I’m currently visiting my parents and they have many different fruit trees including lime, lemon, tangerine, avocado, apple, and fig. While many of them are growing well, their apple tree has started to die and they’re not sure why. To…
Over the years, I’ve helped plant and grow dozens of fruit trees for both myself as well as my parents, but one persistent challenge keeps coming up—clay soil. After doing some research on planting fruit trees in clay soil, I…
I have a dwarf bing cherry tree and recently, a few of its leaves are turning brown. I wanted to find out what’s causing it and how I could fix it, so I did some research. Here’s what I found….
It’s currently summer here in Austin, Texas, and two things are certain: it’s peach season, and it gets HOT. So hot, that many of the peach trees get drooping and wilting leaves. Since I’ve seen this concern come up a…
I’ve recently been looking into getting a peach tree, but I heard they commonly get brown leaves. I wanted to find out more, so I did some research. Here’s what I found about brown leaves on peach trees and how…
My parents are planting a lot of new fruit trees lately, and they’re wondering how far they should be planting from other trees and their house. To help them with this, I did some research. Here’s what I found about…
My parents have many fruit trees (avocados, lemons, limes, tangerines, and more), and they’re looking at getting some new ones soon. But first, they were wondering if different fruit trees would be compatible if they planted them next to each…
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…