Start with the right pot size. Young fruit trees should generally be potted in a 5- to 10-gallon container. Gradually ...

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an undergrowth of banana mint! The mint helps as a companion by keeping the weeds and ...

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Bare-root deciduous fruit trees are now arriving in nurseries and home improvement centers. In order to squeeze these trees ...

Named varieties sold for fruit production are self-fertile, but others including ones grown from seeds can bear male and ...

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

Cool month is ideal for adding bare root deciduous fruit trees, vines, roses and shrubs — and harvesting citrus ...

Pears and apples should be 4- to 5 feet tall, and they should be pruned to 30 inches. Again, select main scaffold branches that you will allow to develop.

I’ve tried nurseries here for the past two years and they no longer stock them. I tried planting seeds early […] ...

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