Read on to learn about 11 fruit tree pruning secrets that will increase your harvest. by Briana Yablonski · April 15, 2025. Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it ...

An extremely heavy fruit load will not only stress the tree’s resources but will also result in broken branches. Removing up to 90% of fruit also means that the remaining fruit will be larger ...

Old, neglected trees are often vigorous and very large, with the fruit out of reach. Rejuvenate them over two to three seasons by cutting out all the dead or diseased wood as well as a few main ...

Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. While losing blossoms and small fruit ...

Vaughn added that pruning stone fruit requires knowledge of each variety’s specific characteristics, since it’s easy to trim back what appear to be dead shoots but actually are tiny fruiting ...

Grass and vegetation against the trunk of a stone fruit tree provides a humid and secluded place for female borer moths to lay their eggs. Grass against a trunk also increases the likelihood of ...

Seeking a desert-adapted replacement for dead tree ... Now we have a 20-foot-tall, nicely shaped tree bearing an unknown fruit. What’s causing my star jasmine’s recent struggles.