Gardening Question from Sari: What kinds of soils would you recommend for growing MANDARINE ORANGES near the beach in Southern California? Are there any special additives you would suggest? We’re having a leaf curl problem. Answer from Pat: Citrus trees are not fussy about soils but they do like well-drained soil. Soils near the beach […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Garden Q & A
Question from Diane: I’m hoping you can help me with my container lemon tree. I have a 2 year old lemon tree that I transplanted from a 14” to an 18” pot in early January. It lost many of it’s leaves. I fed it at the end of January, and it has put out lots […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Pots & Containers
Gardening Question from Joni: I love your webpage! I could use all the advise you have on caring for my citrus. I planted a navel, valencia, meyers lemon and kumquat 3 years ago. Oranges have some curly leaves and are producing very little. I live in the Shadowridge area of Vista (southwesterly, close to Palomar […]
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Gardening Question from Michelle: I have a garden that was planted around February which includes dwarf lime, lemon and mandarine. The irrigation is all drip and our watering schedule is for 8 minutes twice a week. I think I’m overwatering the citrus as the leaves on the lemon and lime tree are starting to turn […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Irrigation
Question from Julie: I am new to your site and appreciated reading through your info. on the leaf miner and worm castings for ants. I am concerned about a new citris threat, asian physillid??? and a greening disease called “yellow dragon”. How prevalent is this new disease. There seems to be no cure. Answer from […]
Question from Elizabeth: I have a beautiful dwarf ruby red grapefruit tree (15) gallon which was purchased yesterday. I noticed on the purchase receipt was stamped: citrus trees have been treated with Admire Pro & Movento. This tree is loaded with fruit, but I am not sure if I should eat the fruit since it […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Rachel: I’ve just purchased a Bearss lime tree. It’s supposed to be–eventually–a full sized tree, but right now it stands at about 6 feet. I picked it up yesterday from the nursery, constructed a wire basket for it (we’ve got gophers), and then my two children helped me get it in the ground […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Gardening Question From Jo: How do I insure I have sweet fruit? I have 2 miniature orange trees and they are not sweet Answer From Pat: Unfortunately the reason some citrus is not sweet is due to the species of tree, the root stock and also the climate zone in which you live. It is […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Elizabeth: I have a beautiful dwarf ruby red grapefruit tree (15) gallon which was purchased yesterday. I noticed on the purchase receipt was stamped: citrus trees have been treated with Admire Pro & Movento. This tree is loaded with fruit, but I am not sure if I should eat the fruit since it […]
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Categories : Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Jon: I have something here that I need some advice on. I have attached 3 photos of a branch on my Meyer Lemon tree. I have a steady stream of ants crawling on just 1 branch. When I inspected it much more closely, I could see something of a small yellow oval shape. […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Pests
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