Once standing at 18 feet tall and requiring ladders for harvest – the citrus trees are now barely half that height and ...
Along with citrus greening, industry has faced constant pressures from development and has been hit by hurricanes and winter ...
Florida produced 244 million boxes of oranges and 50 million boxes of grapefruit in 1998, when the industry was at its peak, ...
Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees continue to ...
When a friend asked me why her lemon tree, despite diligent fertilization, had bright yellow leaves and was failing to thrive, I told her I would try to determine the ...
As in many families, orange juice was always on the breakfast table when I was growing up. It was affordable, delicious, and ...
But the freeze isn’t the only threat. Farmers are also battling ‘greening’ disease, a deadly bacteria that has devastated 80% ...
From tea to cosmetics, lemon myrtle is becoming an increasingly popular ingredient. But growing the trees to meet demand is ...
Having an indoor fruit tree may sound appealing, but not all fruit trees are suited for growing inside. Here are the ones to ...
A major grower said it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are ...