While fruit trees generally take a lot of time before they produce, you can easily start the process by turning a single plum pit into a seedling.

Water a young plum tree abundantly when the topsoil gets dry—this will help it develop a strong root system. “Manual watering is especially important during the first few years after planting,” ...

Growing your own fruit is always a treat. While there are many plum varieties you can grow in your own yard, this one ...

Whether you're growing Victoria, Avalon or Blue Tit plums, pruning should be done yearly to keep a healthy plum tree in your garden. Timing is everything when it comes to pruning your garden plum crop ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

We’ve been eating from ours since Christmas when the first Japanese variety, Santa Rosa, began ripening. Of all the fruit varieties, plums are by far the easiest to grow. They require little care and, ...

Our plum tree has some mossy looking balls growing in it. Does this hurt the tree? Should I get rid of them? You have accurately described what is commonly called ball moss, Tillandsia recurvata, a ...

Being short on space doesn't mean you have to forgo growing fruit trees. Trellising is a method of using a frame to train a tree to grow against a wall or fence. Taking the three-dimensional depth out ...