10 Biggest CITRUS GROWING MISTAKES

I uploaded a version of this with better audio. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/KZfWBgy2KBc

I like the way you get right to the point without unnecessary chatter. Lots of good information.

It doesn’t come out of me easily but you are probably the best youtuber I’ve found so far when it comes to planting and gardening. I really appreciate what you are doing for us home-growers. A big thank you from the Philippines.

The rampant spread of fungi in orange groves is a serious problem. Not skirting the trees allows spores from the soil to invade the tree. 3 foot skirting is recommended to keep splash from the irrigation sprinklers from splashing spores onto the tree. Most molded fruit is from spores from the soil and tends to affect only the lower 3rd. It also keeps ants and other crawly pests. I totally disagree with the skirting. I have broken my back gathering up an acres worth of moldy dropped fruit with every kind of mold I know of. Black mold, green and blue mold, white mold and the dreaded phytophthora. Skirt your trees, especially in Southern CA. The trunks will be fine as the sun doesn't shine directly at the trunk, it is filtered by the rest of the canopy. Mold comes from the soil! Citrus tree pathologists scream about this! It makes me cringe when I see neighboring grove owners neglect this part, plus skirting makes it easier to maintenance the sprinklers, and inspect them, and it makes it easier to spray pesticides to the inside canopy from under the skirted tree. If there are no oranges down there because you skirted, that sweetness will end up in the rest of the oranges. There should never be an imbalance of sweet. Oranges growing down there are often coming off of long stringy twigs as well, which they shouldn't. I'm talking from a Mediterranean climate, so perhaps the mold part is unique to this zone. Maybe talk about thinning too, such as how the fruit should hang solo without touching other fruit or branches. If you have bunches of oranges growing off of a single tiny twig, it's a sign that chemicals are not moving through the tree right and preventing natural abscission of the blossoms. Trees use 0.04% of the blossoms produced to make all the fruit. The other 99,96% should naturally fall from the tree.

Perfect, I just planted a lemon and an orange tree in Vegas!

I wish I had seen this 20 years ago when I planted my yard, but I am still glad to see it today. Thx!

I’m so glad I watched this this morning. I have 7 citrus trees in containers and they have had curling and yellowing leaves! Now I can fix the problem! Thanks Angela

VERY VERY INFORMATIVE SIMPLE IDEAS SISTER....thankyou very much sister...

This video was incredibly helpful and easy to learn from. Thank you so much for the great tutorial.

Thanks for sharing Angela. Now I know why the leaves of my citrus tree were are curled up and after a rain they were back to normal.

Well summarized and straight to the point

Thank you for getting to the point and for the "why's"... I'm in my 3rd year of my dwarf lemon and I'm pretty sure they are the best lemons I've ever had lol!

Really good to know about how vulnerable the bark is to sunburn. I'm considering one day espaliering some citrus trees, so I'll definitely have to take some precautions to protect the bark if I do that.

Wow such lovely amazing information I have 12 citrus plants n most of the plants leaves r curling n yellow n not flowering since 5t 6 yrs now I know the reason thank u soo much 👏👍

This was really good thank you.. I just got my 3rd lemon tree at my 3rd home. I've been moving as soons as the tree fruits. Maybe one day.

This is great! I just moved and inherited two citrus trees that are in rough shape. Hoping to save them!

Thank you for making this Video. Very well outlined and detailed

This was so helpful! Thank yoi

Thank you for just telling us simply what to do instead of making a long video telling your whole life story.

Citrus is great to grow and delicious to eat. Best wishes to all the gardeners out there!