Pome fruit, like apple, pear, and quince benefit from painting young tree’s lower trunk and limbs with a 1:1 mixture of white interior latex paint and water. Apply paint 2 inches above soil line ...

Many gardeners would like to grow their own apples, pears, peaches, or cherries. However, growing tree fruit is one of the more challenging endeavors for the hobbyist. The major tree fruits are ...

Happy March! This month has 31 days but sometimes seems like it has 100 days! Last week I wrote about pruning fruit trees which is an annual chore that is usually performed at this time of the year.

This keeps them from snapping under the weight of the fruit, but pomologists (fruit scientists) will tell you that it also causes the tree’s hormones to activate growth lower in the canopy, making for ...

A pome fruit related to apples and pears, the loquat is one of the great pleasures of spring in Southern California. It has firm but juicy flesh with the texture of cantaloupe and a sweet-tart ...

Selecting pome fruit trees for Canberra. Owen Pidgeon. June 2, 2014. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save recipes for later. You have reached your maximum number of saved items.

Create a strong branch structure to hold the growing fruit ・Create fruiting wood where you want to pick the fruit ・Allow light and air flow throughout the tree to reduce disease and maximize fruit ...

Stone fruit trees, apricot and peach, need an average of 700 to 1,000 chilling hours below 45 degrees F. Pome fruit trees, pear and apple, need an average of 1,000 to 1,500 chill hours.