15
« on: June 12, 2020, 06:44:16 PM »
Many years ago I let some Meyer and Eureka at a cabin in the swamp go several years without care. Upon my 1st visit in a year I found all of the lemon overgrown with water sprouts. Deciding to take of them I drew my trusty big cutters and went to work. The sprouts were so healthy I found it hard to prune them out. I did not. I topped them out at the height of the rest of the tree. They then started to develope lateral branches. They were still growing faster than the trees themselves. Today they are just part of the tree. They bloom, bear fruit and have no problem. They sometimes send up other water sprouts but I top them also. It takes longer for water sprouts to develope lateralz, bloom or fruit but they will.