Summer care for fruit trees
Over the summer, don’t pass on the few chores that will lead your orchard and vegetable patch to abundant and high-quality harvests. Just a few hour’s worth of care and your fruit trees will thrive!
Peach tree
Peaches grow on a tree that isn’t very difficult to care for. Learn about the different types of peach and how to grow them. Diseases, pests, watering.
Plant fruit trees!
Cherries, apples, pears… What a joy it is to harvest the fruits from your own garden! Fall is the perfect season for planting fruit trees.
Which fruit trees will do best in my garden?
Growing space, climate, altitude, soil quality are additional factors to consider when choosing the fruit tree that will enhance your garden.
Nectarine tree, how to grow nectarines
The nectarine tree belongs to the same family as the peach tree, but without fuzz.
Fruit-inducing pruning, how to produce more fruit
Fruit inducing pruning is an important step in the growth of your fruit tree and gives you control over its productivity.
Peach and nectarine facts: the Origin Story
Peach and nectarine is ideal under the shade of parasols. Here are a few fun facts about peach to read through.
Peach health benefits and therapeutic value
The peach tree (Prunus persica) is a tree native to the Far East. The Greeks brought it to Europe, and it boasts many health benefits and a high therapeutic value.
Peach leaf curl, how to treat it?
Peach leaf curl symptoms are waffled reddish leaves appearing on the peach tree. Preventive care is required to avoid it.
Peach tree, grow delicious peaches
Peach tree is an exceptional fruit tree, but needs special care to produce a nice harvest.
Best practices to enhance fruit harvest
Why does a fruit tree’s blooming already share much about the quality of its fruit-bearing? How can we enhance the fruit harvest? Pollination plays a critical role in the formation of fruits.
European brown rot, rotting fruit, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
European brown rot is a fungal disease caused by fungus that attacks fruit trees and can seriously impact harvests.
Fire blight, a bacteria that flares through entire orchards in months
Fireblight is a fast-spreading bacterial disease. It’s crucial to cut off and remove any infection before it spreads too far.
Kill off diseases on fruit trees over winter with these treatments
Fall and Winter are the time to apply various treatments that will help eliminate parasites and fungus from fruit trees. This will reduce risk of disease in Spring.
Home-made mulch, the DIY-solution is better than stores!
Garden stores have all sorts of mulches, designed to perfectly match the needs of plants and protect them through summer and winter. Did you know you could make mulch yourself?
Nectarine health benefits and therapeutic value
Nectarine is a fruit with many benefits that are great for health.
Fruit flies, how to fight them
Very small flies score the fruits with their ovipositor to deposit their eggs inside. These eggs will hatch inside the fruit, and the larvae will eat
