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If they are mature trees, as said above, they don't need watering in the summer to survive but if you do want to water them the fruit is generally more plentiful and fuller in the winter/spring time.
They are very resiliant trees. The harder you prune them the better they come back. Don't be worried about damaging them. Our lemon and orange trees are attacked (not pruuned) by me twice a year, lastly in October, but the fruit that they produce is spectacular so I reckon they like hard pruning.
The same with olive trees. We have all seen them cut right back to stumps for olive wood for the pizza ovens of Italy but a couple of years later they are alive again and bushing and producing fruit.
So don't worry about not having any knowledge; I didn't either! It was just trial and error amd I haven't killed anything yet! They are all a lot tougher than you think!
Peter Cookson
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