Tag: grafting
Arborists Are Modern Tree Surgeons
UNITED STATES—The terminology has certainly changed over the years. Not many of us remember what tree surgeons were, or that there were actually a...
Citrus On The Sucker List
UNITED STATES—A five pound kumquat is a problem! It means something went seriously wrong. Anyone who grew one would concur. They are huge, lumpy,...
Citrus And Avocado From Seed
UNITED STATES—Is it possible to grow citrus from seed? The quick and simple answer to that question is, “Yes.” After all, many cultivars of...
No One Likes A Sucker
UNITED STATES—Citrus trees that are grown from seed take a few years to mature enough to produce fruit. As they mature, the juvenile stems...
Grafting fact and fiction
There are not many Californians of my generation who do not remember growing avocado trees from seeds when we were kids. We simply impaled...