Author Topic: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches  (Read 1462 times)


Susanne42

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Re: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2017, 12:09:39 PM »
Interesting. Kinda like espalier? Wondering if that would work for container citrus too but then might get difficult to move around

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Re: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2017, 05:46:15 PM »
Didn't know it worked for citrus like it's does for apples and pears.

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Re: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2017, 06:31:36 PM »
Citradia, see there you go,  I didn't know it worked for apples and pears.

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Re: Get More Fruit By Bending A Citrus Tree's Branches
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2017, 07:51:23 PM »
Yes. You tie rocks or some kind of weights on the branches of young pear/apple tree to bend branches and it makes them produce flower spurs for the next year. I've tried it, and it works well.

 

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