Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pruning a fruit tree with woman holding secateurs to limes There's no one month in which all fruit trees should be pruned since ...

Cultivating fruit trees in your garden is incredibly fulfilling. They offer tasty, fresh fruit throughout the growing season and produce fragrant flowers that attract beneficial pollinators. Moreover, ...

Gardening season is about done, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

If you squint your eyes real tight and look at a grove of deciduous trees you are likely to see just a slight casting of green. I did and there is. Looking at the calendar you realize daylight saving ...

Fan-trained fruit trees have branches arranged in a (yes, you guessed it) fan shape. They are tied to a wall or fence and benefit from regular light pruning to keep them shapely, healthy, and ...

Many people believe my job slows down during winter, thinking I have a “break.” In reality, winter can serve as a precursor to what is to come in spring. This is especially true when we start ...

The lower temperatures and less light of November trigger deciduous trees to enter dormancy this month. As they begin their slumber for the colder months, the window for pruning them opens to the ...