Trained fruit trees are beautiful as well as bounteous. Mark Diacono explains what you need to know if you wish to get started. A couple of years ago, I moved from 17 acres to a regular-sized garden; ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Espaliering is a space-saving technique where a plant is manipulated to grow on a flat plane, such as ...

Answer: Pruning is one way to train a fruit tree, but it can also be used annually to increase fruit production. Pruning involves the removal of a portion of a tree, usually a limb, to cut out damage, ...

Many positive results are being achieved using what’s known as the “Solaxe system” to increase productivity from fruit trees. On a recent tour of the Catoctin Mountain Orchard north of Frederick, ...

Fruit trees are usually pruned in late winter, right around now, to adjust the tree’s structure. Summer pruning can also be done, but this is typically used to control or slow down growth. Removing ...

Fruit trees are pruned and trained to obtain the greatest possible yield and fruit quality. A strong framework increases the life of the tree and reduces loss from wood breakage. Also, improved ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

Fruit trees are the envy of neighbours across the UK – until gluts are shared over the fence, of course – and while it can ...