Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

Earlier this week, one of my neighbors told me that her Meyer lemon tree has had a bad infestation of scale insects for several years and that all of her attempts to eradicate the pests had failed. I ...

Scale insect problems are common this time of year throughout the Lowcountry. It is not surprising since this group of small immobile insects comprises over 18 genera, with thousands of species ...

Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants! Cottony cushion scale is a common pest of citrus, but can also infest other ...

Question: I am having a problem with my Meyer lemon trees. I bought the tree last spring and didn't seem to have any problems all summer long. Shortly after moving the trees in for the winter, I began ...

Discovering a line of ants brazenly wandering across your kitchen counters is not exactly a pleasant occurrence, and neither is spotting these insects parading up the trunk of your lemon tree. More ...