After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

Fruit trees face their share of pests and diseases, but mealybugs are a particularly troublesome pest. These insects most commonly bother citrus trees or trees grown in greenhouses, but in some ...

Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

Q: Do you prefer neem oil or horticultural oil when spraying fruit trees? A: Horticultural oil is used for spraying trees and shrubs when leaves are absent during the winter. Horticultural oils, ...

Q: I was reading about your use of pheromone traps for insect control in fruit trees. Which traps do you use, and when do you put them out? A: I have used pheromone traps to capture insect pests ...