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Originally Posted by phxSUNSfan
^ DowntownDweller, you are over-watering your citrus tree. My grandmother's property in the West Valley still has an abundance of citrus trees that are full and fruitful. The trees are watered only once a week during the hottest periods of the summer. Here is a little info on citrus watering schedules:
Also, if the tree is large enough and you trim the bottom branches and expose the trunk, then you will want to paint the trunk white otherwise you can kill the tree.
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My established orange trees do just fine with a flood watering every 2 weeks, and even only once a month (when irrigation didn't come one cycle). The lime tree I planted is another matter though. Its only 5-6' tall, and just a twig really. If you don't water it at a minimum, every 2 days, its leaves crisp up and start dropping, and all limbs just point towards the ground since its full of fruit. The trunk is painted already, one of the first things I did. I'm hoping if I can get it past this blazing summer, I can start working my way further and further out with a soaker in between irrigations.