It seems counter-intuitive, but cutting back apricot trees can actually lead to more fruit production. Learn when, where, and ...

Fruit trees are pruned in order to train trees for production of greatest yield and highest quality fruit. Among the fruit trees requiring pruning are peaches, apricots, apples, pears and quince. Of ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

Home gardeners and orchard enthusiasts are invited to a hands-on Fruit Tree Pruning and Training Workshop on March ...

Growing fruit on trees is a rewarding experience, but it comes with challenges. From pests and disease to climate stress or ...

Many positive results are being achieved using what’s known as the “Solaxe system” to increase productivity from fruit trees. On a recent tour of the Catoctin Mountain Orchard north of Frederick, ...

All are invited to learn how fruit tree training and pruning done during the winter dormant season helps create a desired tree structure, directs new growth and encourages good spring fruit set at a ...

This is the time _ through the end of February _ to plant and prune many of our deciduous fruiting plants. If the trees are already blooming, as my peach trees are, you have waited too long and will ...

Fruit trees add a countrified note to any plot, connecting even the smallest of urban yards to the noble history of agricultural self-sufficiency. Yet given its size at maturity, the pear tree you ...