Q: We really enjoyed your article about fruit trees. We have a 23-year-old mango tree which is about 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide, it definitely bears more fruit every other year. We have never ...

A healthy fruit tree is a magical thing. Besides providing a wealth of delicious food, a thriving tree creates shade and beauty and increases biodiversity in your yard. To keep fruit trees healthy and ...

Productive fruit trees do not just happen. They result from good cultural practices including pruning, which is often overlooked. Here are some tips on pruning fruit and shade trees. March is a good ...

Tree pruning, the removal of unwanted branches and twigs, is crucial for maintaining the health and structure of trees. Pruning can technically be done at any point of the year, but it is ideal from ...

Question. One of the trunks of my ligustrum and some additional limbs are dead. I prune them off when noted and apply a fungicide. What else can I do? Answer. Some young but mainly older ligustrums ...

Question: Our mango tree got hit by the cold and the outside branches are brown and leaves are falling. Do we need to prune these branches? Answer: Do the needed pruning to remove the dead or damaged ...