While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...

In South Louisiana, all of the citrus trees we grow are grafted. So, too, are many other fruit and nut trees, rose bushes and camellia plants. Grafting is a common horticulture technique. It's an ...

The widespread multiple-night hard freeze that occurred in North Florida near the end of December 2022 resulted in numerous citrus trees becoming severely damaged. The above-ground portion of many of ...

Citrus trees often bear more fruit than they can support. Forgetting to thin the fruit in time can compromise the tree's health and your harvest.

Citrus trees bloom and fruit on new growth so pruning right after the harvest gives the tree time to put on new growth. That new growth will protect the newly exposed wood from th ...