Taking Care of Apple Trees During the Fall and Winter?Does anyone know of something I can treat apple trees with over the fall and winter so the leaves won't be infested in the spring? My husband and I moved into a house in the country with two apple trees (the apples are light green and soft red when they are ripe).
Replacing Grape Vines With Fruit and Nut Trees?We are going to be moving to the country next month. The property has a vineyard and one corner the vines were damaged by a fire. The whole thing is watered by drip irrigation. I really don't plan to just have a vineyard and would like a farm with all types of nut and fruit trees.
Removing Supports From Fruit Trees?I planted 3 fruit trees this past spring and I want to know when would be the right time to remove the supports that came with the trees. My trees look healthy, but have not grown a leaf since I planted. Are the supports keeping the trees from growing?
Moss on Fruit Trees?I have a pear, apple and plum tree on the property I am renting. They have a lot of moss all over them. is this common (we have wet winters) or should I look into spraying?
Dry and Brown Leaves on a Loquat Tree?I have a young (3') Loquat Tree planted in my backyard. Its leaves are turning dry and brown despite sufficient watering, and may have some "munch markings" on the edges. I have 2 other Loquats in my front yard receiving similar sun, shade, and water and they are doing fine.
Looking for Prairie Spy Apple Trees?I need to purchase two Prairie Spy Apple Trees for my little orchard, and I'm having a most difficult time finding a nursery that has any to sell and/or ships. Any ideas? Thanks for your help.
Is There Something Wrong with This Apple Tree?This is my first apple tree. This is the first fruit that it is growing. I don't know if it is one apple or many together? Any ideas?
My Struggling Orchard?I'm in Toronto, Canada. I just bought a house that has cherry trees, apples, plums planted but not in good shape. Being a novice, I am struggling to read up or seek advice from experts like you.
Orange Tree Cut Down, Will The Fruit Ripen?My neighbor cut his orange tree down. Will the oranges ripen still?
Growing a Citrus Tree Indoors?How do you take care of a multi-citrus tree indoors?
Are My Apples Safe to Eat?My dog has been using the area under our apple tree as her toilet. Are the apples safe to eat?
Green Oranges?How do I change the color from green to orange on my oranges?
Weeping Cherry Tree Not Flowering?I've had a weeping cherry tree for about three years now. It was transplanted, and it was about 8 or 9 feet tall then. There were leaves on the tree, midsummer, I believe.
Lemon Tree With "Sweating Leaves"?My lemon tree, which I bring indoors during winter, has the leaves producing a lot of glue like acid on the leaves. It looks as though it is sweating.
Brown Rot on Apricots?I got brown rot on my apricots last year and was wondering if there is something that can do to prevent it from happening this year? I prefer natural ways but open to an effective way. I have a peach and a plum tree.
Fruit Tree Tips?We have several apple, peach and pear trees and would like to know what to spray on them to prevent the apples from getting wormy and rusty and the pears from looking good but soft and mushy and bitter on the inside.
Peach Tree Has Brown And Holey Leaves?Something is eating the leaves of my weeping pink cascade peach tree. What can I do? the leaves have holes in them and the leaves are turning brown.
Growing Apricots And Peaches From Pits?I read your note on growing cherries from the pit. I am trying to start other fruit.
Why Are Apples Cracking While Growing?The fruit on my apple tree keeps cracking, why? The soil medium is predominantly clay and I do try to get some compost around the tree. The area the tree stands is almost a water table when it rains hard.
Advice For Tree With Small Sour Apricots?Why does my apricot tree produce plenty of little sour rotten apricots each year? My nectarine tree puts on a few sweet fruits although they also get brown patches and curly leaves. Is this a fungus or a nutrient problem? I have other trees on the premises that do just fine. Does anyone have an answer on what I can do to save my fruit trees?
Advice For Tree With Small Figs?My fig trees are mature and have plenty of figs, but they are no bigger than a quarter for 1 1/2 months. Why?
Help With Planting a Peach Tree?I heard that you can plant a peach tree in a pot, anyway you can plant it and it will grow.
Caring For Torn Orange Tree Branch?A mature orange tree came with the property I just bought. It looks to be from 15 to 25 years old. The oranges were great Nov. - Feb.
Using Wood Ashes on Pineapple Plants and Apple Trees?Can I use wood ashes on my pineapple and apple tree?
Avocado's Leaves are Browning?My 3 year old avocado's new leaves are browning.
Planting an Apple Tree?I would like to plant an apple tree for my husband. He always talks about one that he used to get apples from when he was a kid. What is a good one to plant that you can eat apples right off the branch? Also, what is the upkeep of one? Getting rid of worms etc. He never wanted to plant one of our own because of bees. But we don't have any little kids anymore living at home.
Do I Need Two Apple Trees To Get Fruit?I just purchased a Granny Smith apple tree from the local grocery store. I've done some online researching and wanted to confirm whether or not I need to purchase another type of apple tree so they will both produce fruit. Thanks and regards!
Orange Trees Not Producing Pollen?My potted orange trees bloom, but do not produce pollen dust to pollinate.
Why Do Oranges Fall Before They Are Ripe?Why do oranges fall from the tree before they are fully ripe?
Weeping Cherry Trees Keep Dying?I have planted two different weeping cherry trees, one last year, and one again this year. Both have died within a couple of months after I planted them. Does anyone have a solution to the problem?
Do I Need to Remove Fruit from My Fruit Tree?I have a naval orange tree that is loaded down with new fruit. Do I need to get rid of most of the fruit? I know that the branches will not support the weight of more than one or two naval oranges. I also have the same problem with my lime trees. Thanks for any help you can give.
Cherries Drying Up On Tree?We have had a Rainier cherry tree for several years. It is always full of blossoms and cherries. Then the little green cherries dry up and fall off. What would you suggest is the cause? Thank you.
Apricots Splitting on the Tree?I have an apricot tree that is 3 year old tree. The bottom of the fruit splits than rots, on at least 50% of the fruit.
Struggling Lemon Tree?My poor little lemon tree looks like it's dying. The leaves are drooping bad. I have an orange tree that is twice the size of the lemon tree and it's doing okay. It is rainy season here and it was fine until about 10 days ago.
Growing Fruit Trees in Pots?My husband and I are living in our first house where we expect to stay for another 2-3 years before moving to a house further out of the city with a bigger garden.
Organic Solutions for a Small Orchard?I have a small orchard of variety which consists of peaches, cherries, pears, and apples trees. I don't really know when to spray them for bugs and different diseases. Where can I look for good information? I like to have as many organic solutions, as I don't really agree with using chemicals.
Figs Are Not Ripening?I have a fig tree in my yard. It has many figs on it, however, summer is almost over and none of the figs have ripened. They are still medium-sized and hard, they would probably need to grow a bit larger, then ripen.
Apples Has No Leaves?I have an apple tree that I planted from the seed of an apple. It looks more like a small bush right now, it stands about a foot tall. It was doing fine then it got to be about 110 degrees and I couldn't get enough water in it. The leaves dried out so I took them off. Now the stems are about 12 inches high and bare but green. Do I cut the stems down. There are a few green leaves on it. What do I do?
Cherries Are Very Small?We have two cherry trees (do not know variety) but are 4-5 years, both trees have fruit all over this summer. However, the cherries were the size of small peas. Both trees are a good 8-10 ft tall, maybe taller and are planted on a slope for drainage.
Plums Falling Before They Are Ripe?Why do the plums fall off the tree every year before they are ripe. I do everything I was told to do but nothing helps. Opening it, spraying it, etc., I think I'll cut it this fall, unfortunately.
Passion Plant Has Sour Fruit?I have a very healthy passion fruit plant that is producing hundreds of fruit. Unfortunately, the fruits are sour, although the original parent plant had sweet fruits. Now my plant serves mainly as decoration as the fruit is too sour to enjoy. Is there a means, maybe by way of using specific fertilizers, that will make the fruits sweet?
Lemon Trees Fruit is Being Eaten?I have a 3 year old lemon tree. It flowered beautifully and fruit formed. Now all the fruit seems to have been eaten and part of the branch has died. It is planted in clay soil, with goo run off and is watered regularly in hot weather.
Rooting Fruit Tree Cuttings?What is the longest cutting I can take off of a fruit tree, dip in rooting hormone and have it root?
Grafting Fruit Trees?How do you graft fruit trees? Thank you.
Lemon Tree is Losing Leaves?I have a young lemon tree that is losing leaves.
Fruit Trees and Pollination?I just bought a couple fruit trees, but I need to know if they need to be cross pollinated with other trees. I bought a Vans sweet cherry tree and a Toka plum tree. So, do I need to pollinate these or will they pollinate themselves?
Something Eating Leaves on Bing Cherry Tree?I planted two semi dwarf bing cherry trees. The leaves look like something has been chewing on them. What should I do?
Caring for a Crab Apple Tree?My husband and I just moved into our new house and there is a beautiful crab apple tree in our front yard. Does anyone have any helpful info about the tree and apples? Any information about maintenance or what to use the crab apples for?
Can You Eat Cherries from a Weeping Cherry Tree?Can you eat weeping cherry tree fruit?
Getting Rid of Apple Maggots?We have a good understanding of the apple maggot problem and various offers of methodology to prevent, but want to hear from folks with actual successful experience.For this we would remain forever grateful. Thank You.
Weather Damaged Peach Trees?I planted 3 new peach trees approximately 2 months ago (had buds). About a week after planting, we had frost twice, nipping the buds. Within the last month, it has rained about 8 inches and they are waterlogged.
Plums Small and Have Worm Holes?We have several plum trees. They were here before we moved into our home, about seven years ago. The first two years were wonderful. We were able to pick and eat the fruit.
Peaches Falling Off Tree After Rainstorms?We have a small "patio peach" planted and after every rain this year we lose a bunch of little baby peaches which seem to be growing fine otherwise. We have had a few nice rainstorms and some showers for the last three weeks.
Pear Trees Not Flowering or Leafing Out
?We have 2 pear trees that we haven't really had much success with in our yard. We pruned them back this year to open them up in hopes that more fruit would be produced, but now one of them is refusing to flower or leaf out.
Protecting Fruit Trees from Wild Animals?Do you know how to protect fruit on trees? My peaches were disappearing at night. I think it was an opossum or raccoon, so I put a solar light near the tree. It worked and saved my peaches. Has anybody else tried this?
Slow Growing Loquat?I planted a Gold Nugget Loquat tree two years ago. It is growing at an extremely slow rate, much less than the dwarf naval orange tree next to it. The trunk remains very thin.
Potted Lemon Tree Leaves Small?I have a 2 year old Lemon tree that I bought last year in a 5 gallon pot. It had lemons on it last year and this year it is flowering, but the leaves are very much smaller than last year.
Growing Rainier Cherries from Seed?Can I get some help on starting Rainier cherry trees from the seeds? I just ate some and they are so good. I have saved the seeds. Do I need to dry them or soak them before planting in pots or what? Thanks so much for your help. Mike
Coffee Grounds for Citrus Trees?Can you give a Lemon and Lime tree coffee grounds? How do I know if a plant likes acidic soil?
Something Eating Leaves on Apple Tree?I planted apple trees in the spring and they were doing rather great. Now something seems to be eating the leaves, what is this and how do I stop it? A lot of the leaves have holes in them and they seem to by drying up.
Pear Tree Leaves Turning Black, Fruit Wormy?My pear tree has black leaves which fall off and the fruit is mostly rotten or wormy. Some of the bark is cracked and it has a few dead branches. What can I do?
Pruning Apple Tree Results in Very Little Fruit?We have an apple tree that every year sends out long thin branches from the end of each limb. We tried pruning them, but then had very few apples. What's the problem?
Germinating Frozen Cherry Pits?Is it still possible to germinate cherry pits after they have been frozen, not refrigerated, for about 10 weeks?
Growing a Rainier Cherry Tree?If I buy a Rainier cherry tree, do I have to buy 2 of them?
Separating Fruit Trees That are Growing Close Together?I have a cherry tree and some how a pear tree also popped up next to that. Both trees bear nice fruits. How do I separate them without damaging either one? I would like to transfer the pear tree somewhere else. Thanks.
Tangelo Oranges Falling Off the Tree Early?What causes the fruit on my tangelo tree to split and fall off prematurely? It seems that when the fruit starts to change color it splits and falls off. The tree is about 9 years old. This has never happened before.
Fruit Trees Not Producing Fruit?The fruit either falls off the trees or won't set after blossom has finished. The trees are four years old.
Lemons on Tree Not Ripening?I have a small lemon tree with fruit that has not ripened. How long does it take for lemon fruit to ripen?
Will Lemon Trees Growing From Root Suckers Produce?I moved to a new house and the previous owners dug up their lemon trees. I have 8 lemon trees growing from the roots. Will they produce or not?
Growing an Apple Mango Tree?How do you grow an apple mango tree?
Growing a Cherry Tree in a Pot?Can I grow a sweet cherry tree in a 50 gallon container in northeast Ohio?
Spraying Apple Trees?When and with what do I spray two apple trees? I pruned them in February.
Pears Falling Off Tree Before They Ripen?I have a pear tree that by the time the pears start to ripen they fall off the tree. Why would this be?
Pear Trees Die Back Every Winter?I have pear trees that are about 7 years old and I cannot get them to grow. Every summer they grow about 3 feet tall and then in the spring the new growth is dead and I have to cut them back to around 6 inches again.
Saving My Weeping Cherry Tree?My husband and I are moving into a new home. In the front of the house, there is what appears to be a weeping cherry tree. I think the limbs have been trimmed too much (to the trunk) and it basically looks like there is a trunk in the ground. Any suggestions?
Water Requirements for Sweet Cherry Trees?I need to know the gallons per hour watering needs for sweet cherry trees.
What are These Worms on My Apple Tree Leaves?I have a problem with my apple trees. They are 2-3 years old and have done well so far. This year as soon as the green started showing and the leaves started forming, I noticed something bad.
Why Do Lemon Trees Drop Their Fruit?Why is my lemon tree dropping fruit?
Lemon Tree Dropped All of Its Flowers?I love this group. I planted a lemon tree 2 years ago that's just bushed out and bloomed beautifully, but all my blossoms fell off. Why? Thanks so much.
Caring for Fruit Trees?My pear and apple trees are laden with fruit, how can I maintain the quality?
Cherry Tree Leaves and Fruit Developing Black Spots?I have a fruit cocktail cherry tree (4 varieties). This year there are many small black spots on the leaves and they are spreading to the cherries. The first leaves and cherries affected are now dead and the spots are continuing to spread. What could this be and how do I help.
Cherry Tree is Withering?My cherry tree is withering a bit in the recent sun. It was planted in April as a 5 foot tall plant. The other plants are doing well, eg. the plum, apple, and pear.
Growing Cherry Trees in Texas?How do you grow cherry trees in Texas from seeds? How do you prep the seeds?
Growing a Grapefruit from Seed?I have a grapefruit that was started from seed, I do not know the variety. It is about 18 inches in height now and pretty healthy. The leaves are like a double leaf, in that there is a smaller section near the stem then a larger leaf beyond that.
Leaves on Dwarf Pear Curling and Turning Black?I have a young pear tree that is two years old, dwarf stock. It has steadily got very bushy, but they recommend you don't cut it back. The leaves are turning black and curling, what can I use? I don't want to lose my tree.
Growing Cherries from Seed?What is the process to get a cherry seed to root?
Organic Solution for an Apple Tree?I have an apple tree, I don't know what kind, the fruit is red green with white flesh. It has had bugs, I think. They are not seen usually. I don't spray because the neighborhood kids will just take one and eat it.
Kansas Sweet Cherry Tree Not Leafing Out?I planted a Kansas sweet cherry tree last fall and it is now mid June and it has not leafed out yet. What to do?
Something is Eating Leaves on Grapefruit Tree?Something is eating away my new grapefruit tree leaves. I spotted a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar at one time and removed it, but there still seems to be something going on. I carefully inspect the leaves several times a week and can't find any evidence.
Apricot Tree Drying Out With New Leaves at Base?I have an apricot tree that is now completely dry except for the bottom, where there are leaves coming out. What can I do to bring it back to life? We water it and have given it plant food. It produced a couple of apricots and then no more.
Cherry Tree Leaves Turning Brown?I recently bought a dwarf "Stella" cherry tree. It seemed to be doing OK, getting new leaves etc., then all of a sudden it didn't look very happy and the leaves turned brown and died! Why has this happened?
Lemons Are Less Juicy and Have Brown Patch at Stem End?Why are my lemons from the lemon tree getting less juicy and are getting a brown round patch on the stem end? I always have very juicy, large, and seedless limes/lemons. I don't know what happened this year!
Brown Spots on Peach Tree Leaves?What can I do about brown spots on my peach leaves?
Older Dwarf Lemon Trees No Longer Produce Fruit?I have two dwarf lemon trees. I had three originally, but one was removed three years ago. The age is undetermined, but greater than 40 years. Originally they had copious fruit, but not after third tree was removed. I tried fertilizer and mulch to no avail.
Keeping Birds Out of Fruit Trees?How do you keep birds out of fruit trees?
Growing a Dwarf Fig Outside?How can I protect a dwarf fig tree that is planted outside to get it through this winter? This the first year it's outside in the ground.
How Do I Grow a Mango From Seed?I would like to know how to grow a mango from a seed.
Keeping Bugs Out of Apples Naturally?How do I keep the bugs out of the apples on the tree, without using harsh chemicals?
Getting Rid of Mold and Fungus on Peaches?I have a Red Haven dwarf peach tree and this year I noticed it had mold and fungus on the peaches. The season is over and the peaches were all full of bugs and worms. I want to help this tree for the future, so I pruned it and cleared all the debris off the ground.
Grafting A Citrus Tree?I just read a post from last year about grafting citrus. Any chance you could add some pictures, or share a site that has pictures, as an example? I had a Meyer lemon that died back to the root stock after an unusually hard winter last year. Thanks in advance!
Cleft Grafting a Mango?When cleft grafting a mango, does the scion have to be bright green or dark green? What I mean is does it have to be new or an old scion? Also, how much do I water the mango tree after grafting it?
Growing a Mango Tree?Can you grow a mango in Concord California from a sprouted mango seed?
