How to choose the right Citrus Tree

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Hey Steve McShane with another note on Citrus and you have a couple of options out there. A dwarf citrus tree is the way to go and I want to show you one right here.

This is a Dwarf Citrus. Growing to about 8 to 10 feet in height, it's going to be accessible and it's going to be ready to produce for you in about a year, maybe even less.

Most of these citrus can go inside containers, be sure to put gravel in the bottom, lots of compost, organic fertilizer, what have you.

Now one of the choices you'll have in a nursery are a Dwarf Citrus versus a Standard Citrus. So the one maybe 6 to 8, maybe 10 feet versus one like this: growing in excess of 20 feet, maybe even 25 [feet]. Too big for most back yard gardens, go with the Dwarf Citrus.

Most citrus: add fertilizer, add compost on an annual basis, it'll put out for you really well. Every tree in the world is going to be good for you if it's got a graft. This graft right here has a root stock that stays resistant to bugs, desease, any kind of bad things in the soil. And what you have here is something for size, something for taste.

So keep in mind a grafted fruit tree is a good way to go and in most cases, I'd go with the dwarf. So just a quick note on Citrus.

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Landon Wolf Copyright 2010

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[felice2442]

Thanks for sharing. My lemon tree is in a more shaded area, it does not fruit ..why ?

what natural feed should i give ? i live in Singapore. Thank you.

[boardthis]

Moving back to AZ after a decade in CO.  Can't wait to have a lemon, lime and orange tree in the backyard. Had basically decided on the dwarf size since our new yard will be mostly pool :) ... thanks for reassuring my decision.

[Daibhidh646]

Any Pomelos?