Most fruit and nut trees love the sun,' says gardening expert David Burrows from Arkearth. 'Most, including apricots, require six to eight hours of full-sun for the tree to properly grow ...

which we usually think of as nuts but actually are drupes, a type of fruit. Peach: Polozola recommends training these trees ...

So why are trees grafted? There are a couple of reasons, according to LSU AgCenter fruit and nut specialist Michael Polozola. “Let’s use pecans as an example,” he said. “If you plant ...

To help you grow a thriving, fruit-producing tree, we spoke to gardening experts who shared varieties you should never grow next to fruit trees. When planted close together, these species may ...

Residents who wish to remove Bradford pear trees from their property are encouraged to contact a licensed tree professional for assistance. Cut stumps should be immediately treated with a herbicide ...

Wait a couple of weeks to fertilize, then sprinkle a low number granular fertilizer at half the recommended rate , say a 4-6-2 formulation, around the plant or tree. Fruit and nut trees need ...

You don't need to have an orchard to enjoy home-grown fruit. We show you how to get started. The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention.

A statewide citrus quarantine was issued recently for Mississippi after one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in the ...

Fruit trees don’t always grow in a form that is conducive to producing ... which we usually think of as nuts but actually are drupes, a type of fruit. Peach: Polozola recommends training these ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans. Some ...