Amateur Gardening

Care of citrus plants in winter

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■ If you haven’t yet moved your citrus plants indoors, prepare them by placing them in a shady spot for a couple of weeks.

■ Trim off any rampant ‘water shoots’ that are spoiling the plant’s overall shape.

■ Switch their summer feed to a winter one – you can buy slowreleas­e drip feeders that you insert into the compost.

■ Don’t let their compost completely dry out – keep it slightly moist and increase watering when growth starts next spring.

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Remove rampant water shoots

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