Q: We really enjoyed your article about fruit trees. We have a 23-year-old mango tree which is about 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide, it definitely bears more fruit every other year. We have never ...

Before you start pruning, it’s important to understand how all the parts of a tree work together. The trunk, also known as the central leader or main stem, runs water between the roots and the leaves ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

Question. One of the trunks of my ligustrum and some additional limbs are dead. I prune them off when noted and apply a fungicide. What else can I do? Answer. Some young but mainly older ligustrums ...