Pruning citrus trees.
@article{Levitt1960PruningCT, title={Pruning citrus trees.}, author={E. C. Levitt}, journal={The agricultural gazette of New South Wales}, year={1960}, volume={61} }
• to allow light penetration into the canopy; • to prevent crowding of main scaffold branches and to remove branches which cross; • to remove or shorten water shoots to prevent them from becoming too dominant; • to remove diseased, dead, weak or old growth; • to improve spray coverage; • to allow air circulation and access under trees (skirt pruning); • to reduce tree height or width; • to increase fruit size; • to prevent fruit damage due to limb rubbing.
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