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25-Year-Old Container Orange Tree: A Citrus Success Story

A Clayton County gardener has kept a supermarket orange tree alive for 25+ years, moving it indoors each winter. It fruits reliably (tart mini-oranges) and has become a family treasure dubbed "THE TREE."

About Gardening: Young Orange Tree with Dead Limbs and Sap: Scale or Aphids Likely; Jade Plant Stem Rot: Overwatering and Fungal Disease; Indoor Orange Tree White Clusters: Mealybugs or Scale Treated with Neem Oil; Sour Orange Tree: Rootstock Takeover and Grafting Options; Orange Tree Premature Fruit Drop: Underwatering and Ants; Bradford Pear Shape Correction: Slow, Careful Pruning; Dwarf Orange Tree with Strange Thorny Growth: Rootstock Sucker; Growing an Orange Tree from Seed: Hybrid Variability Warning; Why Your Orange Tree Isn't Fruiting: Maturity, Chill, and Pollination; Growing Osage Orange from Seed: Simple Bucket Method

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