Mulching too close to the tree can also encourage rodents. "There should be about 2 to 4 inches of bare soil between the trunk and the mulch to help prevent winter rodent injury, as mice and other ...

Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

You will suddenly come upon an orchard perched on a slope like a fragment of a forgotten dream, a garden of apple trees planted at civilized intervals, lost among the tangle of mossy woods around them ...

We saw die-back in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter ...

We saw some dieback in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter temperature extremes. It may also be a canker ...

Neonectria ditissima is the fungal cause of costly European Canker (EC) in apple trees. A range of secondary metabolites were found at higher concentrations in infected twigs than in disease free ...

Apple orchards throughout the Northeast witnessed a spate of rapid apple-tree decline (RAtD) in the past few years. It was particularly onerous in 2023 in Massachusetts. In orchard blocks that ...

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

Young fruit trees are the most susceptible to severe fire blight damage. While you're pruning your apple trees in late winter or early spring, watch for cankers and remove any damaged stems. Pruning ...

On beech trees, you’ll notice limp structure overall. It's pretty determinantal to trees. There's no photosynthesis, and they actually starve," Davis said. Apple scab is common in this area.

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