Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ...

Apple trees need regular pruning for size management, improved fruit production and quality, and strength to help them hold ...

While it is exciting and gratifying to see all the new fruit appearing on your trees in the spring, it is necessary to remove some immature fruit in order to get the large, strong, healthy fruit you ...

Thinning the fruit on your trees will pay you big dividends, giving you the largest, sweetest annual crops. Only 5 percent of a tree's flowers need to set fruit to provide a generous crop. Most fruit ...

It is time to start thinking about thinning the fruit on peach, nectarine, plum, pluot, apricot, apple and pear trees. To produce fruit that is large and healthy, fruit trees need plenty of leaves to ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Spring has officially sprung and if you have a fruit tree in your yard, you may have started to see some growth on the branches. At the Leach Teaching Gardens on Texas ...

I won’t get any peaches from my trees this year. A lot of fruit trees had their fruit blossoms killed with extreme cold. For those lucky enough to have fruit set, here is a reminder to thin your fruit ...

Answer: The good news is that you have fruit this year! Late freezes, gusty winds and hail storms have taken their toll on the crop load this spring. It snowed in Farmington on May 21. A friend with ...