For most fruit trees, pruning is a necessity to keep the tree healthy and producing a good harvest. These trees benefit from ...

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

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice on peach trees, nun’s orchids, delphiniums, camellias, maple trees, liriope, ferns and peace lilies ...

Measurements of leaves, trees and fruits, and weighings of the fruit, led to the conclusions that heavy thinning of the fruit is of no advantage; hard pruning is unprofitable; summer pruning is ...

It's also important to have a pruning saw to cut off larger branches. A bush tree is the most common form of fruit tree, with an open arrangement of branches growing from a short trunk.

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

There are dozens of different varieties of peach and nectarine to try but for pot-grown trees a dwarf variety ... These terrace fruits need virtually no pruning. They're naturally slow growing ...

If you have not had the time to prune your fruit trees in winter, now is the opportune time. A little pruning now can reduce the work needed to care for your trees throughout the year. Why prune?

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

“Another popular choice is dwarf peach trees, which begin fruiting in only 1 to 2 years through proper pruning and grow to ...

Martha's orchard was first planted in 2017 and includes more than 200 fruit trees. While her trees are pruned and fed ...