Effective pruning also maintains a healthy and vibrant tree, boosts fruit production, and protects against pests and diseases ...

Every December in Southern California, the days get shorter yet brighter — and it’s not Christmas lights or the shifting sun that make the region shine. I’m talking about citrus. Trees heavy with ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture recently expanded a quarantine for citrus across Southern California. A plant disease that kills citrus trees – called huanglongbing, HLB or citrus ...

While we're still technically deep in the middle of winter, we're coming up on the halfway point soon, and spring is finally starting to feel like it's just around the corner. It's at least late ...

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The cold winter months are here — and with them comes delicious California citrus. There are many varieties at your local farmers’ market that you won’t find at the grocery store and they’re brought ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture Thursday declared a new citrus quarantine in Valley Center after detecting the citrus tree disease known as Huanglongbing — or citrus greening — in ...

One of the greatest blessings of California living is winter’s crop of citrus fruit. Just when vitamin C is most needed, we have a ready supply of it on hand. Now is the time that navel oranges and ...

Three months after the state imposed a citrus quarantine across 100 square miles of Ventura County, inspectors have diagnosed 68 residential citrus trees with huanglongbing, an incurable ...

Trees heavy with citrus fruits that ripen as winter progresses are as much a Southern California holiday tradition as tamales and the Rose Parade. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Every December ...