Archive for the 'fruittrees' Category

Dealing with Barren Trees

One of the most frustrating things that can possibly happen to someone who has slaved for hours and hours in growing a fruit tree is the unexplainable barrenness that can sometimes occur when there should be a plethora of fresh fruit.
I know this from experience.
My neighbors all consider me the gardening guru because [...]

How to Safely Spray Pesticide

If you want to protect your fruit tree from pests during the summer, this is almost impossible to accomplish without the use of pesticides or chemicals.
This might scare some people into thinking that the actual fruits will contain traces of the chemicals.
If you do things correctly, you can get rid of all the [...]

What to Look for when Buying a Tree

Although the process of growing and caring for a tree is generallychallenging and even difficult at times, sometimes one of the hardestparts is choosing which kind you want.
You have to choose between the manysizes, fruit, and other attributes.
The different sizes include: dwarf,semi-dwarf, and standard.
Your choice can affect everything about yourgrowing experience, including [...]

Maintaining a Healthy Young Tree

Making sure that your fruit tree stays healthy is very important, but not as hard as some might think.
There are several vital things you need to do: don’t harvest all of the fruit on the tree at the same time; make sure the soil is healthy; watch out for pests; plant it correctly; be [...]