I received an email inquiring about pruning practices and immediately began to ruminate on the possibility of a connection between the act of pruning and the fruit known as a prune. It turns out there ...

Q: I have apple trees that we prune, but what about the plum tree? Does that need pruning? A: Plums are easier to prune. There aren't as many complicated rules as for apple trees. You can consider ...

Start by choosing the correct variety of plum, then remove the pit. Extract the seeds from the pit, then let them germinate before placing them in the soil. Wouldn't it be great to have free plums ...

Pruning can seem daunting, considering everything you’ve read over the years about pruning your fruit trees – but the good news is that there is less to do than you might think. “Some of the older ...

For many gardeners, pruning seems to be the most daunting chore in the home orchard. In an effort to avoid cutting off too much, many of us end up not cutting at all and end up with overgrown trees.

A few, mainly peach and nectarine varieties have previously come to the end of their tether and were replaced by young trees last winter. The longest-lived fruit trees are pear, apple, apricot, quince ...

A pattern has emerged that I do not understand. On planting a new plum tree, it takes a couple of years to establish and then flowers and bears fruit for several years, whereupon it stops flowering ...

Plum trees are a proper English fruit with Britain's best known ‘Victoria’ plum being the nation's favourite. These fruit trees naturally love the UK’s climate so are easy to grow, promising a heavy ...