Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two ...

How do you keep natural enemies — the beneficial insects and other arthropods that prey on crop-damaging pests — in the ...

One old-fashioned method for deterring fruit tree pests that's still worth trying is to grow masses of bright and cheery marigolds under your trees. This much-loved garden favorite has long been ...

Each spring, the orchardist is hopeful for good flowering and pollination. This will determine the amount of fruit the tree will start to develop. I am hopeful that this season ...

However, finding and buying the right fruit tree for your yard is like comparing apples and oranges—or cherries and figs.

We definitely have peach tree borers in our nectarine tree. The trunk is pretty much encircled by the sap oozing just above ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By John Green, Certified Texas Expert Gardener, Orange County, TX It was almost a ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...

If you have fruit trees and are hoping for an abundant harvest, it is time to act. It won’t be long now before buds break and begin to flower, closing ...

My own turn came when I left a peach ripening a little too long in the fruit bowl, only to walk into the kitchen and discover a cloud of little flying pests hovering over the bowl and crawling all ...

Are you interested in learning the skill of topworking fruit trees? Perhaps you want to know what topworking even is! The ...