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Originally Posted by venturabananas
The classic book on pruning "How to prune fruit trees" by R. Sanford Martin basically says you don't need to prune young citrus trees. Remove dead wood, crossing limbs, and suckers. If that leaves you with a shape you don't like, shape it as you wish. What happens in the lemon orchards around my house is that tall growth gets removed to keep fruit in reach and the centers get opened to let in light.
In short, prune it if you want to, but it probably isn't necessary.
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Great answer. Citrus bark is sensitive to sunlight, and as a wonderful consequence they naturally form a "ball" shape. If you do want to control some wayward branch, follow the pruning mantra "thin, don't trim".