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 ...

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person pruning tree with hand scissors - Natalia Kokhanova/Getty Images There's no doubt about it: Pruning is an essential garden chore if you want healthy, thriving trees. However, when it comes to ...

It’s that time again when pruning workshops fill horticultural calendars. This year, many workshops are being offered virtually. The Santa Fe Botanical Garden will offer a virtual fruit tree pruning ...

Learn how and when to plant fruit trees in your home garden—and how to maintain them for the optimal yield After the decisions of where and what kind of tree to plant, deciding when to plant is much ...

If you haven’t pruned the trees in your landscape yet, now is a good time to get it done. Today, let’s look at the differences between pruning fruit trees and shade trees. Our end goals and pruning ...

Certified arborist Rick Wheeler stands beneath a persimmon tree in a Torrance backyard and surveys the bare branches. Then he raises his shears and carefully starts snipping. He spots a crossing ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the basic ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...

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