Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

Q: What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants! A: Cottony cushion scale is a common pest of citrus, but can also infest ...

Earlier this week, one of my neighbors told me that her Meyer lemon tree has had a bad infestation of scale insects for several years and that all of her attempts to eradicate the pests had failed. I ...

Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants! Cottony cushion scale is a common pest of citrus, but can also infest other ...

Q:My 8-year-old daughter would like to identify something we found on the branch of a lemon tree (see photo). It is striking how these mimic the blossoms. For scale, the lemon is 7.5 centimeters in ...

We have a small lime tree that has developed a bad case of scales. In the past, I have scrubbed scales off of all the leaves and stems multiple times in late winter and spring, and treated the tree ...

Citrus trees are reputed to need little or no pruning. True, they generally don’t need much pruning but an annual shaping and trim makes harvest easier and helps keeps citrus in good health for years.

Earlier this week, one of my neighbors told me that her Meyer lemon tree has had a bad infestation of scale insects for several years and that all of her attempts to eradicate the pests had failed. I ...