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Skip Fall Pruning — Do This Instead For Healthier Fruit Trees

Common advice may be to prune all of your plants back ahead of winter, but this can actually leave fruit trees vulnerable to ...
AOL

When to Cover Fruit Trees for Frost Protection—and How to Do It, According to Orchardists

As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility for home gardeners and orchardists. Frost can significantly harm budding ...
Davis Enterprise

Fast facts on fruit trees

January is the season when dormant fruit and nut trees arrive at garden centers and hardware stores. Here’s a crib sheet of quick answers to common questions about the many types of fruit that we can ...
Orange County Register

These tropical fruit trees and plants are thriving at a Southern California nursery

It’s amazing what you can do with a third of an acre of land. Take Alex Silber, for example. On a piece of ground this size, he is growing 52 exotic fruit trees, shrubs, and vines, 9 exotic herbs and ...
BBC

Growing a fruit tree

You don't need to have an orchard to enjoy home-grown fruit. We show you how to get started. The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention. Pear, ...

10 Plants You Should Never Grow Near Apple Trees

Do not plant black walnuts, eastern red cedars, junipers, and hawthorns near apple trees. Avoid planting tomatoes, potatoes, ...
Southeast Missourian

Missouri fruit-tree nursery marks 200th anniversary

LOUISIANA, Mo. -- In 1816, a young pioneer from Kentucky, James Hart Stark, homesteaded on the shore of the Mississippi River at the site of what is now Louisiana, Missouri. Stark had brought along a ...
Reader's Digest

10 Best Fruit Trees You Can Grow Indoors

Love fruit trees but don't have a backyard or garden space? No problem! You can grow these indoor fruit trees right in your home. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn ...