I HAD TO DRASTICALLY PRUNE MY RUBY RED BECAUSE OF MY NEIGHBORS NOW ITS NOT PRODUCING ANY GRAPEFRUIT.ITS ABOUT 16FT.AND SEEMS TO BE HEALTHY STILL.IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF FRUIT AGAIN?
2006-12-09 07:20:57 · 6 answers · asked by rogerbrown47@sbcglobal.net 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If i pruned you back drastically could you produce.Some tree's that are'nt supposed to be pruned back go into shock.May take a season to get back to produceing.I f you didnt kill it it will come back.You did'nt do this while it was still in season and green did you?This should be done in early spring before new growth and after the last freeze.
2006-12-09 07:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by Larry-Oklahoma 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It should grow new growth in the spring and should produce fruit after some time. IF however it does not a trick a landscaper taught me it to starve it from water till it gets dry and then soak it heavily. For some reason that promotes fruit growth. Just watch carefully you don't wont to kill it by letting it get to dry though.
2006-12-13 03:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Care Bear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Citrus blooms on new growth, so I expect you will get a crop after it blooms next time around.
Severly pruned plants often go into 'panic mode' and put out lots of new growth. You may well have to tip pinch some of this and thin some to open up center of tree and reduce crossing branches.
Fertilize per normal recommendation for a tree of this size.
2006-12-09 07:59:41 · answer #3 · answered by Cornpatch 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fruit trees are funny about some years having bumper crops and other years you can count the number of fruit on your hand. I think you are just having a low yield year combined w/ having trimmed it back. Plus are there any other factors, like was there a windy day while it was blooming and before the fruit set that blew the blooms off?
2006-12-09 11:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by Michelle G 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Citrus trees cope very well with heavy pruning, although they may put their energy into new growth for the next year or so.
Give it some citrus fertilizer, or a fertilizer with a good potassium content and it should come good.
2006-12-09 11:55:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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