[Celebrating seasonal holidays usually pulls us away from routine garden maintenance, often happily so, but as it happens winter holidays happen to coincide with a spray schedule for dormant fruit and ...

Q. I have a peony that flowered this year. It was supposed to be red, but it turned out to be pink. After the flower was spent and the petals fell off, there are about six little bulbs on the old ...

During the summer I often get fruit samples infested with worms or spotted with fungi from home orchardists. I usually ask "Did you spray your fruit trees?" "Oh, yes" is the usual answer. Further ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Bonide Captain Jack's Fruit Tree Spray is a versatile commercial concentrate that helps combat common fruit tree diseases and pests, but how ...

The almost-daily rain we had this spring really put a damper on fruit tree spraying. Pesticides work best if they are applied at least 24 hours before a rain. When a rain happens before the next spray ...

It is only January but I’ve already had three questions about fruit tree problems and when to begin spraying for insects and diseases. Most fruit tree sprays begin just as growth starts in spring or ...

Cherry pie, peach cobbler and apple crisp are just a few things that come to mind when fruit trees are mentioned. Makes my mouth water thinking about the baked goods made with fruit from your very own ...