Plant a mango tree in a warm and tropical climate and it will flourish. The trees can grow large and produce a great crop of ...

During summertime in Florida, I drive by many of my neighbors’ homes and see their beautiful trees full of ripe mangoes ready to pick—and I get a major case of mango tree envy. So, I experimented with ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2002 Purie mangoes are one of the sweetest varieties. They may be alive, but will not fruit well if they are hacked by bad pruning. Keep your tree short enough for safe picking and ...

Julie asks: My mango tree put out tons of fruit last year. This year’s flowers are fewer, and they look terrible. The fruit that does start forming is dropping off. What’s going on and what can I do ...

Mango season is nearly upon us, that annual ritual of pungent juices dripping onto the chin, of begging friends and family for a spare fruit or two, of driving slowly along back streets to check out ...

Mango, papaya and avocado trees, among others, all drop fruits prematurely. While some of them drop as soon as they start fruiting, for others this happens when the fruits have started ripening. This ...

Q: We really enjoyed your article about fruit trees. We have a 23-year-old mango tree which is about 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide, it definitely bears more fruit every other year. We have never ...

Question: I have a Valencia seedless orange tree that I set out about 40 years ago. The fruit has always been sweet and juicy. But the past couple of years, the oranges are larger with thicker skin, ...

Mango season in Miami is an idyllic time, when tasty red and yellow fruits ripen on trees, fall to earth, and in some cases, provoke neighbors to nearly bust down doors with claims of theft. Take, for ...