Peaches are likely the most popular fruit tree in Utah. With that popularity, though, comes a common challenge—peach trees ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

Peach leaf curl, citrus blast and brown rot of citrus fruit are diseases common in Butte County. Fortunately, all three can be prevented or reduced with fall and winter spraying. Peach leaf curl is a ...

Joellen Dimond talks about sedums, and Mr. D. demonstrates spraying peach trees. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond ...

Q: When should I be dormant spraying my fruit trees? Earlier this year I asked about peach leaf curl on my peach tree and was told that prevention in the form of at least two dormant sprays was the ...

The almost-daily rain we had this spring really put a damper on fruit tree spraying. Pesticides work best if they are applied at least 24 hours before a rain. When a rain happens before the next spray ...

A: It depends on the pest. If you find scale on the trees, spray dormant oil when it's 45 to 70 degrees. Plum curculio also can be a problem. This whitish to yellow-white, legless grub with a brown ...

It's time to start working on managing pests in your fruit and landscape trees this year. Springtime is starting, even if it is delayed a bit from the normal timing. Given the huge differences in ...

Q. I have a peony that flowered this year. It was supposed to be red, but it turned out to be pink. After the flower was spent and the petals fell off, there are about six little bulbs on the old ...

ENRICH SOIL: Spring and early summer vegetables planted back last March, like snap beans, cucumbers, squash and tomatoes, often finish up in the next few weeks. When you remove them, you could plant a ...

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