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 ...

Use clean pruners to make a cut at a 45-degree angle near the end of the branch. Trim the tip of the branch straight across ...

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 ...

A cutting is a piece of a plant that is cut off and placed into conditions where it regenerates the missing parts and grows into a new, independent plant. For most plants, the best type of cutting to ...

In Fielding Questions, reader also shared about a sprouting Christmas tree and asked for more information about cardboard for ...

My houseplant collection is never quite complete and I'm always looking for ways to get my hands on new plants. One of my ...

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 ...