Category Fruit Tree Care

Are you looking to plant your first fruit trees or grow your home orchard? Now is the perfect time to plant! Our friends at Fruitstitute tell us why to plant in the fall, and the steps you need to correctly…

  It’s been two years since our last blog post about Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) & Huanglongbing (HLB) and we thought it was time to give you an update on the issue and what Food Forward is doing to prevent…

Winter is the season that citrus gives their biggest crop, so unless your trees are recently planted, your fruit bowl should be full of all varieties of citrus! Local fruit tree expert and founder of Fruitstitute, Joanna Glovinsky, shares some…

8.14.18 — Joanna Glovinsky, founder of the Fruitstitute, a Los Angeles based fruit tree care and education service for backyard growers, explains why gleaning excess fruit on your tree is fundamental to maintaining a healthy backyard ecosystem.   We’ve all seen…

7.10.18 — Longer days and hotter temperatures mean fruit trees are in their active growing season. What are our fruit trees doing during the active growing season in a physiological sense? What do they need? Joanna Glovinsky, founder of LA’s…

Pruning keeps your trees clean and your fruit accessible. Here are some tips and an introduction to pruning citrus trees, by one of our past Occidental College interns, Nora Killian. For a full list of Tree Care Resources, visit our Fruit…

2.20.17 -Is this stormy weather bogging your citrus trees down? Find out more in this post from Sam Royall, our wonderful Volunteer Program Assistant from Occidental College. Rain and your Citrus Tree As you may have noticed from LA’s lush and uncharacteristically…

1.9.17 – ACP? HLB? If you’ve heard these abbreviations, or their even-more-confusing full names, you might be trying to wrap your head around what people are talking about. Here’s a quick and dirty introduction to Asian citrus psyllid and HLB, and…

11.7.16 – Mulching may seem intimidating, but it is not as difficult as it seems, and it can be very beneficial to the health and size of citrus trees. How much can adding a natural extra layer on top of…

10.17.16 – A quick guide for homeowners with fruit trees.   By now we all know about the exceptional drought that California is enduring. With no signs of relief, it is our responsibility as stewards and residents of Southern California to…