Prior to doing any pruning, make sure to clean and sharpen pruning shears as blunt blades can leave your lemon trees at risk of infection. As well as keeping them looking neat, the tree will respond to the pruning by producing more flower buds, which in turn can reward you with more fruit.
In spring you prune to maintain the neat shape you are aiming for - lemon trees can be clipped in various shapes, including round-shaped, bushy, or as standard trees for a more formal garden design – and thin out the center of the plant to allow light and air to get in. Assessing the tree at this stage, where growth is just starting, means you can best consider the shape and structure you are aiming for by pruning. You can prune lemon trees all the way through to early spring, when they are starting to grow.
Citrus trees will enter their period of dormancy at the end of the growing season and this is the earliest you can consider pruning them.
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