How do you choose fruit trees that will work for your landscape? This article and video show you the tips to inspecting and choosing the right fruit trees.
Recent Fruit Tree Care Articles
Learn how to grow and enjoy the fruit of the overlooked and forgotten medlar (Mespilus germanica)
Wondering when to prune fruit trees? In this blog, we explore which trees benefit most from winter pruning and when summer pruning is best.
How to Prune and Train Fruit Trees
Learn how to grow and enjoy the fruit of the overlooked and forgotten medlar (Mespilus germanica)
Wondering when to prune fruit trees? In this blog, we explore which trees benefit most from winter pruning and when summer pruning is best.
How do you create an espalier apple tree planting in your own backyard? This article and video shows you the three steps to espalier pruning.
How to feed fruit trees (and Water them!)
Learn how to choose the best companion plants for your fruit trees, build simple and effective guilds, and avoid common mistakes.
Some say nitrogen-fixing trees improve the soil in your garden or orchard. Others say they are a waste of space. Learn more in this article.
What is the best kind of wood mulch for fruit trees? And can fresh wood chips introduce disease? Find out in this article, video and podcast.
The Best fruit trees to Grow
How do you choose fruit trees that will work for your landscape? This article and video show you the tips to inspecting and choosing the right fruit trees.
Learn how to grow and enjoy the fruit of the overlooked and forgotten medlar (Mespilus germanica)
Learn the history of apple trees, how feral apple trees differ from native ones, and to learn the mystery around Malus coronaria's reproduction.
How to prevent Fruit Tree PESTS AND DISEASE
Learn how to choose the best companion plants for your fruit trees, build simple and effective guilds, and avoid common mistakes.
If you see sticky goop oozing out of your cherry tree, it is gummosis. What are the causes of gummosis? Find out in this article.
Is it pest, disease or nutritional deficiencies? Learn about fruit tree leaf problems and their solutions in this article and podcast.
How to Graft Fruit Trees
If you want to graft fruit trees, you need fruit tree cuttings. Learn the best time to take fruit tree cuttings and how to store them to keep them safe until grafting time.
If you want a fruit tree that produces fruit you'll love, you'll probably buy a grafted fruit tree or you will graft a tree yourself. Learn the science behind grafting in this article.
The choice of apple tree rootstock will determine mature tree size. It can also offer disease resistance, early fruiting time, vigor and more. Learn more in this article and podcast.
Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com
I am a journalist, filmmaker and urban orchardist who created OrchardPeople.com because it was exactly what I needed when I planted my first fruit trees in 2009.