Clay Mango, note that a citrus tree only flowers and produces fruit on its newest growth. When you prune a citrus tree, you are cutting off the new growth. Therefore, a citrus tree cannot bloom and fruit. The only method to prune, and still get fruit, is called hedging. In Hedging, only one side of the tree is pruned, leaving the other side to fruit. The following year the other side of the tree is pruned. - Millet