In January, I recognize the blessing of living in Southern California each time I step into my backyard and see a navel orange tree laden with fruit. As winter sets in, imbibing a daily dose of juicy ...

Are you longing to grow your own citrus trees but afraid they won't survive your cold winter temperatures? Your concern is understandable because citrus trees are regarded as subtropical plants, which ...

A friend of mine swears there are lime trees growing on the side of Monte Sano Mountain. Have you heard of this? He found a fruit and picked one and ate it. He says there was very little pulp, lots of ...

Q. When is citrus fruit ready to harvest? A. Florida uses five indexes to determine maturity of citrus, including soluble solids, juice content, acid level, soluble solids/acid ratio and skin color.

When you see a commercial on TV or in the magazines of photos depicting someone in Florida or Southern California next to a beautiful tree full of oranges, and wished you had such a tree, dream no ...

A question for Dan Gill: My lime tree died, I guess from the freeze. All of my other citrus trees dropped their leaves but have now grown new leaves, are blooming and doing quite well. But the lime ...

To protect a single smaller tree, construct a simple frame and encase the tree with one or two layers of translucent plastic. In southeast Louisiana, such an extreme practice would be needed only on a ...