We recently noticed our peach tree is getting a few yellow leaves. While I had an idea of what was causing it, I wanted to do more research to be sure. Here’s what I found. Peach trees get yellow leaves…
Before I buy my peach tree, I’d like to locate a proper site to plant it. The bad news is that I heard some trees have invasive roots and can cause damage to structures such as foundations (costing upwards of…
I’ve been considering adding a peach tree to the garden, but I’ve heard that some don’t survive the first few months or years. To help get ahead of this, I did some research to find out why peach trees die…
I live in Austin, Texas, and peach trees are unusually popular here. After seeing them everywhere, I started thinking about getting one and wondered what plants would be good to have near it in the garden. So, I did some…
One of my family members in Minnesota is looking at growing cherry trees and was wondering if they would survive the cold northern winters (sometimes hitting below -30ºF). To help them out, I did some research on cherry trees and…
We have a few avocado trees and every now and then one of them starts to die for seemingly no reason. I wanted to find out more, so I did some research. Here’s what I found. Avocado trees most often…
I bought a new Fuji apple tree and I was wondering how long it would take to reach a mature size and fruit. The only problem was, there really wasn’t a clear answer out there. So, I did some research…
Since I have a potted Hass avocado tree, and my parents have a few planted avocado trees in their backyard, we’ve been looking for the best fertilizers to use. But it turns out that there’s not much information out there,…
I have a potted Meyer lemon tree and my parents have a 20-foot tall lemon tree in their backyard, so we’ve been looking for a quality fertilizer to use. While there’s some information out there on lemon tree fertilizers, we…
Growing up in Florida, I was always around lemon trees. But whenever we’d get a new lemon tree, it always felt like it took forever for it to fruit. Maybe it was me just being young and impatient, but it…