Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two trees that benefit from dormant pruning. Others, like apricot, cherry, and ...

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 ...

About This Episode The best way to keep apple trees looking their best. Plus, Grumpy’s plant of the week. Question of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It was almost a year ago that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal ...

In apple trees, diseases such as apple scab and powdery ... Pruning increases the sugar content of fruit at the end of the season due to the increased sunlight penetration throughout the canopy ...

In addition to being virtually disease free, they can ward off fungal diseases that ravage some types of fruit trees. Growing chives near your apple trees is a handy trick for helping them dodge apple ...

Plans to add eight new conditions to the list of diseases that doctors will be required to report will come into force on 6 April. The expansion of the list of notifiable diseases will strengthen ...

"Most of the patients that get infections with Candida auris are themselves pretty sick to start with," said Stuart Cohen, chief of infectious diseases at UC Davis. "This is something that can ...