Tall Lime?

[GrowMoon]

Hi all!

Was wondering if I could get some advice, I have a small lime and its growing very well, but only upwards! My lemon however has lots of side growth. Should I snip off the top of the lime to encourage it to grow more bushy? I'm scared to in case it doesn't respond well!

Thanks

[roitelet]

I don’t know much about Limes but if it was mine I would pinch out the tip and hope it would encourage it to produce side shoots.

[devonuk]

Snipping the top off should work fine. You could do that now or leave it till it gets to 3-4 feet and then pinch out the top, clear most of the stem and have a nice little standard.

Usual citrus caveat - you'd be very lucky to get a seedling to flower or fruit.

[ameno]

Pinch it out. Citrus actually respond very well to pruning, even fairly hard pruning.

[GrowMoon]

Thank you all for your replies! I've snipped it off now so hopefully it'll start to bush out over the next few weeks - I'm wanting to keep them all fairly small and not expecting any fruits for a few years. Theyre just a fun addition to the conservatory