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10 Fruit Tree Varieties To Prune In Winter For A More Delicious Harvest Next Season

Pruning your fruit tree is an essential task, but when's the best time to do it? Some varieties, like apple and pear trees, ...
Southern Living on MSN

How To Prune Apple Trees For Better Fruit Production

Apple trees need regular pruning for size management, improved fruit production and quality, and strength to help them hold ...
The Florida Times-Union

Dead branches on your tree? Here's the problem

Squirrels, insects and lightning strikes may be the reason for dead tree branches. Pruning the dead branch will solve the problem in most cases. This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall ...
Orange County Register

Too much or too little fruit on your tree? Here’s what you can do about it

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? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing” and is very ...
AOL

Why your fruit tree has ‘on’ and ‘off’ years – and what you can do about it

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a disappointingly small crop the next? This common occurrence is known as alternate bearing ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Fruitmommy, the ‘fruit tree whisperer,’ revitalizes ailing fruit trees

Nalani Vaughn, owner of Fruitmommy Organic Solutions, watched as her crew of experienced pruners removed deadwood and branches from the grove of 15 mature navel and Valencia orange trees, survivors of ...