Luther Burbank, the famed experimental horticulturalist, called it making old trees young again. But even for novices, fruit tree grafting is alluringly simple: a dormant branch or twig - a scion - is ...

Guillotine my beautiful papaya tree? Yep. The ultimate in grafting and trimming is the procedure that you can do to your papaya tree. In other words, chop off it’s head! So, how to do it? Take your ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Just like the banana, the papaya grows in what technically should be ...

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In short: The papaya mealybug was confirmed to be in Australia in July 2023. It has since spread through the suburbs of Darwin and is a threat to commercial papaya production, as well as backyard ...