plant. The root stock sometimes fruits but they are often poor quality, seedy and just not good. Good luck ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:14:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383960&title=citrus#1383960 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383929&title=citrus#1383929 Author: KH25
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 7:04pm

Bizzy, I have heard that planting lemons and manderins too close together can make the manderins grow pips, nothing about being sour though?]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:04:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383929&title=citrus#1383929 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383927&title=citrus#1383927 Author: KH25
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 7:02pm

I'm not sure about lemons but did a bit of research into manderins as our 2yo tree sprouted a thorny branch a little while ago so I wanted to find out what to do with it. If you look about 1/4 of the way up the main trunk there will a sort of ring around the trunk and if anything grows below there then you need to cut it off (as our thorny branch was!) ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:02:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383927&title=citrus#1383927 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383924&title=citrus#1383924 Author: blessedmama
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 6:55pm

Wriggles how do you know so much? Are you just a really experienced gardener?? I'm impressed!

They are growing from the base of the trunk so I'll get rid of them. Though I was looking properly at the lemon today and it now has several 'main' trunks so not certain what to do there. I'll have another look tomorrow and see if any are actually really at the base or whether further up - I think they are all starting to produce wee lemons though. It'll be the first year of more than one lemon so I'm a wee bit excited!]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:55:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383924&title=citrus#1383924 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383910&title=citrus#1383910 Author: Nothing
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 6:24pm

Are they growing from the roots/base of the trunk? If so then yes get rid of them. It will be the root stock of the plant growing, it will do nothing but produce lots of leaves and thorns. Most citrus trees sold these days are ones that have been grafted onto root stock.]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:24:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383910&title=citrus#1383910 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383867&title=citrus#1383867 Author: Bizzy
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 4:08pm

i dont know anything about citrus trees but my husband reckons that our mandarins are a bit sour cause they are too close to the lemon tree. i suppose if you pruned the bottom ones then it might concentrate on the top ones instead.]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:08:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383867&title=citrus#1383867 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383839&title=citrus#1383839 Author: blessedmama
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Posted: 04 September 2011 at 2:33pm

Second question for the afternoon...my lemon and mandarin trees are just little and both have young branches growing right down the bottom. Should I be taking those off? Must read up on pruning them but thought I'd try here first.]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:33:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40392&PID=1383839&title=citrus#1383839