How to Prune Ornamental Orange Trees
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Dead or infested branches should be pruned.orange tree image by Mirek Hejnicki from Fotolia.com
Look for broken, dead, insect-infested or diseased branches. - 2
Use pruning shears to prune fruit trees.garden shears closed image by Kathy Burns from Fotolia.com
Pour alcohol in a bucket. Cut all broken, dead, insect-infested or diseased branches with pruning shears or loppers. Dip the cutting tools in the bucket of alcohol each time you use them to cut a diseased branch. - 3
Cut unwanted branches back to the main trunk or new leaf bud.orange tree image by Daria Miroshnikova from Fotolia.com
Use pruning shears and loppers to prune branches that are growing too close together, or are too long or too low. Cut these branches back to the main branch/trunk or to the new leaf bud.