Growing fruit trees in your garden can give you a bounty of delicious and fresh homegrown fruit superior to any you get in stores. Fertilizing your fruit trees helps keep the plant healthy and ...

When summer ends, you look forward to closing shop on gardening in the fall. But do your trees need additional fertilizer?

1. Plan on spraying your stone fruit trees within the next couple of weeks. This will protect them from borers (moth larvae) that feed inside tree branches, causing bark to flake off on the upper side ...

I will be giving fruit tree pruning classes at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension orchard in North Las Vegas every Saturday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until noon beginning this Saturday until ...

Feeding fruit trees the wrong fertilizer can reduce fruit production. Healthy fruit trees need gentle, balanced fertilizers that support steady growth instead of quick, forceful feeding. Avoid strong ...

Trees and shrubs grow during spring and early summer. They become dormant during late fall and practically stop growing during winter. Last year, the climate caused severe problems with many trees and ...

Twenty-year-old Azael Chamu was excited. Really excited. "I got a peach tree, man!" he said, beaming. In his left hand he held what looked like a long twig with roots hanging from one end. It will ...