Trained fruit trees are beautiful as well as bounteous. Mark Diacono explains what you need to know if you wish to get started. A couple of years ago, I moved from 17 acres to a regular-sized garden; ...

Fruit trees are pruned and trained to obtain the greatest possible yield and fruit quality. A strong framework increases the life of the tree and reduces loss from wood breakage. Also, improved ...

Answer: Pruning is one way to train a fruit tree, but it can also be used annually to increase fruit production. Pruning involves the removal of a portion of a tree, usually a limb, to cut out damage, ...

Fruit trees are usually pruned in late winter, right around now, to adjust the tree’s structure. Summer pruning can also be done, but this is typically used to control or slow down growth. Removing ...

BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAY: WELCOME TODAY’S -- TO TODAY’S GROW IT GREEN. WE ARE AT THE BEDROCK GARDENS. I AM JOINED BY - C1 25 YEARS OR SO, 20 YEARS. RAY: IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF WORK. YOU SAY ...

Many positive results are being achieved using what’s known as the “Solaxe system” to increase productivity from fruit trees. On a recent tour of the Catoctin Mountain Orchard north of Frederick, ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

Fruit trees are pruned in order to train trees for production of greatest yield and highest quality fruit. Among the fruit trees requiring pruning are peaches, apricots, apples, pears and quince. Of ...

Use cean, sharp, "bypass" type pruners as opposed to dull, dirty, "anvil" type pruners, which cause damage and which may transmit diseases or allow entry of pathogens. (WSU Extension Clark County) ...