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 ...

If you’re wondering when to prune fruit trees, the answer is that it depends what fruit tree you have and what your goals are. Do you have a young tree that needs nurturing into bearing fruit? Perhaps ...

Winter is the optimal time to prune most deciduous fruit trees (except apricot and cherry). Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County ...

Ask a farmer, “When should I prune my apple trees?” and you will most likely hear, “March.” That’s an old tradition – but not because it is the only time to prune. You can prune any time. But March is ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...

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Fruit tree pruning: Fred Frey and Kamala Dionne from Vintage tree care will lead a hands-on fruit tree pruning class from 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 17 at Harmony Farm Supply, 3244 ...

Pruning is an essential task that every gardener will perform regularly, but when it comes to proper pruning, there are ...

We are lucky this March: no deep snow to keep us from approaching our fruit trees with ladder and clippers in hand. Some years, we still have thigh-deep snow in March, which is the traditional time to ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. Every spring until 2006, I celebrated the arrival of spring by climbing a wonderful old wild apple tree that grew not far from the house, a gigantic thing that produced thousands of ...