Growing Citrus Fruits : How to Prune Orange Trees

Orange tree pruning is necessary for getting out dead wood and shaping the tree so that the limbs grow towards the sun. Use a fine saw blade when pruning larger limbs on an orange tree with help from the owner of a plant nursery in this free video on citrus fruits and gardening.

Expert: Richard Skinner
Bio: Richard Skinner has been the owner and operator of Hawkins Corner Nursery in Plant City, Fla. for the past three decades.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• citrus
• fruit
• gardening
• gardens
• horticulture
• agriculture
• fruit trees
• lemons
• oranges
• citrus fruits

[mccunecp]

you have cool trees I have a year old orange tree and its winter were I live at now so its in side its not that big I have a video on my youtube and I"m starting to lose leaves a lot of them I know its from teh light so I have a grow light and I have not found anymore dropped leaves do you thing that is what my problems was I also have a orange on it.

[94FIRE]

i live in fresno ca. it is in month of june, my brother prune my orange tree a month ago, since then the leaves are turning yellow and falling, i do have lots of baby oranges on it what should i do. 

[mixbrix]

Thanks for the info. Was just getting ready to prune ours. I'm glad I found your video!

[costaricanfishing]

I live in Costa Rica and have five 20 year old mandarin orange trees. One has produced, but the others have not. They have a moss growing on their limbs and look like they need to be severely pruned. Do you have any suggestions on how I could bring them back to health?

[SIM2402]

This video doesn't answer my question because it dosn't tell me what's the best time of the year to prune...

[dozdeshabb]

@94FIRE if they are shrinking in size and produce dry branches ,it may be due to over watering , or possible wrong timing of pruning. leave them as they are . we lad lost a few in Florida for the care takers did too much and too early cuttings.

[lok5472]

Thank you for your video. i am from nepal i have around 250 orange tree but i have an problem to suppely water specelly at the dry season. do u have an best idea to supply water?

And some tree dies when they are 4 years 5 years old, and orange are some of them r old and some of them r young.

[rebornmoo]

Over-watering is the easiest way to kill citrus. They are highly susceptible to root rot. You shouldn't be watering on a schedule, but simply when the soil feels dry. Stick your finger down in and if it feels dry, water. If it doesn't, don't.

[shadowhog777]

Nice video principle Skinner, I had no idea one was supposed to prune trees like this, but know I know. I've got all three citruses, grapefruit, lemon (yellow), and oranges, but they don't seem to be growing...and I live in S. Florida. I think maybe I water too much..I have no idea.