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    Communities > Forums > Plant Identification
    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 3, Views: 63
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    zoneimpaired
    Toronto, ON (Zone 6b)

    October 6, 2012 5:56 PM

    Post #9297797

    Can someone in the know tell me if a citrus tree responds to a severe pruning by producing more / larger thorns? I have a grafted Lisbon lemon that I have grown in a pot for 15 years. This spring I gave it an especially hard pruning and now there are many more nasty thorns than in the past. It would seem like a natural reaction of a plant to increased grazing or pruning.
    Robb
    sube1984
    Bishop, CA (Zone 7a)

    October 6, 2012 6:48 PM

    Post #9297868

    Did you prune it below the graft point? or is it thick with suckers? Can you post photos?
    Vestia
    San Francisco, CA

    October 6, 2012 9:19 PM

    Post #9298020

    yes, you are observing a normal phenomenon.
    zoneimpaired
    Toronto, ON (Zone 6b)

    October 9, 2012 5:53 PM

    Post #9301007

    Here are a couple of pictures of the lemon tree. As you can see the thorns are well above the graft.
    Robb

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