How To
Create a Citrus Garden
Citrus fruits help keep winter sniffles at bay, and growing your own ensures that you’ll have plenty of fresh fruit to enjoy.
- Citrus can be grown in a well-drained, sunny garden spot or in a large container. When growing citrus in pots, choose varieties that are grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock (‘Flying Dragon’ is popular).
- Feed ever-hungry citrus at least twice a year in early spring and late summer with Thrive Granular Citrus Food. Water in well after application.
- Potted citrus should be fed with Thrive Once a year feeder for Trees, Shrubs and Citrus.
- Always keep the root area well mulched, but make sure that mulch doesn’t come in contact with the trunk.
- Lemon trees are prone to lemon verrucosis which causes warty bumps on the outside of the fruit. Treat with Champ DP.
- Apply Nature’s Way Insect Spray or Nature’s Way Pyrethrum Spray (concentrate)regularly to control aphids.
