Ask Gardenerd: Rootstock Fruit on Citrus

Every once in awhile we get a question or comment from a fruit gardener that their citrus fruit tastes terrible. This week, Paul Marini wrote in to Ask Gardenerd with a different question that is related: “I know the Meyer lemon tree is a combination of lemon and mandarin orange. I am pretty sure there are orange branches growing out of the bottom half [of my tree]. Is it OK to leave them on, or should I cut them off?”

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YouTube: How to Fix Most Citrus Tree Problems

We’ve been using a trick to help clients fix most citrus tree problems for more than a decade. You’ll find it in Christy’s new book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, but we decided to give you a sneak peak in this week’s video.

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Mini Fruit Garden: Bibliography

Resources Books Buckingham, Alan. Grow Fruit. Great Britain: DK Publishing, 2010. Ingels, Chuck A., Geisel, Pamela M., and Maxwell V. Norton editors. The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit…

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Shop – Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden

Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden is here. Order your copy today! Order on: Amazon Barnes & Noble Diesel Bookshop.org Indiebound Books-a-Million Waterstones (UK)Book Depository (UK)Books Etc. (UK)Indigo (CA)Booktopia (AU)…

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Podcast: Fruits and Berries with Tara Austen Weaver

This week’s podcast guest is Tara Austen Weaver, freelance writer and author of Growing Berries and Fruit Trees in the Pacific Northwest. Tara shares her passion for home-grown fruit and berries, and tips for a successful harvest from your back yard.

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