Q: I have been trying to grow fruit trees from seeds. I noticed that all the bare-root trees I see at nurseries have a green pellet-type fertilizer or a green-colored emulsion for a starter fertilizer ...

You're actually a bit late in the year to be fertilizing your fruit trees. I don't like to fertilize woody plants after the first of August, in general. The best time to fertilize these plants is in ...

Gardening season has wrapped up for most people, but there are always questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service ...

I am trying to grow peaches on a tree that has never produced significantly. It suffered from peach leaf curl for the past two years. I sprayed horticultural oil twice this year, and peaches are ...

Nothing screams summer like biting into a ripe, juicy peach, a stone fruit that’s typically harvested in the United States from May through late September. While you can buy peaches at farmers markets ...

Q. I have many tropical fruit trees that are surrounded by grass and close to competing trees. The fruit trees include avocado, Barbados cherry, carambola, lime, lemon, fig, banana and passion fruit.