Fertilizing your trees will go a long way toward increasing fruit size and yield. There is nothing quite like the joy of picking fresh fruit from your own fruit tree. To achieve a steady and plentiful ...

Blueberries do best with an acid fertilizer. Now (Feb.) is the time to fertilize fruit trees and bushes. Photo courtesy of the LSU AgCenter Fertilize grape vines, hardy fruit trees, such as apple, ...

Established fruit trees don't need to be fertilized much besides annual compost, say OSU Extension master gardeners. Photo of Sweet Tango apples provided by the Regents of the University of Minnesota.

After a long summer of tending to your landscaping, you may be ready to harvest your bounty and hang up the gardening gloves until the warmer months return. However, you would be missing out on an ...

Blueberry bushes are relatively compact and do not occupy as much space as fruit trees, so they fit into almost any situation. They are attractive, and they don't require a lot of spraying for insect ...

Q: If I place mulch around trees, how can I fertilize them around the dripline? Isn’t the mulch in the way? A: When we talk about watering and fertilizing at or around the dripline of a tree, we are ...

Select a fruit tree variety for your climate and plant it in full sun. Pruning, thinning fruit, and watering during dry spells are key to good fruit production. To ensure pollination, plant trees in ...

Just because your new fruit tree bloomed this spring doesn't mean it will produce fruit. It all depends on the variety you chose and whether it's reliable in your immediate microclimate. If you get it ...

When Tom Spellman began lecturing on fruit trees more than two decades ago, his audience skewed primarily older with lots of people in their 60s and 70s. In recent years, that’s started to change.

We are fortunate to be able to grow many different types of plants here in Tucson. We have a nearly tropical climate, but we do get some freezes in the winter. This allows us to grow a wide range of ...