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| Plant problem | 10/5/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I live in LasVegas, I forget if Tomatos are fruits or veggies. but I just bought 1 tomato plant, 3 ...
A: ..you need to use a fresh soil base, garden soil from home depot is good, and you need to plant the ...
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| Satsuma fruit turning black | 10/5/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a satsuma tree that I have had for years and it is large. It has done well but this year the ...
A: it sounds like you have a good handle on citrus care, so I am pressed here to figure out what the ...
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| Plant problem | 10/5/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I live in LasVegas, I forget if Tomatos are fruits or veggies. but I just bought 1 tomato plant, 3 ...
A: it sounds like the problem is in your soil, given the fact that the tomato (fruit incidently) and ...
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| Orange tree disease | 9/29/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a Pastor Brown Orange tree that is 3 years old and full of oranges. All of a sudden the ...
A: the black substance is called sooty mold, and is an innoucous fungus that is attracted to the ...
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| Banana Tree Pups | 9/28/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have an approx. 20' tall banana tree with 14 pups in my backyard. How do I separate the pups? ...
A: my goodness! 20'?..what kind are they? sounds like Plantains, anyway, they should have been excised ...
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| Locuat & Cherimoya | 9/26/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I live in South Florida and have a loquat (Nispero) tree in a container that started from seed, I ...
A: The Loquat is reacting to being containerized, it will grow fine until the roots begin to bind up ...
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| black fruit | 9/25/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I live in Indiana but spend some winter time in SW Florida. I just noticed some local apples having ...
A: Jurgen, its an innocuous fungus called Sooty Mold, it is feeding on the secretions given off by ...
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| orange tree watering | 9/24/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: What is a good watering cycle for my naval orange tree to prevent the oranges from spliting. and ...
A: splitting oranges is a phenomenon caused usually by erratic watering, try to routinely water your ...
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| Lime tree after a frost | 9/21/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a Bearss lime tree which had been producing fruit for a couple of years. I live north of ...
A: if it put out new leaves then it should be fine, patience is the remedy right now, it will take time ...
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| Kiwi fruit | 9/21/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Will a Kiwi fruit plant survive and bear fruit in zone 7? Is it best grown in a pot and put in an ...
A: Kiwi needs a long growing season (250 frost free days), but it does eventually go dormant and then ...
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| banana tree | 9/20/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: If I don't cut back my banana trees? well they not bear fruit. if I have to when should i cut them? ...
A: first and utmost, your climate zone is pretty cold, and I don't believe your Bananas will bear in ...
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| orange trees | 9/17/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: We live in Portugal and have two lovely orange trees. The oranges are beautifull and sweet but a lot ...
A: it sounds like rest mites, this causes the skin to look mottled and brownish and can (not always) ...
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| banana tree | 9/14/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: What is the correct procedure for "putting up" my banana tree for the winter? I have a neighbor that ...
A: I would just mulch it heavily right where it is, this should prevent the corm (underground root ...
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| banana tree | 9/14/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: also, i have on pup on the banana tree,should I put it up for the winter too?cher
A: ...just a fun thing,,,but separate it from the mother (making sure you get some roots along with ...
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| Seedless navel orange tree problem | 9/14/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a seedless navel orange tree that is having a problem with the fruit. They are still green ...
A: I have had this question before and unfortuneatly there is no correction for it, it is fruit ...
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| citrus trees not grwoing well | 9/14/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Nick, I saw your helpful answers to other citrus questions, and wanted to run this one by you: I ...
A: Its really difficult to isolate some problems without hands on attention, but you mentioned the ...
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| oranges | 9/13/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I live in Fort Myers, Florida and two of my orange trees seem to prematurely be dropping and they ...
A: this is a common problem with many oranges when the weather is erratic, abundant rainfall then days ...
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| pollination/meyer lemon tree | 9/13/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I bought my meyer lemon tree approx 6-8 wks ago, suddenly it came out w/blossoms (on patio: Tx) I ...
A: Ahhh Catherine, it takes two to tango as they say, and citrus is no different,, you should have ...
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| citrus trees not grwoing well | 9/12/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Nick, I saw your helpful answers to other citrus questions, and wanted to run this one by you: I ...
A: Citrus is very prone to root damage from too much irrigation; I am thinking that this may be the ...
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| old grapefuit tree problem | 9/10/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: The leaves of my grapefruit tree have all curled and dry. At beginning they were just cured up, but ...
A: I need to know if anything foreign was introduced into the soil surrounding the tree, or if there ...
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| grapefruit | 9/9/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I read a previous question on grapefruit. My neighbor has a beautiful grapefruit tree that he ...
A: your friends grapefruit is probably a "Sour Orange", the reason being is that the root stock used ...
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| my fruit tree | 8/30/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Ants climbing up and down my grape fruit tree and crawling inside it and back out. Its an old tree, ...
A: they are more then likely carpenter ants, and are nesting in a rotted section of the citrus (quite ...
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| indoor fruit trees | 8/29/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have just moved to Oxford MS and would love to have a meyer lemon or blood orange fruit tree ...
A: Mari, there are numerous pit falls, the biggest would be pollination, they need to be pollinated by ...
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| Terrace Diamond Dwarf Peach | 8/25/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Nick. Bought a Dwarf Peach in Container from Garden center just in April with loads of buds. The ...
A: your conservatory may be a tough place to grow these, many fruits require cross pollination by ...
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| paw paw trees | 8/16/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: how long does it take before a paw paw tree matures and blooms ours is about 3 years old and its ...
A: Paw Paw fruit should have been evident the year after planting, they are not self compatable so ...
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| Meyer lemon from pot to ground | 8/13/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: We have a dwarf Meyer lemon in a 5-gallon nursery pot with quite a bit of fruit on it. OurCan we ...
A: Go right ahead and plant it in the ground, but make sure you do it correctly and don't upset the ...
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| Fig Tree not bearing fruit | 8/11/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Purchased a mature fig tree last year, planted it, and it produced figs. wraped it for the winter, ...
A: Many fruit trees bear heavy one year and less or sometimes not at all the following; the main factor ...
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| Black fruit on lemon tree | 8/10/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a lemon tree, about 18 inches in height. It flowers regularly and fruit forms. However, the ...
A: ok....the bees need to get exposure to your little tree,,,it isn't getting properly pollinated, ...
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| Black fruit on lemon tree | 8/10/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have a lemon tree, about 18 inches in height. It flowers regularly and fruit forms. However, the ...
A: ...Laura, anther extremely important issue when talking about pollination is,,you need another ...
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| fruit trees | 8/10/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Do you need more than one tree to have it bear fruit? For instance, to get Bing cherries, do I have ...
A: Rainer is a cherry recomended for cross pollination with Bings; many fruit trees need cross ...
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| Fig TREE DESEASES | 8/4/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: my fig leaves are turning Brown, could this be Rust fungus
A: yes! the bane of fig growers, rust fungus is a serious problem with fig growers and defoliates the ...
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| banana tree | 8/1/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: Why are my flowers and the small beginning of the banana falling off the tree. They get black rings ...
A: these are the male flowers and attached fruit, they will always fall off, this is perfectly normal; ...
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| Blueberry plants | 7/30/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: In the spring I planted 6 blueberry plants. A mix of Jersey, Elliott, and Duke. At planting, I place ...
A: ...it sounds like a nutrient problem Neta, let me explain, when a plant is wanting for nutrients, ...
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| Blueberry plants | 7/30/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: In the spring I planted 6 blueberry plants. A mix of Jersey, Elliott, and Duke. At planting, I place ...
A: you didn't mention if they were in containers or in the ground; they should be in the ground, in an ...
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| pollination | 7/19/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I would like to know if a peach tree and an orange tree can pollinate and make a new fruit. I have ...
A: no Peaches and Oranges do not pollinate each other, so if you have a Peach, it is from a Peach tree, ...
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| dwarf banana plant | 7/19/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I have been growing a dwarf banana plant in my home in Wisconsin for almost 3 years . It is about 8 ...
A: it is highly doubtful that a Banana grown inside in Wisconsin will ever set fruit (no matter what it ...
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| banana trees | 7/16/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: I just moved into a house with many banana trees around the pool. They just started to bear fruit a ...
A: I would need to see the break to determine whether it was the weight of the bunch combined with a ...
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| Strawberry plant | 7/15/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: 3 months back I purchased a small strawberry plant (Quinalt variety). There were many healthy green ...
A: Nina, it sounds like everything is being done by the book, but back off the watering a little bit, ...
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| Tangelo spotted bark | 7/14/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: My tangelo tree seems to be declining and has spots of a lighter color on the trunk. It also ...
A: the light spotted areas you are seeing on the bark is Lichen, which is an innocuous fungus, and is ...
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| best fruit trees | 7/12/2008 | Nick McCann |
Q: which fruit trees grow best in zone 10 (Cape Coral,Fl.) Lemon species & all others.. ...
A: ..a plethora of varieties will prosper in a zone 10; all citrus, you name it and it will do fine ...
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