Peach trees are generally considered easy to grow—but that doesn't mean you can skip pruning. Pruning is an essential step in ensuring that your tree produces as much quality fruit as possible and can ...

Growing our own backyard produce is one of America’s most popular pastimes, one of the most rewarding and sometimes among the most frustrating. Good fruit production relies heavily on pollinators ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

A fruit tree is a great addition to your yard or garden, but like most plants, you need to prune it in specific ways and at ...

If you have fruit trees in your landscape, you should plan to prune them in the next couple of weeks, as early- to mid-March is the best time to perform the task. March marks the end of the dormant ...

For those of us who are lucky enough to have access to fruit trees, fruit bushes, bramble fruits or cane fruits during the year, we have a chore that needs doing this winter: pruning. Pruning out dead ...

March, April and May are good months to prune fruit trees. Traditionally, farmers pruned their fruit trees in March. I think they did so because they had less other work they could do during this time ...

Don't prune fruit trees too early and never trim spring-flowering shrubs in the winter. Avoid spreading fireplace ashes and ...

Can I reduce the height of my apple trees so all the fruit is within reach without a ladder? Is this a good time to prune apple and other fruit trees? Fruit trees can be pruned any time from now until ...

I love to prune trees and shrubs; now is the time to start. I worked this past weekend on a ginkgo at my daughter’s house that was out of control. It has two main trunks and lots of branches coming ...