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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Honeybells | 1/26/2011 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I received Honeybells late. Was supposed to be delivered Jan 18 and received on Jan 25. Many were ... A: I'm sorry you were not satisfied with my answer. Here's the long one. I do not know what happened. ... | ||
| When will strawberry produce fruit | 1/21/2011 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Elyse, I bought an Eversweet strawberry plant about a little more than a month ago here in Hawaii. ... A: Sean: It should produce a small crop this year - I'm not sure how long it will be, each variety will ... | ||
| Ponderosa Lemon Tree | 12/19/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: My Ponderosa Lemon tree gets lots of flowers and fruits but all the green fruit except one falls ... A: Anita, It sounds like a young tree, and if so, this would make sense, for a young tree needs to put ... | ||
| orange tree | 12/3/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: Do you have to prune orange trees? In 2006 we had huge juicy oranges. The next year they were very ... A: Ok Lisa, you are all over the place with your care LOL...painted trunk?..hmmm, who told you to paint ... | ||
| Is our tree dying? | 11/21/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: We are seasonal residents of Englewood Florida. We have a honeybell orange tree that we planted in ... A: The bluish growth on the trunk is "Lichen", it is an innocous growth that is just using your tree as ... | ||
| followup-- | 11/11/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: ran out of follow up space. I have one other question about soaking them in water-- Will they not ... A: Desirai: You can leave them until you see the root peaking out. They would drown if you left them ... | ||
| growing olive trees from seed | 11/11/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Not sure what section to ask this in. My daddy is a gardener/lover of flowers/plants etc. Recently ... A: Putting them in a paper towel is another way to do it. With larger, tougher seeds like your olive, ... | ||
| growing olive trees from seed | 11/11/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Not sure what section to ask this in. My daddy is a gardener/lover of flowers/plants etc. Recently ... A: I'm sure you'll enjoy your trees then, it's very satisfying to grow such wonderful plants from seed! ... | ||
| growing olive trees from seed | 11/11/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Not sure what section to ask this in. My daddy is a gardener/lover of flowers/plants etc. Recently ... A: Desirai: If you had an olive tree before, then I assume you live in a climate where they will grow. ... | ||
| oranges | 11/9/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: My oranges have brown steaks on outside of them.What causes this? Thanks A: without seeing the fruit, it sounds like a case of "Citrus rust mite", a microscopic insect that ... | ||
| Orange Trees | 11/5/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: My girlfriend had purchased 2 orange trees that did not receive a whole lot of care until I came ... A: the black substance is an innocous fungus called "Sooty Mold", this mold feeds off the secretions of ... | ||
| banana plant | 11/1/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I live in north port, fl. I planted a cavendish banana plant this pastFebruary that is doing very ... A: its unfortunate that it has chosen to emerge now , for it takes about 3 months until it would be ... | ||
| orient pear tree | 10/31/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I live in central florida. In December 2007, I planted one single orient pear tree. it started ... A: Julie: Do you mean an ASIAN pear - referring to the type, rather than the variety? If so, they are ... | ||
| pollenation for my meyer lemons | 10/29/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: will my lemon trees grow lemons without having bees to pollenate them? I have them inside and ... A: Saundra: Yes, they will produce without pollination, but I'm not sure how old the tree needs to be ... | ||
| SATSUMA Orange tree from Home depot | 10/24/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I bought 2 satsuma orange trees from home depot this summer. I have 4 questions. 1) Would the ... A: They should be ok, but you may have to take precautions if a freeze is imminent, such as heavy ... | ||
| fuju persimmon | 10/20/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I live in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and 6 yrs. ago I brought home a Fuju persimmon from the ... A: I'm sorry, I don't really know much about persimmons. Is it getting enough sun? You might try ... | ||
| sprout | 10/17/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I have a healthy crabapple tree with multiple sprouts coming up. I'd like to transplant one to ... A: If the tree is wild, you can try rooting the sprouts and plant it when it has established roots. If ... | ||
| The Honeybell Tangerine tree | 9/22/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: About 5 years ago I planted a seed from a honeybell tangerine. I kept it in a pot for about 30 ... A: Vincent: It's quite possible. Fruit trees are grown from grafts, not seed. Tje rootstock might not ... | ||
| Pruning KeyLime tree | 9/2/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I live in Pine Island, and have a 5 yr old Keylime tree which in the past has produced many fruits. ... A: I wasn't there to see the before and after, but from what you say, you pruned off most the blossoms ... | ||
| peaches | 8/29/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: can you tell me how to pick out a peach from the grocery store? i usually only buy them if they are ... A: Well I have done both, and I agree, I Also grow Peaches; normally they pick them before they are ... | ||
| peaches | 8/29/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: can you tell me how to pick out a peach from the grocery store? i usually only buy them if they are ... A: SK: Actually, I only buy peaches from a grocery store if I need to test a recipe out of season. ... | ||
| Grapefruit tree | 8/28/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I started a grapefruit tree from seed years ago potted in the house and it has grown beautifully but ... A: the fact that it even formed a single blossom is testimony to the fine job you have done caring for ... | ||
| New Citrus Trees | 8/27/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: Nick - got new valencia, meyer and key lime trees. Read the forum and would like any other tips on ... A: Fertilize with a well balanced "Citrus fertilizer" once every 3 months, spray with a Copper ... | ||
| orange tree | 8/7/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: why are the leaves on my orange tree are turning black i live in ca A: Hey Chuck, it sounds like an innocuous fungus called "Sooty Mold", it feeds on the secretions given ... | ||
| Cherry Tree Yellowing | 7/27/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I just planted my Akebono cherry tree a few months ago, and it was doing great and growing ... A: Lisa: It may simply need water. Cutting the top of the root ball was not the way to solve the ... | ||
| Fruit Trees | 7/19/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I recently looked outside my window and noticed I have two apple and two pear trees in my backyard. ... A: Jennifer: I'm a little confused about what varieties of apples and pears you have, and whether they ... | ||
| Meyer Lemon Tree | 7/18/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I recently purchased a 25 gallon Meyer lemon tree from a home improvement store. It is large tree, ... A: I am assuming you are in a zone 9 or higher, that said, by all means put it in the ground, so the ... | ||
| Apple tree dropping fruit | 7/18/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Relating back to your answer to Mike's question on 05/10/2010, I had the same thing happen to my ... A: Al: If you read a previous question on the matter, you should have read that it is normal, healthy ... | ||
| Citrus Tree help | 7/16/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I live in Tucson, Az and have an unknown variety of citrus in my new back yard. I would guess that ... A: Ahhh,,,a picture is worth a thousand words they say, and in this case it is!....yes! cut it at the ... | ||
| Citrus Tree help | 7/16/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I live in Tucson, Az and have an unknown variety of citrus in my new back yard. I would guess that ... A: in order to answer your question, you need to understand the growth habit of "grafted" Citrus; they ... | ||
| bush with red cherry-looking fruit | 7/15/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: My husband and I bought a foreclosure 2 years ago (Colorado, zone 5) and the bush in question ... A: Kelly: I don't know of any cherries that grow on bushes, and usually poisonous berries are tart or ... | ||
| Fig Fruit Dying | 7/14/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I have a beautiful crop of figs this year, but I noticed some of the fruit on the lower branches are ... A: The most common cause is not enough irrigation Michele, or erratic watering, another reason would be ... | ||
| Navel oranges | 7/10/2010 | Nick McCann |
| Q: I have grown sweet navel oranges from about 20 trees in my garden for the first 20 years and ... A: Without seeing the tree, it is difficult, but it appears that the root stock has overtaken the crown ... | ||
| strawberries | 7/8/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: I have great plants, but no blossoms or fruit. I see I need to have 0 nitrogen and more potassium, ... A: Dennis: Is this the first year they've been planted? If so, don't worry about no fruit - it's ... | ||
| cherry tree pest | 6/29/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: My small semi-dwarf cherry tree has what looks like very small dark brown slugs on the leaves as ... A: Diana: The aphids can be dealt with by spraying the tree with a strong spray from the hose. They ... | ||
| sweet cherry trees looks like dying | 6/28/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Few months ago, I planted in my back yard a sweet Cherry tree from a store not a nursery, that looks ... A: Laura: That's basically what I was thinking - it was probably not the best time to plant. There is ... | ||
| sweet cherry trees looks like dying | 6/28/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Few months ago, I planted in my back yard a sweet Cherry tree from a store not a nursery, that looks ... A: Laura: Did the browning start with purplish dots, or did the leaves just start wilting? The way it ... | ||
| sweet cherry trees looks like dying | 6/28/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Few months ago, I planted in my back yard a sweet Cherry tree from a store not a nursery, that looks ... A: We're practically neighbors - I'm in Creswell. If you are in Eugene, or get there occasionally, you ... | ||
| sweet cherry trees looks like dying | 6/28/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: Few months ago, I planted in my back yard a sweet Cherry tree from a store not a nursery, that looks ... A: Laura: I'm not convinced it is the bugs. It could be a fungal infection, which are rampant this ... | ||
| blueberries | 6/22/2010 | Elyse Grau |
| Q: bluebberries are kind of tall not much fruit this year.Should they be cut back? After they are all ... A: Derald: Highbush blueberries do get tall, nothing wrong with that. How old are the bushes? They ... | ||
Nick McCann
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
I am knowledgable about most all southern fruit varieties....but limited on northern
Experience
8 years as a accredited Master Gardner in Florida
Organizations
Master Gardner association of Charlotte County Florida
Education/Credentials
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