Trim dead, damaged, or crowded branches to boost fruit quality and keep trees tidy. Thinning the canopy and reducing height improves sun exposure, airflow, and ease of care. Regular pruning supports ...

Because citrus is so delicious, consider growing your own tree in your yard. Due to disease pressure, the trees will benefit from the extra TLC! However, a little effort to improve soil health seems ...

Q: I have one grapefruit tree and one lemon tree age 25 years and one orange tree aged 6 years. Since the freeze of 2013, I have covered the trees at each and every frost. In 2014, the grapefruit ...

Those of us who love fruit look forward to early summer’s apricots and berries, summer’s plums and peaches and fall’s apples and pears. With winter comes the “golden apples” we call citrus, just in ...

If you want your citrus trees to produce an abundance of healthy fruit in winter, now is the time to care for them. I grew up in Arizona, where I had no appreciation for the absurd quantities of ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically ...

Enjoy the refreshing flavor of limes any time by growing a lime tree indoors. Lime trees (Citrus aurantiifolia) are believed to be native to Southeast Asia, but these plants can grow indoors in any ...