Fruit Trees: Thinning Young Fruit to Prevent Maintenance – 2023 Guide

Fruit trees often set more fruit than they can support or develop adequately, especially if the trees were not properly pruned during the previous season. Excessive fruit competes with each other for carbohydrates (stored energy) and remains small. This carbohydrate drain, or “sink,” can also weaken the tree and make it more susceptible to pests … Read more

You can grow these eight Dwarf Fruit Trees all by yourself

Dwarf Fruit Trees

Dwarf fruit trees are the best way to make a city rooftop look like a verdant paradise. They are worth it even if you only have a small balcony, barely fitting a few plants. A single pear tree or a line of peaches, apricots, plums, and apple trees, these precious and adorable dwarf fruit trees … Read more

The Importance of Spraying Fruit Trees

The Importance of Spraying Fruit Trees

The growing season has kicked into high gear, and orchardists are monitoring their pest and disease situations closely, continuing to scout orchards and to utilize cultivation practices, reducing their reliance on crop sprays. But in many growing regions, tree fruit requires a spray program, whether that program is a conventional or an organic one. To … Read more