The peach tree outside my office has been showing signs of a disease that runs rampant on stone fruit trees, brown rot. This disease is fungal in nature and can kill all the peaches on the tree in ...

You’ve done it—you planted your fruit trees, nurtured them through spring blossoms, and watched them proudly bear fruit ...

Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap ...

One of the questions most commonly asked by amateur fruit growers is "Why do my plums and peaches rot and dry up just as they are getting ripe?" The brown rot disease that is responsible for this rot ...

Q: Every year the fruit on my peach tree turns brown and rots. What do I need to do to produce harvestable peaches? Answer: Your description sounds like brown rot, a disease caused by the fungus ...

Dear Helen: We have four Italian prune plum trees in our garden, already mature when we bought the house 22 years ago. The plums are delicious although racoons knock most of them down before they can ...

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Watering fruit trees correctly helps them grow strong roots, produce better fruit, and survive changing seasons. As ...

Unlike garden beds with spring flowers or vegetable patches, fruit trees should not be given slow-release fertilizers or compost before winter. Unless soil test results suggest otherwise, fertilizing ...

“Asian pears are ready to pick and eat as soon as their skin is no longer green and has changed to shades of brown, russet, or gold,” says Ervin. “The fruit will still be firm when picked and will ...