Please my fellow nairalander. I want to plant some fruit like mango and orange in my compund but I want to consider fence and wall of building so as to avoid crack by the root of this citrus. Please like how many feet is the minimum space I must give between the stem and the fence or house building.

hope you know the root stretches 3 feet sha?

PrecisionAI:
hope you know the root stretches 3 feet sha?

can the root cause crack in the fence or building

Elsafema:
can the root cause crack in the fence or building

Ofcourse yet. That's why people are always wary of planting oranges in fenced compounds.

Do some research sha. Modern improved varieties may prove different. Lately scientific innovations has changed things. Since there are short dwarf orange trees, it's possible their root don't stretch far/deep.

Still consider neighbours sha! Breeze blow tree on ur neighbour's roof, if ur land no big abeg rest!!

Citrus fruits are notorious for growing large roots.

Don’t plant them close to the wall

gasparpisciotta:
Citrus fruits are notorious for growing large roots.

Don’t plant them close to the wall

but I think dwarf one don't get larger Root?