Growing citrus: 'It's hard not to agonise over an infant sapling'

You want to lavish all the care and attention in the world on a newly planted citrus tree – but in reality, what it needs is time

The inclination with gardeners who grow citrus is to become like the parents of newborns. Fretting about this and that – leaf curl, the ants carrying sooty mould, chlorosis etc.

In the early days of Boon Luck Farm, we invested in a large quantity of citrus, makrut lime leaves in particular. At the time, citruses from Queensland were starting to have restrictions placed upon them due to blight and canker, thus the prices shot up radically.

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