We go through the process of pruning one of our citrus trees in the spring, a navel orange. We cover the tools, how and what to prune in general and some things to watch out for with citrus in particular.

0:00 Intro
0:19 Our Citrus Trees
0:54 When to Prune
1:52 Tools and Equipment
3:14 What to Prune
4:21 Damaged, Diseased or Dead
4:41 Making Cuts
6:09 Loppers and Saw
6:37 One-Third Rule
7:39 Main Prune
8:01 Doing the Timelapse
8:52 The Result
9:34 Trunk Painting
10:17 ...Really Fast.
10:36 Paint Conclusion
11:30 Wrap Up and Future

Links mentioned in this video:
Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide - Pruning - [ Ссылка ]
Management of Citrus Tree Canopies for Fresh-Fruit Production - [ Ссылка ]
Citrus Tree Care for the Home Gardener in the HLB Era - [ Ссылка ]

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Credits:
Video of oranges on a tree by Piotr Wróbel from Pexels - [ Ссылка ]

Equipment used in this video:
Felco F2 Pruners - [ Ссылка ]
Gardena no longer makes the 650 geared loppers we use. The closest one in function is the Gardena 8770 20-inch bypass lopper: [ Ссылка ]
Arizona's Best Tree Trunk White - [ Ссылка ]

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