Citrus Tree Care Phoenix, AZ

Our Certified Arborists are experts in the care and maintenance of citrus trees.

Citrus Tree Care and Maintenance

When you need an arborist that applies the skill and judgment required to accomplish your specific goals, we will be there to serve you. Citrus has long been a staple crop in Arizona, and also enjoyed on so many residential properties. There are still communities being built around long standing orchards throughout parts of the valley. Orange, lemon, and grapefruit are just a few of the many varieties planted in abundance by people right in their own backyard. Some even have their own mini orchard. When you’re looking for the citrus tree care Arizona expects, contact our arborists today!

Call (602) 405-1788 today to speak with an ISA Certified Arborist for proper citrus tree care and maintenance.

Common Citrus Problems and Questions

Why doesn't my citrus tree produce any fruit?

How and when should I fertilize my citrus tree?

Do I need to paint the trunk of my citrus tree?

Is there a special way to prune a citrus tree?

Why are my citrus tree leaves yellowing?

How should I water my citrus tree?

These are just a few common concerns that we address regularly to assist people in helping them achieve the healthiest and best producing citrus trees possible. Contact us today to have a Certified Arborist develop a plan for your citrus trees.

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Gummosis

Gummosis is the formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees. This occurs when sap oozes from wounds or cankers as a reaction to outside stimuli such as adverse weather conditions, infections, insect problems, or mechanical damage. It is understood as a plant physiological disease.

Sooty Mold

Sooty mold is a collective term for different Ascomycete fungi, which includes many genera commonly Cladosporium and Alternaria. It grows on plants and their fruit, but also environmental objects, like fences, garden furniture, stones, even cars. The mold benefits from either a sugary exudate produced by the plant or fruit, or if the plant is infested by honeydew-secreting insects or sap suckers.

Sooty mold itself does little if any harm to the plant. Treatment is indicated when the mold is combined with insect infestation.

Chlorosis

In botany, chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll. As chlorophyll is responsible for the green color of leaves, chlorotic leaves are pale, yellow, or yellow-white. The affected plant has little or no ability to manufacture carbohydrates through photosynthesis and may die unless the cause of its chlorophyll insufficiency is treated, although some chlorotic plants, such as the albino Arabidopsis thaliana mutant ppi2, are viable if supplied with exogenous sucrose.

Leaf Sunburn

Leaf scorch (also called leaf burn, leaf wilt, and sun scorch) is defined as a browning of plant tissues, including leaf margins and tips, and yellowing or darkening of veins which may lead to eventual wilting and abscission of the leaf.

Fruit Sunburn

High temperatures, clear skies and high light radiation, and long days are a recipe for developing sunburn in fruits and fruiting vegetables. We commonly see sunburn in watermelons, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, apples, strawberries, and brambles (raspberries and blackberries).

Control of sunburn in fruits starts with developing good leaf cover in the canopy to shade the fruit. Fruits most susceptible to sunburn will be those that are most exposed, especially those that are not shaded in the afternoon. Anything that reduces canopy cover will increase sunburn, such as foliar diseases, wilting due to inadequate irrigation, and excessive or late pruning. Physiological leaf roll, common in some solanaceous crops such as tomato, can also increase sunburn.

Thrips

Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (most are 1mm long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Approximately 6,000 species have been described. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight; instead, thrips exploit an unusual mechanism, clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings.

Salt Burn

Fertilizer burn is defined as leaf scorch resulting from over-fertilization, usually referring to excess nitrogen salts. Fertilizer burn is the result of desiccation of plant tissues due to osmotic stress, creating a state of hypertonicity. Fertilizers vary in their tendency to burn roughly in accordance with their salt index