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 ...

Luckily, with dwarf fruit trees, you don’t have to. They’re compact versions of their larger counterparts and are available for a wide range of fruit varieties, including citrus, stone fruit ...

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 ...

Pome trees fruit on spurs These are short, stubby branches with a cluster of buds on the top. These will stay on the tree for its whole life, so take care not to cut them off by accident.

Pome fruit (apples) are best pruned in wintertime, when the tree is dormant. They require good eyesight, as you’ll need to be careful leaving the fruiting spurs so that the tree has some fruit ...

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On pome fruit, the industry body ... The Citrus Growers Association South Africa is cautiously optimistic about 2024 as fruit on the trees indicate an increased crop but there are concerns about ...