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- How to properly maintain your orange tree
- When and how often does the orange tree have to be watered?
- How do I fertilize correctly?
- What to do when the leaves change color?
- What to do when the orange tree drops its leaves?
- When and how do I cut the best?
- Wintering of oranges
- Tips & Tricks
How to properly maintain your orange tree
In the home of the orange trees it is warm, sunny and also very humid. Oranges come from the subtropical climate, even in the humid tropics, they are still grown. Oranges cultivated in the Mediterranean must also be watered, since the Mediterranean climate is actually too dry.
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Regular and even watering with low-calcium water is especially important in the growing season; it is best to water once a day. In winter, with just frost-free hibernation and less light, the orange tree needs significantly less water - here one watering process per month is sufficient.
How do I fertilize correctly?
Oranges need - just like all other citrus trees too - many nutrients in the growing season. In the case of potted plants, the first application of fertilizer should be given at the beginning of the sprouting in spring (usually in March). Thereafter, a regular supply of nutrients is provided until September. Fertilization is possible with a liquid fertilizer, which is applied once or twice a week from the beginning of the shoot with the irrigation water. The fertilizer should at best contain a nutrient mixture with nitrogen / phosphorus / potassium in the ratio 3: 1: 2.
What to do when the leaves change color?
If the leaves of the plant start to turn more and more yellow, this may be due to a pest infestation, root rot, lack of water or a lack of nutrients. The beautiful deep green leaf color is produced only by a sufficient fertilization with nitrogen. Furthermore, pouring calcium-rich water may block nutrient intake, so you should always water with low-calcium water (eg rainwater).
Which pests can occur and what can I do about it?
The orange tree, especially when kept in the room, is particularly common
The treatment is carried out with a fungicide or, in pest infestation, with potash soap.
What to do when the orange tree drops its leaves?
A complete foliage loss during frost-free wintering is almost always the result of a too warm and / or too dark location. Another reason may be that the plant was once kept too dry, so that the leaves have rolled up on the outer edge. After subsequent good watering often all leaves are dropped, but the tree usually drives out again.
When and how do I cut the best?
Basically, orange trees can be cut at any time. For large container plants, which are to be granted from their summer to winter quarters, we recommend a preliminary shape cut. Remove all branches that do not fit the intended shape (usually a bullet). In addition, on this occasion, even branches that grow in the interior of the crown removed and isolated too dense or lively awake shoots. In addition, all dead wood should be cut out.
Wintering of oranges
The amount of light available in German regions in winter is not enough to keep an orange healthy. If you want to overwinter your orange trees in the apartment, please note the following: Choose the coolest room for this. If the room temperature is higher than 12 ° C for at least 12 hours a day, plant lamps must be installed as additional lighting. The fewest problems arise when the orange trees cultivated in the bucket are wintered at temperatures of around 5 ° C at night and up to 15 ° C during the day.
Tips & Tricks
Considerably gentler than a radical form-cut is the so-called "pruning" for the orange tree. Simply remove the tips of the new drives as soon as they have reached the desired length.