Over winter, fruit trees that are young, recently planted, or grown in pots need protection from frost. Mulching - If you are thinking of how to protect fruit trees from frost, mulching should be ...

Protecting fruit trees’ trunks is especially important in winter for two very different reasons. The first was mentioned above–rodents and rabbits love to chew on tree-trunk bark which can ...

Some fruit trees require pruning to keep producing. Peach, nectarine, kiwi, figs and grapes produce on 1-year-old wood, so pruning in the winter encourages new growth in the spring, which will ...

The best time to prune most fruit trees is in late winter or early spring, says Boersma, while the tree is still dormant, but ...

Winter is almost here, and as temperatures drop, it is time for backyard gardeners to start thinking about certain fruit tree maintenance chores. Attending to the needs of your trees now will ...

A: Winter pruning of deciduous fruit and nut trees ensures tree health and optimal crop production. Winter is the optimal pruning time for a couple of reasons. Without their leaves, the branching ...

Trees that might freeze during the winter are pruned when most of the coldest weather has passed. Some trees are helped by a lesser known second pruning, a misnomer called summer pruning, sometime ...

Some fruit trees that normally bloom in late winter and spring are blooming now. Recently, a lady who had been out of town noticed that her peach trees were blooming when she arrived home.

Tucking the garden into bed for the winter requires different tasks depending upon the plant. While you may not think of fruit trees as needing the same attention as a vegetable garden or ...

Fruit trees can be pruned winter and summer. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad. Citrus, as subtropical evergreens, are another story.

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