Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap trunks and crowns with breathable materials, apply thick mulch, and water ...

Start your trees off right with the best method for preparing soil for fruit trees. Tree trunk wrap, stakes, and mulch also help to establish healthy trees. Once you’ve invested in new fruit trees, ...

Having a fruit tree in your yard is the gift that keeps on giving. Every year, you can enjoy its edible bounty — it always seems to taste a little bit sweeter than grocery store produce. Growing fruit ...

I have a small patio peach tree in my yard and recently noticed that something ate the bark off of the tree from the base to about 1 foot off the ground. Can the tree be saved? What should I do? A: ...

Before you turn your thoughts to indoor entertaining, take advantage of the next warm day to put the trees and shrubs to bed for the season. With a little bit of wrapping and a plan to winter water, ...

Question: We have two peach trees in our backyard and we have two different issues going on that keep us from seeing any ripe fruit. Can you advise us on what’s going on and how to handle it? First, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Few things rival the delightful experience of biting into sweet peaches plucked off your backyard tree. Unfortunately, they aren't the easiest ...

Answer: The greater peach tree borer (Synanthedon exitiosa) is known for causing oozing trunk wounds found at ground level or just below the soil line on stone fruit trees. The sap is often clear, but ...

Q.: My peach tree is 10 to 15 years old and usually bears what starts out as beautiful peaches. But as soon as they start getting some size, they drop from the tree. The ants seem to get to them first ...