Fruit thinning plays a crucial role in apple production, balancing crop load to ensure optimum fruit size, colour, firmness and overall quality. This cultural practice involves the deliberate removal ...

Question: In my backyard I have apple, peach and apricot trees. Should I prune these three species the same way or take a different approach for each? Answer: Pruning is an important and necessary ...

Fruit trees in the home orchard often set abundant crops if spring pollination conditions are good, but very heavy fruit loads aren't ideal for several reasons. First, fruit size is smaller when very ...

The post When and How to Thin Fruit Trees for Beginners is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. Thinning ...