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

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 ...

For chemical pest control, timing of pesticide applications is just as important as positively identifying the problem and selecting the right pesticide. Following are some plant diseases controlled i ...

Master Gardener meeting Thursday The UC Master Gardeners of Trinity County will be meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at Young Family Ranch, 260 Oregon St., Weaverville. Final planning for this Sat ...

If you have fruit trees and are hoping for an abundant harvest, it is time to act. It won’t be long now before buds break and begin to flower, closing ...

The mass planting came as part of a group effort to restore three hectares (7.4 acres) of ancient woodland that was devastated by ash dieback, a fungal disease that kills ash trees. Claire ...

Thurmon recommends pruning peach trees when the first flowers appear. "Trim in the shape of an upside-down umbrella. This promotes airflow and helps prevent certain diseases," she says.

the study quantified the long-term impacts of BLD on individual trees, using a unique data set collected annually since before the disease was first detected in the region. Of 263 American beech trees ...

It will hold only so many trees, though I’ve been trying for ... we treat stone fruit with copper to prevent leaf curl and other diseases, and this is made much easier by keeping the plants ...

Brianna Shepherd, research specialist at Holden Forests & Gardens, measures the diameter of an American beech tree as part of a long-term study on the impacts of beech leaf disease. First observed ...

I am new to Missouri, but want to plant peach trees. When is the best time and ... Other things besides hardiness to consider would be disease-resistant types, also fruit quality and use.