Those of us who have fruit trees have been enjoying their beautiful flowers for the last few weeks. Now that there’s piles of pink petals all over the ground, it’s time to think about thinning that ...

Thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two to three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing larger and higher-quality peaches ...

It's going to be a good idea to thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two or three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing ...

The post When and How to Thin Fruit Trees for Beginners is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. Thinning ...

If you have peaches and nectarines, now is the time to start removing fruit so that the remaining fruit gets larger. Remove fruit that are gumdrop sized so that the fruit remaining on the limb is at ...

Q: I have three peach trees that have more fruit than I have ever seen on them. I am concerned that if I leave all the fruit, the branches will break as they are already bending and the fruit is still ...

USUALLY, THE BEST time to prune fruit trees is after they have dropped their leaves and are dormant in winter. There are, however, definite advantages to pruning fruit trees in August. It’s the best ...

Snowballs of bloom followed by miniature fruits tell of branches soon to be bowed by the weight of large and luscious peaches, apples, pears and plums. Large and luscious, that is, if you pluck some ...