I live in Austin, Texas, and peach trees are unusually popular here. After seeing them everywhere, I started thinking about getting one and wondered what plants would be good to have near it in the garden. So, I did some…
One of my family members in Minnesota is looking at growing cherry trees and was wondering if they would survive the cold northern winters (sometimes hitting below -30ºF). To help them out, I did some research on cherry trees and…
We have a few avocado trees and every now and then one of them starts to die for seemingly no reason. I wanted to find out more, so I did some research. Here’s what I found. Avocado trees most often…
I bought a new Fuji apple tree and I was wondering how long it would take to reach a mature size and fruit. The only problem was, there really wasn’t a clear answer out there. So, I did some research…
Since I have a potted Hass avocado tree, and my parents have a few planted avocado trees in their backyard, we’ve been looking for the best fertilizers to use. But it turns out that there’s not much information out there,…
I have a potted Meyer lemon tree and my parents have a 20-foot tall lemon tree in their backyard, so we’ve been looking for a quality fertilizer to use. While there’s some information out there on lemon tree fertilizers, we…
Growing up in Florida, I was always around lemon trees. But whenever we’d get a new lemon tree, it always felt like it took forever for it to fruit. Maybe it was me just being young and impatient, but it…
We have a large lemon tree in our backyard and every now and then, the tree starts dropping more leaves than usual. While it’s not dropping a lot of leaves, we were concerned it was getting worse and wanted to…
My potted Meyer lemon tree sometimes gets curled leaves, which is a problem because they soon drop from the tree. I’ve heard mixed reasons as to why this happens, so I did some research to find out more. Here’s what…
We have an orange tree that’s declining in health and we noticed it started to get curled leaves. To help fix this, I did some research. Here’s what I found. Orange tree leaves generally curl when the tree doesn’t get…