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I bought this meyer lemon tree & brought it inside for the winter. I'm not sure if I should try to cut any of it down as it seems to be growing a bit off & has a lot of missing leaves and branches up the middle.
Not sure what to do now to help it as it's growing out toward the bottom off to the side
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If it was me I would not prune the tree. I would wait for better growth in the spring.
 
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I bought a lemon that looked pretty much like that and the guy told me to cut a good half a foot or more off the top after it got situated in its new pot. BUT this was not going into a cold winter, not sure where you are. I would also leave it for now and prune it before spring, encourage it to bush out a bit.
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I have several shrubs; jasmine etc I bring in for winter..I’m in zone 3.

I cut everything back when I bring it in.  My jasmine is so prolific I cut it back 2/3. Looking at your Meyer I would prune back to good growth..pruning to an outside bud.  I would prune every branch back. Good or not.  You want good root growth first.  Then top growth.

There is a lot of leaf drop on your picture so I would consider why that is and adjust accordingly..watering, pot size, pests, soil?

Here’s a pick of a jasmine branch trimmed back 2 weeks later.
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