[tracy-fuerteventura]

hi i have a lime tree which has been in the ground for about a year now ,its about a meter tall but we have had some stong winds recently and the top has died off its gone very yellow and the leaves on the top 6 " have fallen off. do i just leave it alone and it will sort itself out or should i prune out all the yellow dying bits cheers tracy

[LittleRedHen]

I've had lime trees for most of my adult life.  All of mine are indoors, however.  I would trim it out.  Right now, those yellow bits are taking strength from the plant.  It is not unusual for lime trees to lose their leaves and then grow new ones.  It needs a good feed this time of year to wake it up and help it grow new leaves.  Work some manure into the soil or some commercial fertiliser.  It's hungry!

[tracy-fuerteventura]

thanks for that but as one of the stems is the main trunck (very thin trunck)will it grow any taller or will it just shot sideways...

[sunshineband]

hi i have a lime tree which has been in the ground for about a year now ,its about a meter tall but we have had some stong winds recently and the top has died off its gone very yellow and the leaves on the top 6 " have fallen off. do i just leave it alone and it will sort itself out or should i prune out all the yellow dying bits cheers tracy

Hi Tracy. I hope this is a citrus lime not a tree for the park   
Like oranges and lemons, limes will grow new shoots and don't mind being pruned quite hard, so cutting out any dodgy looking bits will not do it any harm at all.

The trunk should thicken up a bit as it grows and you might find you can train another shoot to be a leader if the whole of the top has gone, or keep it as a tree with a round head on a meter high trunk 

[Salmo]

May be short of water?

[tracy-fuerteventura]

i dont think its short of water the whole of my veg/fruit garden is on a timer and it gets watered twice a day this time of year also it has set a few fruits should i remove them this year to encourage growth rather than fruit x

[sunshineband]

i dont think its short of water the whole of my veg/fruit garden is on a timer and it gets watered twice a day this time of year also it has set a few fruits should i remove them this year to encourage growth rather than fruit x

Mine manages growth and fruit -- rarely out of flower