Bonide fruit tree spray acts as a fungicide, insecticide, miticide, and nematicide for your fruit trees. Here's what to know about applying it.

Q: I have apple, peach and plum trees that will not produce mature fruit. There is plenty of fruit initially but it rots and falls off before it matures.

Here are Penhallegon's recommendations for the least toxic sprays and treatments for fruit trees: Dormant oil: Mix with water as directed and spray on all surfaces of the trunk, branches and twigs.

And spray deep into the center of the tree. One major reason for pruning fruit trees is to allow sprays to penetrate into the tree without a lot of unnecessary leaf growth getting in the way.

Here is some advice from growers Arnold Olson of Bettendorf and Art Jackson of rural Orion, Ill., and Duane Gissel, the horticulturist at Iowa State University/Scott County Extension. -- Get the ...

Fruit trees, especially during the first four to five years, require watering to make good growth. When watering fruit trees, you should give them a deep soak that will penetrate several feet into ...