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Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. While losing blossoms and small fruit ...

Some varieties and young trees are more susceptible to this problem than older bearing trees. There is nothing you can do for the current crop. Next year splitting can be lessened by a balanced ...

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early ...

Tree nets are a last resort that will effectively keep squirrels out of your fruit trees, but they'll also make the fruit difficult for you to access, too. Who doesn't love plucking a ripe peach ...

In essence, a new tree is thus grown from a single bud. Related: The 7 Easiest Fruit Trees to Grow for a Delicious, Stress-Free Harvest Every Year How to Propagate by Air Layering ...

While many edible plants last a single season, or a few years at the most, these trees will keep providing fruit to your family for 100 years or more.

Q: Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? A: This phenomenon is called alternate-year bearing and ...