As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility ...

Trimming your fruit trees at the wrong time can reduce the tree's total fruit production, its tolerance for cold weather, and ...

Fruit trees flourish when they're growing in an ecosystem that supports and nourishes them. This ancient technique aims to achieve just that in your orchard.

“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

Q:THE branches on my semi-dwarf apricot tree have gotten quite long and high. Can I trim the branches now or do I wait for winter? A: Unlike most fruit trees, winter is not the best time to prune ...

Bradford pears aren't the only fruit tree you should stay away from. Experts also caution against a few other varieties, like ...

Q: How can you tell the sex of a fruit tree? The first year my parents had their apricot trees, they bore fruit. Over the winter, one of the trees died. We replaced it, but the tree has not borne ...

To promote bountiful fruit production and minimize the chance of disease, apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and cherry trees (Prunus spp.) should not be pruned in the fall or winter when the trees are ...

Shortly after Christmas, during intervals of mild weather, the Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) perfumes the air with a sweet scent of almond. This small deciduous tree explodes with color in ...