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Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The durian, a spiky fruit that grows across Southeast Asia, has a polarizing reputation for its pungent odor and strong taste ...

Just like seeing a fruit tree not bear fruit, it can be just as disheartening seeing more fruit on the ground under your tree than on the tree itself. But why exactly are your fru ...