Planting fruit trees in these spots could spell disaster. Carefully choosing where to plant your fruit trees is just as ...

To prune a tree, I have followed the Al Gore method, who as vice president helped reduce the federal workforce and ...

Apple trees aren’t easy to grow because they need consistent care, including precisely timed spraying and pruning, to ...

An old saying – said to be Japanese, and said to be a curse – talks about living in interesting times. While it’s always an ...

The late Pete Graske planted so many trees during his time as mayor of Oakdale that he earned the moniker of “Mr. Tree.” Graske, who died in 2012 at the age of 88, was responsible for planting and ...

Recent research has pinpointed how a difference in rootstock and scion cold hardiness is leading to compromised trees post overwintering.

Non-dropping fruit could help manufacturers cut costs as fruit will have a longer shelf life or not be spoiled ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across ...

Placing nets over trees during bloom can successfully set a target crop load in Michigan without the use of chemical thinners ...

If you're pressed for space, a micro orchard will allow you to grow many fruits in place of one or two trees, and you'll be ...

The five-cut rule forces pruners to start with big cuts before they get bogged down by detail pruning. “By the second or ...

If you're growing fruit trees, then harvesting the (literal) fruits of your labor is the most exciting part. To speed that ...