The Fruit Tree You Should Be Pruning In November To Boost Growth

Pruning fruit trees allows for better air circulation, plant growth, and fruit quality. November is a great time to prune as ...
AOL

Why Your Fruit Tree Isn’t Producing Ripe Fruit—and How to Fix It

Growing fruit trees can be rewarding; knowing why fruit doesn’t ripen helps ensure a healthy, abundant harvest. Poor pollination, pests, or lack of sunlight can keep fruit from developing fully, so ...
Uticaod

Fruit trees can be challenging to grow. How to make sure they are producing: Garden column

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...
The Providence Journal

When is the best time to prune apple and other fruit trees? Henry Homeyer explains

Pruning helps keep fruit trees aesthetically pleasing, even in winter. Pruning back branches allows more sunshine in to other leaves. When pruning, it's important to know which branches will produce ...
Yahoo

When to prune fig trees for healthy branches and a flourishing fruit crop next year

Maintaining a happy and healthy fig tree is essential if you want to get tasty and juicy fruit, and the key to keeping one in top health is to prune it properly. However, there's an art to this task ...
TreeHugger

How to Graft Fruit Trees

Grafting is a technique used to facilitate new plant growth. It involves attaching part of a plant or tree, called a scion, onto to another branch, called a rootstock. Grafting fruit trees has been in ...
Kansas City Star

Trees too heavy with fruit? Here’s how to ease the burden, from spring to late summer

Want a healthy fruit crop? Early in the season, you may have to thin the fruit. Look for the healthiest, least damaged and largest among the cluster to keep and discard the others. Courtesy Johnson ...
Oregonian

Fruit trees need attention this time of year. Here’s a guide to planting, pruning and spraying

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...
KTVB

You Can Grow It: Tips on fruit trees

NAMPA, Idaho — Are you looking for grow some fruit in your own back yard? KTVB Garden Master Jim Duthie has some tips on how to successfully do so. According to the National Gardening Association, 35 ...