Most fruit trees are grafted about eight inches above the root system—orient the tree so that the graft “wound” (the knobby area where the cut was made) faces north, where this weak link in the trunk ...

Peach trees are self-fertile, meaning that just one plant is needed to bear fruit. However, it can take up to four years for it to happen. The ideal growing conditions for a deciduous peach tree ...

Arts & Entertainment How to treat the oozing fruit tree condition called gummosis The fungal cause of gummosis affects stone fruit trees, which need to be treated.

Q. My peach tree has started looking sad – not as many leaves as last year, leaves are turning yellow, not much fruit, and there are little holes in the trunk where sap has oozed out and dried ...