Young lemon tree with lots of fruit in a backyard - Westend61/Getty Images Citrus trees are generous growers, often producing an abundance of fruit beyond what their young branches can handle. While ...

Q: My Meyer lemon tree this year has hundreds of buds and flowers. Many on the same the branch or twig. Should I remove some of them, so I have fewer but larger lemons? A: No thinning of the flowers.

Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ...

Want fresh, delicious fruit? Plant these fast-growing fruit trees that grow well in Southern climates. Experts share what to ...

There's little as rewarding as eating homegrown fruit. The good news: Many varieties — like mulberry and lemon trees — don't require a large backyard to flourish. While it's true that some fruit trees ...

I have planted some cleome seeds in small cell packs. A good many have sprouted, but most of the cell packs have more than one seed growing. Some are very close together. Should I thin so that there ...

Lately I have received quite a few inquiries about inconsistent fruit production in citrus and other fruit-bearing trees. Why does a fruit tree produce so much one year, then hardly anything the next ...