Do stabilize your tree. Make sure to use quality, well drained potting soil, and tamp it down around the newly potted tree to ...

It’s normal for fruit trees to drop some fruit early in the summer to stay healthy and balanced. Pollination problems, pests, ...

A: Most of the large, heavy, glazed pottery containers have a single drainage hole at the bottom. This hole is usually 1 to 1-and-a-half inches in diameter and should be adequate for drainage ...

Fruit trees are always a great addition to your garden. ... To plant a tree in a pot, you'll need to drill holes at the bottom of the planter before adding some screening and drainage material.

Soil drainage: Poorly drained soils will produce dead or stunted trees, but with proper drainage, fruit trees can grow in a variety of soil types. Wet soils can induce more root diseases.

It’s amazing what you can do with a third of an acre of land. Take Alex Silber, for example. On a piece of ground this size, he is growing 52 exotic fruit trees, shrubs, and vines, 9 exotic ...

If you would like to grow your own fruit in the city, try your hand at apples, pears, plums and some citrus, namely lemons and limes. They will grow in any garden, on a wood deck, rooftop, even a ...

Fruit trees are not for the lazy. They require a strict regimen of spraying for disease and pests, said Howard Siegrist, the Licking County extension educator with the Ohio State University Extension.