Q: I’m hoping you can help answer how I can start a citrus tree from a cutting. Can citrus trees be started just from cuttings? I mean just a cutting without the rootstock since I don’t have the ...

Question: I’ve been told that if a citrus tree is planted from a seed it takes five to seven years to bear fruit. If a cutting is rooted from a mature tree, is this in effect the same age as the ...

Citrus trees are small to medium-sized, frost tender, sub-tropical trees whose fragrant spring and summer flowers are followed by a range of different tangy fruits including oranges, lemons, limes and ...

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. What is the best way to root a piece of his tree? — Larry Haley Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood ...

Citrus species can be difficult to root from stem cuttings. The more conventional ways of propagating citrus are air-layering and grafting. The first method involves the removal of a ring of bark ...

QUESTION: I'm moving from the south shore to northern Covington and want to bring cuttings of my Myers lemon, satsuma and blood orange trees. Is this possible? How successful would it be? What is best ...

I have a number of citrus trees in my backyard and most are doing well. However, I have a Meyer lemon tree and a grapefruit tree, both of which have been fruitful in the past, but this year they are ...