These responses mostly align with Arizona law and best practices for law enforcement officials. Whether or not it is legal to pick fruit from a tree that isn't yours all comes down to property lines.

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The remaining fruit should be at least 8 inches apart. Fruit at the branch tips creates more stress and is more likely to break the branch. When removing, twist the fruit while gently lifting it.

Starting in May, O’odham families check the saguaro buds. The fruit is usually ripe by mid-June, opening a one-to-four-week harvesting window until the fruit is spoiled by the first summer monsoons.

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A student with harvested fruit on the UA campus in 2014. The Linking Edible Arizona Forests group will harvest the citrus that grows on the trees populating campus.

Removing up to 90% of fruit also means that the remaining fruit will be larger and better tasting. Be ruthless when thinning and make several passes since you’re bound to miss branches.

An umbrella is used to catch fresh fruit picked from a saguaro cactus during a harvest season day by the Tohono Oʼodham people in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025.