Planting Citrus Trees in Containers
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- čas přidán 17. 04. 2020
- Harvesting History's, www.harvesting-history.com, easy to understand, detailed description of how to plant citrus trees in containers narrated by Barb Melera, co-founder of Harvesting History, LLC.
I am watching to find out what soil mix to use for trees and shrubs and you seem to use the same mix for everything. So easy and so helpful!
This was really helpful thank you
You are very welcome, Christine. Thank you for taking your time to view one of our Harvesting History videos.
Good info! Here's a tip, add the in front of your www. website so your link could be clickable.
can it be planted in the ground at that age? Arizona zone 9b. We just lost a huge lemon tree due to a storm and the HOA wants us to replace it.
How do you treat them in the winter in cold climates? How long before you see lemon fruit? How do you protect citrus from scale?
Christine, good to hear from you. When the nighttime temperatures start routinely dipping into 40s you should bring your plant inside. A week before you bring the plant inside spray it with an organic insecticide like Orchard Spray. The day you bring the plant in spray the plant again. Once inside, if you have access to one, use a humidifier for 4-6 hours each day. This may prevent or minimize leaf drop. 10 days after you bring the plant inside, spray it again with Orchard Spray. Continue to fertilize once a month and water less frequently unless the plant is close to a heater. Then water as usual. Hope tyhis helps.
You should place the link to your website in your videos.
Great video! Do I need to add perlite to this mix? Thank you!
Victoria, you do not need to add perlite to this mix. Thank you for taking the time to watch our video and your kind comment.
Barb is a terracotta pot OK ? I noticed that you used a plastic pot. Can we use the same mixer for a terracotta pot
Is a terra cotta pot better than plastic
Nope! You are, hopefully, going to be moving these plants in their pots around alot. You want the lightest and sturdiest pots available. That is plastic. Also citrus roots tend to make a beeline to the edge of the soil where it touches the pot. In clay pots, the roots often imbed themselves in the edge of the clay. This 'imbedding' makes the roots much, much more vulnerable to drying out (in case you forget to water), intense heat damage from the sun and, rarely, cold damage. The roots can't 'imbed' themselves in plastic the way they do in clay. The roots still migrate to the edge of the soil, but they are less susceptible to damage.