Q: I have a lemon tree growing in a pot on my patio. It has been happy for several years and gets moved indoors for winter, but I now notice that some of its leaves are curling. What can cause the ...

Citrus fruits damaged by this mite can be very strange shapes, and can even have fingers similar to a citron. To determine if you have mites, look for them on the leaf buds from mid-April to fall.

Question: When I brought my dwarf citrus trees indoors for the winter, the leaf color changed. Now they are spotty and have little red dots, plus something like spider webs. How can I treat the pro… ...

With care, a lemon tree can live a long time. I have a lemon tree that my neighbor Joe grew from a seed in 1967. ... Two common pests of potted lemon trees are scale and spider mites.

Citrus rust mites, too tiny to be seen with the naked eye, usually just damage the skin. Fruit will likely ripen normally, perhaps smaller, with the pulp and juice still good to eat.

I have a ruby red grapefruit tree in my patio. It is 20 years old, 17 feet tall. Over the years I have trimmed it into a nice shade tree that gives us 150 square feet of shade.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Scale Insect and Mite Enemies of Citrus Trees ” in SA Supplements Vol. 52 No. 1341supp (September 1901), p. 21494 doi:10.1038 ...

My 4-year-old Meyer lemon tree rewarded me with a whopping 18 lemons this winter. That’s a dramatic bump from my previous “crops,” which you could count annually on one hand by making the ...

Question: When I brought my dwarf citrus trees indoors for the winter, the leaf color changed. Now they are spotty and have little red dots, plus something like spider webs. How can I treat the pro… ...