We definitely have peach tree borers in our nectarine tree. The trunk is pretty much encircled by the sap oozing just above the ground level. What insecticide should I apply to the trunk and saturate ...

A garden with fruit trees is a delight for many, especially when filled with their beautiful bounty. The joy of picking an ...

Each spring, the orchardist is hopeful for good flowering and pollination. This will determine the amount of fruit the tree will start to develop. I am hopeful that this season ...

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but want to plant peach trees. When is the best time and what varieties do best here? Growing peaches in Missouri can be tricky, especially in the more northern sections, since late frosts can ...

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Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that primarily affects peach and nectarine trees. Invasive shothole borers (ISHB) are two closely related species of small, non-native, beetles that bore into trees ...

Prune spring-flowering plants, such as forsythia, azalea, and spirea immediately after flowering. If you wait until summer or ...

With peach trees under threat due to freezing temperatures, Linvilla Orchards used controlled fires to warm thousands of trees.

A popular Delaware County orchard lit bonfires near its peach grove in hopes of protecting the fragile blooming fruit on a ...