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 ...

Follow these tips on how to prune citrus trees to encourage strong branches and improve fruit production. Knowing when and how to prune citrus trees (lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangerines, oranges, ...

With abundant harvests of juicy fruit, verdant year-round foliage, and vivid springtime blooms, growing citrus trees is gratifying work. But these trees are finicky about their environmental ...

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 ...

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 and early spring is the best time to prune established citrus trees and protect them from frost. Those of us who love fruit look forward to early summer’s apricots and berries, summer’s ...

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 ...

I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...