Tag: fruit trees
Citrus Fruit Ripens Through Winter
UNITED STATES—Winter is bare root season, which is the best time for installation of deciduous fruit trees. It is also the best time for...
Dormant Pruning Exploits Winter Dormancy
UNITED STATES—Bare root season begins as the year ends for a simple reason. That is when deciduous plants are dormant. They are unaware of...
Bareroot Season Begins With January
UNITED STATES—Christmas trees and associated items are no imposition for nurseries. They are seasonal while not much else is appealing to a retail market....
Trees Naturally Dominate Their Gardens
UNITED STATES—Trees are generally the most significant living components within a home garden. Even treeless gardens benefit from nearby trees. Some old redwoods contain...
Citrus Fruit Brightens Wintry Gardens
UNITED STATES—Chilled lemonade certainly is nice when the weather gets warm during summer. Orange juice also seems to be more appropriate to warm weather....
Bare-Root Stock Arrives For Winter
UNITED STATES—Spring is overrated. It is obviously the best season for planting warm season vegetables and bedding plants. It is the most colorful season...
Citrus Trees Are Dutifully And Abundantly Fruitful
UNITED STATES—Winter is the primary season for citrus fruits. Some ripen significantly earlier. Some ripen significantly later. Many citrus trees continue to produce a...
Planting Bare Root Stock Properly
UNITED STATES—Bare root season began as the Christmas season ended. Literally, as the last Christmas trees relinquished their space in nurseries, bare root stock...
Bare Root Stock Is Seasonal Through Winter
UNITED STATES—Dormant pruning happens during winter, while the plants that benefit from it are dormant. Obviously, it would not be dormant pruning otherwise. Such...
Dormant Pruning Promotes Fruit Production
UNITED STATES—While they are dormant through winter, deciduous fruit trees require specialized 'dormant pruning.' Exceptions are rare. Most need major pruning that might seem...
Bare Root Stock Just Makes Sense
UNITED STATES—Winter has the potential to be a slow season for gardening. Simple gardens may not require much dormant pruning. Established gardens may not...
Deciduous Fruit Trees Need Pruning
UNITED STATES—Many plants should get most of the pruning they need while they are dormant in winter. Such pruning is less stressful because it...
Fruit Trees Need Specialized Pruning
UNITED STATES—For centuries, fruit trees have been bred to produce unnaturally abundant and unnaturally big fruit. That has worked out well for those who...
Bare Root Season Has Already Begun
UNITED STATES—Before all the Christmas trees were sold and relinquished their space, the smaller types of bare root stock started arriving in local nurseries....
Fruit From Non Fruit Trees
UNITED STATES—Those of us who grew up with the old fashioned stone fruit orchards or vineyards might remember some of the traditional methods for...
Plant Bare Root Plants Properly
UNITED STATES—Compared to canned (potted) nursery stock, bare root plants have a few advantages. They are less expensive, easier to handle, more conducive to...
Winter Pruning Of Fruit Trees
UNITED STATES—The vast orchards of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys might make the impression that production of fruit is easy. The trees naturally...
Bare Root Season Is Now
UNITED STATES—Autumn really is the season for planting. That is the general rule. One generalization about general rules is that they generally do not...
When Life Gives You Lemons
UNITED STATES—When life gives you lemons, it is likely this time of year. Although, the most popular garden varieties of lemon, like 'Meyer' and...
Proper Bare Root Planting Technique
UNITED STATES—Bare root plants are less expensive, easier to handle, and easier to prune into a desired form than canned (potted) plants are. Also,...
