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The best option in this scenario is to start over with another healthy grafted tree that is well-suited for potential cold weather.

More than 2,000 homeowners in San Bernardino County will have the fruit ripped from their trees, whether they like it or not, as state agriculture officials desperately try to eradicate the invasive Oriental fruit fly. Workers are going door to door in the Redlands area to remove fruit from all citrus trees and other fruit-producing […]

A decade ago, the state had 4,700 citrus trees. Today it has more than half a million.

Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive. The latest hurdle comes from a slow-moving threat — a mass influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico that is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River. Not only is the saltwater intrusion threatening drinking water supplies for communities, but it can also kill citrus seedlings.

Indie-folk act BlissFund plays Voo Swar with fellow Jax bands Chalooby, Tidal Daze and Citrus Trees on Saturday, October 21.