u/buddyrtc

I just moved into a new house in Southern California. We have three lemon trees - the pictures I posted are the base of each tree followed by a pic of the broader tree. As you can see, the last tree is VERY productive and a bit more mature, while the first two are somewhat productive and a bit younger.

One thing I’m looking for clarity on is why the bases of the first two trees seem to have so many branches coming from them, while the last one seems to have a single solid trunk structure. Is this due to the way the trees were maintained, or due to a difference in species?

Also curious about upkeep such as trimming - anything I should pay particular attention to or look out for? My wife and I have never really gardened before but want to try.

And lastly - and this may seem very ambitious given what I just said - we’re interested in doing some grafting with the two younger trees. The reality is that we already have one very productive lemon tree and we don’t really want more lemons, so we were thinking we could just graft different citrus onto the other two trees - does that seem viable, or do I need to slow my roll here?

As always, what we don’t know that we don’t know will likely bite us in the ass hard, so if there’s any knowledge that anyone would like to pass on that we’re unlikely to find on our own, we’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance!

Post taken from Nextdoor - has anyone else seen or interacted with fake police officers pulling people over in the Valley? Very scary interaction.

Edit: I’m not the OP - I searched this subreddit to see if there was any awareness of this situation here and decided to repost since I didn’t see anything.