PRUNING plum trees is essential to maintain a fruitful crop each year and timing it right is the key to keeping a steady harvest - but as the harvest season comes to an end, when should you be ...

Autumn pruning also ensures quick healing of pruning wounds and better fruit production, all within easier reach for harvesting. I’m busy right now pruning our plum trees and really enjoying myself.

Anyone who has a cherry tree in their garden - or apricots, peaches or plums - is being warned they must take action this ...

It’s just about that time to prune your fruit trees, while they’re still dormant. Fruit trees are treated a bit differently than shade trees when it comes to pruning. While we never want to ...

Answer: Pruning is one way to train a fruit tree, but it can also be used annually to increase fruit production. Pruning involves the removal of a portion of a tree, usually a limb, to cut out ...

Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key ...

THE scientific work carried on at the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Spencer LI. Pickering, F.R.S., is of great value to horticulturists, who usually follow rule-of ...

How to get a plum tree to fruit. Plum trees typically take three to five years to fruit, so a little patience will be required if you have recently planted a young tree in your yard.

The fruit goes to the school and is available to students. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News) Trimming an Italian plum, gleaners Scott Swantner, left, Seth Rolland and Tim Lawson devote their ...