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 ...

If you’re thinking of planting for pollinators this spring, I will be teaching a one-hour class at the Columbus Public ...

Here's how to grow a lemon tree from seed indoors and care for it with a well-draining pot and ample sunlight. Plus, get ...

A tiny tree is much easier to spray than ... are pruned while dormant, after fruiting or flowering. So the end of summer would be an appropriate time to prune your stone fruit and quince.

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. The Western ...

However, the best time of year to prune fruit trees is in the winter or early spring, when the trees are still dormant. Since cutting back when it's too cold is a mistake too, wait until the danger of ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling ...

For Sam Van Aken, grafting — a horticultural practice of joining two or more plants together — is about more than just creating the best harvest. It's a way to preserve trees, particularly ...

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to genetically mark immune cells that carry HIV, an important milestone that could potentially lead to approaches that eliminate the dormant HIV ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an ...

Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves from the nests. If you have an issue with ants climbing up the trunks of ...

Growing fruit trees in containers is a fantastic way to have fresh produce at your fingertips. In the UK, our unpredictable weather and limited outdoor space often lead us to opt for pot planting.