Ebb and Flow System for Easy Rooting of Fruit Tree Cuttings
I decided to build an ebb and flow system (or flood and drain system) to help me more easily root fruit tree cuttings after a prior experiment in rooting citrus…
Patch Budding Citrus Trees – Bud Grafting a Fruit Cocktail Tree
Patch budding is an easy grafting technique that can be used to either replace or add a new fruit variety to an existing tree. I have used patch budding to…
Grafting Citrus Trees – Cleft Grafting a Citrus Cocktail Tree
This step-by-step tutorial on grafting citrus trees shows how to graft citrus successfully using the cleft graft. The grafting of a multi-variety citrus cocktail tree is shown. A scion of…
Preparing Citrus Budwood for Shipment
For several years I have been working to introduce new citrus varieties to California via the Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP). This article shows the procedure that is used to…
Grafting Lemon Trees – How to Graft a Lemon Tree with the T-Bud
This step-by-step guide shows how to graft a lemon tree using T-budding, a technique for grafting lemon trees that is easy and that gives a high success rate. In T-budding…
Growing Citrus Trees from Seed – Fruit to Seedling
This article shows the process of growing citrus trees from seed from harvesting the fruit and extracting the seeds all the way to germination.