Aim to fertilize fruit trees in spring or early summer. This timing allows the trees to absorb nutrients they can use for new growth and fruit production, says Lauren St. Germain Kidd, the owner of ...

Growing fruit trees in your garden can give you a bounty of delicious and fresh homegrown fruit superior to any you get in stores. Fertilizing your fruit trees helps keep the plant healthy and ...

Apples, plums, and other fruit trees don’t need as much fertilizer as fast-growing vegetables that complete their entire lifecycle in a single season. However, fruit trees that are growing slowly or ...

To keep fruit trees healthy and productive, they need sufficient nutrients. Here, you'll learn when fertilization is ...

A guide to fruit trees to fertilize in April as they awake from their winter slumber, and the best types of products to use.

Q: Have you seen a reduced fruit set in plums, apricots and pluots this year or is it just mine? These are 3- to 5-year-old trees and I did not see many flowers at all. Not so much lack of pollination ...

Citrus trees require three fertilizations a year to keep vigorous and to develop abundant, high-quality fruit. The first of those three annual feedings is in February. The other two should take place ...

Gardening season has wrapped up for most people, but there are always questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service ...

Azaleas are best pruned soon after they finish blooming, so you may prune them back now. Azaleas usually tolerate pruning ...

Which fertilizer for trees and shrubs is best? Healthy trees and shrubs will beautify a lawn throughout each season of the year. Although these plants are typically hardy, they sometimes need extra ...