Notes Prune towards the end of the season to remove any dead or overcrowded branches. Frost tolerant Yes. Harvesting - Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Tree (Large) Aphids (General) Slug Snail
University-based breeding programs have developed many great-tasting, disease-resistant varieties. Match your choice of tree fruits to local climate and soil conditions. Feeding In early spring, mulch over root zone with 1 to 2 inches of good compost.
Silver Leaf Disease in Plum Trees Silver leaf disease can affect other fruits such as apples and cherries, as well as some other trees and shrubs, but it is most usually associated with plums.
Frost tolerant Bay is a half-hardy shrub or small tree that can tolerate winter temperatures no lower than 20F (-7C). In mild winter climates, use bay as a landscape shrub or small tree.
These are dark globs that often encircle small branches, and they have a glossy finish, as if they had been varnished. The eggs hatch very early, often before blossoms are open, and the bristly black caterpillars huddle together for warmth.
Allowing poultry to forage under fruit trees can suppress plum curculios, too. They find their way to blossoms and immature fruits, which they eat as they find mates. Overwintering adults emerge quite suddenly in mid-spring, when mid-season apples are...
See also black bean aphids and cabbage aphids. Follow up with two applications of insecticidal soap, one week apart. Encourage beneficial insects including lady beetles, syrphid flies, and lacewings, which are important aphid predators.
Promptly pick up fallen apples and chop them into pieces before composting them. Damage: Meandering tunnels in apples, just beneath the skin and extending to the core, are usually the work of apple maggots.
Pecan trees will bear for decades. Position Full sun. Companions Pecans are large, spreading trees that make good shade trees in large landscapes. Allow them to dry in a place that is protected from rain.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Position Choose full sun for Oriental persimmons. Feeding Persimmons usually need no fertilizer when grown in lawns.
You will need two trees for good fruit set with sweet cherries. Spacing Single Plants: 16' 4" (5.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 16' 4" (5.00m) with 16' 4" (5.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty...
You will need two trees for good fruit set with sweet cherries. Spacing Single Plants: 11' 5" (3.50m) each way (minimum) Rows: 11' 5" (3.50m) with 11' 5" (3.50m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty...
Frost tolerant Yes, but it is important to choose varieties known to grow well in your area to reduce risk of losing blooms to spring freezes. A wide hole is better than a very deep one.
Corridors within the orchard that are planted with clovers and other legumes contribute to soil fertility and attract pollinators. Feeding Benefits from a mulch of well-rotted organic matter in spring, topped by a deep mulch of wood chips or sawdust year...
Corridors within the orchard that are planted with clovers and other legumes contribute to soil fertility and attract pollinators. Feeding Benefits from a mulch of well-rotted organic matter in spring, topped by a deep mulch of wood chips or sawdust year...
Tips: Avoid growing susceptible plants close to hedges and walls covered in ivy as these can harbour large numbers of earwigs. Preventing Problems: Be prepared for outbreaks in rainy years when earwigs are likely to seek above-ground shelter.
Preventive sprays with organic fungicides are often needed to grow good quality peaches. Plum curculios feed on buds, flowers and unripe fruits. Prune peaches hard in late winter. Keep the area under peaches mulched with wood chips or sawdust.
Preventive sprays with organic fungicides are often needed to grow good quality peaches. Plum curculios feed on buds, flowers and unripe fruits. Prune peaches hard in late winter. Keep the area under peaches mulched with wood chips or sawdust.
Sizes wanted from 175-250cm. We are specifically looking for Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana) and Noble Fir (Abies procera) Both premium and standard grades required. International sellers are more than welcome to contact us.
It's essential to make sure that no weedkiller has been used on the grass, as any residues may harm your crops. Most plants will thrive with a mulch of compost. It has a beneficial effect on soil life, which results in better plants, so is a very desirable...
Any age considered, old rescue donkey considered. Must be good tempered and used to being alone in paddock. To be looked after by enthusiastic children and part time farmer We would call him Mostyn or her Doris.
Starting in early winter, check tree trunks and outdoor decks or furniture for egg masses, which look like thumbnail-size blobs of dry orange-yellow foam. Some years are much worse than others.
Managing Outbreaks: Use a long stick with an old toothbrush taped to the end to disturb nests within reach. Fall webworms are a different species from eastern tent caterpillars, a common "webworm" of early summer that builds neat nests snugged into the...
Frost tolerant Yes, but it is important to choose varieties known to grow well in your area to reduce risk of losing blooms to spring freezes. A wide hole is better than a very deep one.
Preventive sprays with organic fungicides are often needed to grow good quality nectarines. Plum curculios feed on buds, flowers and unripe fruits. Prune nectarines hard in winter.
Healthy apricot trees will bear for ten to fifteen years or more. A wide hole is better than a very deep one. Keep the area beneath apricots mulched with wood chips, straw, or another mulch that helps maintain soil moisture.
You will need two trees for good fruit set with sweet cherries. Spacing Single Plants: 9' 10" (3.00m) each way (minimum) Rows: 9' 10" (3.00m) with 9' 10" (3.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Prepare a large hole by breaking up the soil and adding plenty...
