Taking care of plants is rewarding, especially when it comes to fruit trees or other edible plants. But it quickly becomes a stressful endeavor when you spot a mystery problem, such as your citrus ...

Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when it's harvest time. Growing fruit trees requires space, time, and proper ...

Stop watering when the ground freezes and during periods of heavy rainfall. Watering fruit trees correctly helps them grow strong roots, produce better fruit, and survive changing seasons. As ...

When I was a kid, my dad told me the leaves of our citrus tree turned yellow in the winter to remind us it grew lemons. That did not explain why it also happened to the kumquat tree. Chlorosis is ...

SAVING SEEDS: Collect seeds from your flowers to plant next year. They include warm-season annuals such as cosmos, cleome, ...

State agricultural officials declared a 60-square-mile quarantine Thursday after a potentially devastating citrus disease was found in two trees on residential property in Oceanside, its first ...

Ensure that you are watering your plant according to its needs—not too much, and not too little. Check your plant regularly for signs of pests, fungus, or other topical maladies. Consider if your ...