Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
Finally finished building our new house, and want to plant the lemon
tree in the back yard. I want to plant it as close as possible without killing the plumbing in the process. Does anybody have any recommendations on how close I can plant it, or what a safe distance woule be? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
Morphet wrote:
:: Finally finished building our new house, and want to plant the lemon :: tree in the back yard. I want to plant it as close as possible :: without killing the plumbing in the process. Does anybody have any :: recommendations on how close I can plant it, or what a safe distance :: woule be? Lemon trees are shallow rooted, just make sure it gets plenty of sun -- Tricia |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
Morphet wrote:
Finally finished building our new house, and want to plant the lemon tree in the back yard. I want to plant it as close as possible without killing the plumbing in the process. Does anybody have any recommendations on how close I can plant it, or what a safe distance woule be? How big will it be? 5m away sounds good to me. To make sure it has plenty of sun and watering it isn't wetting ground near house. Have you planned your entire back yard? It would be wiser before planting the lemon tree. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
-- G'day Morphet , And don't forget that recent building sites can have a few gardening surprises hidden around the place. One to be careful of around new foundations/masonry/brickwork etc, is that there can be a lot of lime /cement splashed around, plus the leaching from the new construction. This can create a major and often toxic change in the soils pH. You get the same problem in new concrete pots, but it stabilises after a few months. Just be careful about rushing in to quickly. As for how close to the building, I would go out and have a look at few mature citrus trees and then decide. Do you want to have to prune or shape the tree to keep it controlled or do want to be able let it do it's own thing. You don't mention where abouts you are, but generally I would recommend the 'Eureka Lemon', it's quite an acceptable fruit, a tough variety that is happy in varied climates and not needing much attention, and best of all, it is one of the few citrus that gives fruit all year round. China Wingham NSW -- p.s. Professionals built the Titanic, Amateurs built the Ark! |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:05:04 GMT, "China"
wrote: -- G'day Morphet , And don't forget that recent building sites can have a few gardening surprises hidden around the place. One to be careful of around new foundations/masonry/brickwork etc, is that there can be a lot of lime /cement splashed around, plus the leaching from the new construction. This can create a major and often toxic change in the soils pH. You get the same problem in new concrete pots, but it stabilises after a few months. Good, because we planted Larry last week.... (don't blame me for the name, my kids named it.....) Just be careful about rushing in to quickly. As for how close to the building, I would go out and have a look at few mature citrus trees and then decide. Do you want to have to prune or shape the tree to keep it controlled or do want to be able let it do it's own thing. I did plant it 5 metres form the rear of the house (9 metre back yard.....so it's about in the middle of the yard) You don't mention where abouts you are, but generally I would recommend the 'Eureka Lemon', Werribee (Western Melbourne) it's quite an acceptable fruit, a tough variety that is happy in varied climates and not needing much attention, and best of all, it is one of the few citrus that gives fruit all year round. It's to dark to go out and read what type we ended up getting...but it had been in the ground for a week now and has not dropped dead (this is pretty good for me...not really a plant person...but now I owned the property and nobody else is going to do it for me... |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:05:04 GMT, "China"
wrote: -- G'day Morphet , And don't forget that recent building sites can have a few gardening surprises hidden around the place. One to be careful of around new foundations/masonry/brickwork etc, is that there can be a lot of lime /cement splashed around, plus the leaching from the new construction. This can create a major and often toxic change in the soils pH. You get the same problem in new concrete pots, but it stabilises after a few months. Good, because we planted Larry last week.... (don't blame me for the name, my kids named it.....) Just be careful about rushing in to quickly. As for how close to the building, I would go out and have a look at few mature citrus trees and then decide. Do you want to have to prune or shape the tree to keep it controlled or do want to be able let it do it's own thing. I did plant it 5 metres form the rear of the house (9 metre back yard.....so it's about in the middle of the yard) You don't mention where abouts you are, but generally I would recommend the 'Eureka Lemon', Werribee (Western Melbourne) it's quite an acceptable fruit, a tough variety that is happy in varied climates and not needing much attention, and best of all, it is one of the few citrus that gives fruit all year round. It's to dark to go out and read what type we ended up getting...but it had been in the ground for a week now and has not dropped dead (this is pretty good for me...not really a plant person...but now I owned the property and nobody else is going to do it for me... |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:13:21 +1100, Terry Collins
wrote: How big will it be? um...as big as a lemon tree? I don't really want to prune it back unless I really have to....so it can grow and much as it wants to without fear of amputation by me. 5m away sounds good to me. To make sure it has plenty of sun and watering it isn't wetting ground near house. Yep, done that. Have you planned your entire back yard? No, water restrictions in Melbourne don't allow watering of lawns, and money restrictions in my wallet don't allow the purchase of many plants/landscaping, so for the moment my back lawn is devoid of anything apart from lots of dirt and 1 lemon tree. It would be wiser before planting the lemon tree. oh, tell me that now.... g |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:13:21 +1100, Terry Collins
wrote: How big will it be? um...as big as a lemon tree? I don't really want to prune it back unless I really have to....so it can grow and much as it wants to without fear of amputation by me. 5m away sounds good to me. To make sure it has plenty of sun and watering it isn't wetting ground near house. Yep, done that. Have you planned your entire back yard? No, water restrictions in Melbourne don't allow watering of lawns, and money restrictions in my wallet don't allow the purchase of many plants/landscaping, so for the moment my back lawn is devoid of anything apart from lots of dirt and 1 lemon tree. It would be wiser before planting the lemon tree. oh, tell me that now.... g |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:05:04 GMT, "China"
wrote: -- G'day Morphet , And don't forget that recent building sites can have a few gardening surprises hidden around the place. One to be careful of around new foundations/masonry/brickwork etc, is that there can be a lot of lime /cement splashed around, plus the leaching from the new construction. This can create a major and often toxic change in the soils pH. You get the same problem in new concrete pots, but it stabilises after a few months. Good, because we planted Larry last week.... (don't blame me for the name, my kids named it.....) Just be careful about rushing in to quickly. As for how close to the building, I would go out and have a look at few mature citrus trees and then decide. Do you want to have to prune or shape the tree to keep it controlled or do want to be able let it do it's own thing. I did plant it 5 metres form the rear of the house (9 metre back yard.....so it's about in the middle of the yard) You don't mention where abouts you are, but generally I would recommend the 'Eureka Lemon', Werribee (Western Melbourne) it's quite an acceptable fruit, a tough variety that is happy in varied climates and not needing much attention, and best of all, it is one of the few citrus that gives fruit all year round. It's to dark to go out and read what type we ended up getting...but it had been in the ground for a week now and has not dropped dead (this is pretty good for me...not really a plant person...but now I owned the property and nobody else is going to do it for me... |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 00:13:21 +1100, Terry Collins
wrote: How big will it be? um...as big as a lemon tree? I don't really want to prune it back unless I really have to....so it can grow and much as it wants to without fear of amputation by me. 5m away sounds good to me. To make sure it has plenty of sun and watering it isn't wetting ground near house. Yep, done that. Have you planned your entire back yard? No, water restrictions in Melbourne don't allow watering of lawns, and money restrictions in my wallet don't allow the purchase of many plants/landscaping, so for the moment my back lawn is devoid of anything apart from lots of dirt and 1 lemon tree. It would be wiser before planting the lemon tree. oh, tell me that now.... g |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
Morphet writes:
Terry Collins wrote: How big will it be? um...as big as a lemon tree? I don't really want to prune it back unless I really have to....so it can grow and much as it wants to without fear of amputation by me. There are a number of reasons why someone may decide to prune a citrus. A huge tree might block out the view, or might block out too much sun from other plants or from your lawn. A large tree is likely to present you with a large crop of fruit, and this may not always be the delight it at first sounds: it all has to be picked or it can be a source of pests or disease, and not everyone is able to scale a ladder and push in among the (sometimes thorny) limbs. Also, in many localities the citrus leaf miners are a pest and the organic control is to spray both sides of every leaf on the whole tree regularly with Pest Oil, so for a smaller tree this task is less daunting. Further, a lot of growers are plagued by bronze citrus bugs and the only way to get rid of these stink bugs is to pick them off the tree one by one, and you can only do this if you are able to reach the topmost twigs (as that's where they retreat to stage their determined last stand). Finally, in times of drought, you are going to have to carry fewer buckets of water to keep alive a small tree than a giant. :-) That said, I have a huge lemon growing at my Mum's place, and it's a delight to behold, loaded with fruit at every stage of maturity nearly all year round. But she lives in an area free of citrus leaf miners and without the bronze orange bug. I grew the seedling myself from a seed. Note: the bronze citrus bugs squirt an irritant (can cause blindness in the eyes of pets) so protect your eyes when grabbing them with pliers or using the Hoover. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Planting a tree near a house
Morphet writes:
Terry Collins wrote: How big will it be? um...as big as a lemon tree? I don't really want to prune it back unless I really have to....so it can grow and much as it wants to without fear of amputation by me. There are a number of reasons why someone may decide to prune a citrus. A huge tree might block out the view, or might block out too much sun from other plants or from your lawn. A large tree is likely to present you with a large crop of fruit, and this may not always be the delight it at first sounds: it all has to be picked or it can be a source of pests or disease, and not everyone is able to scale a ladder and push in among the (sometimes thorny) limbs. Also, in many localities the citrus leaf miners are a pest and the organic control is to spray both sides of every leaf on the whole tree regularly with Pest Oil, so for a smaller tree this task is less daunting. Further, a lot of growers are plagued by bronze citrus bugs and the only way to get rid of these stink bugs is to pick them off the tree one by one, and you can only do this if you are able to reach the topmost twigs (as that's where they retreat to stage their determined last stand). Finally, in times of drought, you are going to have to carry fewer buckets of water to keep alive a small tree than a giant. :-) That said, I have a huge lemon growing at my Mum's place, and it's a delight to behold, loaded with fruit at every stage of maturity nearly all year round. But she lives in an area free of citrus leaf miners and without the bronze orange bug. I grew the seedling myself from a seed. Note: the bronze citrus bugs squirt an irritant (can cause blindness in the eyes of pets) so protect your eyes when grabbing them with pliers or using the Hoover. -- John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Removed tree near house | United Kingdom | |||
Tree near House - Identify and Advice???? | Gardening | |||
Tree near house | United Kingdom | |||
Newbie help - tree near house | United Kingdom | |||
removing tree near house | United Kingdom |