Today, I’m going to prune my citrus trees in my food forest. Some may see it as simply trimming trees, but to me, it’s so much more. It’s like creating art with nature, helping these trees reach their full potential by shaping and trimming their branches.
Love and photon particles
Weedy
https://www.theweedygarden.com
In this video I refer to the following episodes:
Taming the Weedy Jungle: https://youtu.be/zHForLzAcKU
Photosynthesis: https://youtu.be/GZ8n0PoSNLg
The Flow Hive: https://youtu.be/nrGDwSLIB14
Make Magnificent Compost: https://youtu.be/mkAuCfG8SEU
Woodchips: https://youtu.be/siILqlt99ZU
Teddy versus Turkey: https://youtu.be/zgHyU8AeuwM
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I got a Eureka lemon and a Tahitian lime, 3 year old grafted ones, and put them in pots and grew them on and nurtured them with love for 12 months, then planted them in a raised bed because my ground is hard clay. I used Citrus potting mix and compost (Osmocote) and also planted herbs and flowers to make a guild of sorts.
I was so happy and satisfied.
Then the lemon kept dropping its leaves and no matter how much water I put on it, it was always dry. It now is practically bare.
Then I realised I’d planted my 2 citrus within about 10-12 metres of a big eucalyptus.
I couldn’t help noticing your garden is surrounded by bush.
What are your thoughts about planting near big trees?
This was a delightful video. The background music is a nice touch
Gardening has been my passion for over 30 years and I'm still learning.
The Aesthetic is solid
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Going to prune my wonky Kaffir lime right now. Thank you! Does it matter what time of year or the weather conditions?
Back then when we had a lime tree, we never trimmed it. It grows really big and produces tuns of limes 3 times a year.
Couldn’t have said better brother great video great vibes always
just love your videos 🙂
Very good
You are so, so lovely ^_^ Thank you for these serene and inspirational videos. Did you know that you can use citrus peels to make "Eco Enzyme", a completely degradable cleaning product (and the 'dirty' water can then be used as fertilizer!) ? Big love from Denmark (and a bit of envy of anyone who can grow their own citrus fruit) 😉
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Use the one you grew from the seed as a base for grafting other citruses.
I’m looking forward to the video on citrusing your prune trees. 🙂
Also I think woodchips and some mowing can fit perfectly into a permaculture system as far as I understand it.
Thanks, Weedy! Some great info as always 👌 😊
Thank you😊
Hi where are you in Australia ?
I love the art of pruning. For a first timer you got it!
The four Ds. Same goes for people.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Instead of waiting for my little citrus trees to get big enough to support a good fruit load, I'm just going to build a simple wooden frame around and above it that I can tie up string to that will take the weight load off the branch. I'm growing citrus in containers so not worried about slower root growth by growing fruit right away. Rather than wait a couple years to get fruit, my strategy is to just have more smaller trees in pots, support the branches with fruit until they are strong enough, and get fruit right away.
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What a wonderful demonstration, thank you David, loved it!