In article , David WE Roberts
writes
Having been touring the world for the last 7 months I have returned to
the after effects of the severe winter.

Both lemon trees were left on a sheltered south facing patio area in
the hope that they would be O.K.
[Taking them into a building would have guaranteed no watering]

I thought they were both dead - all branches withered.

However I now see that the base of the trees are still alive and
putting out new shoots.

The dilemma is should I cut all the dead wood off now, or should I wait
a bit untill new growth is more established?
Growth at the moment is tiny buds showing two leaves but still very small.


My lemon and orange trees were done for the winter before last. I
failed to move them to the unheated greenhouse until after the big
freeze.

The lemon did indeed sprout again - but it is from below the graft, so
the various branches I now have are from the root stock. They are
growing but I'm not sure if they will flower, let alone fruit any time
soon.

I left cutting the dead wood above the graft until recently - 17-18
months after the 'death' - but I think it would have made no difference
to have done it much earlier.

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regards andyw