You searched for fruit tree - Page 3 of 40

Thinning Fruit on Apple Trees

Every gardener does it. We get so excited about impending fruit that we don't do what's best for the tree. We see all those tiny blossoms, then tiny orbs, and…

YouTube: How to Increase Apple Tree Production

Our latest YouTube video shares a cool hack that will increase your apple tree production in the years to come. Christy shows you a simple trick that will cause new…

Podcast: Home Fruit Orcharding with Jose Ramirez

Our guest this week on the Podcast, Jose Ramirez, was featured recently in the LA Times for his home orchard. He transformed a weedy patch of land into a low-water, fruit-filled paradise.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:41 — 53.2MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Podcast: Why Trees Matter with Dan Lambe

On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week we chat with Dan Lambe, the CEO of The Arbor Day Foundation. Dan shares his knowledge of how important trees are for the continuation of life on earth.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:09 — 35.5MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Oct 16, 2021 – Mini Fruit Gardening at South Coast Botanic Garden

On Saturday, October 16 at noon, join me for a chat about Mini Fruit Gardening at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA. It will be my second in-person class since lock down! Hope you can join in.

Ask Gardenerd: Lemon Tree Grown from Seed

A question came in to Ask Gardenerd about a lemon tree grown from seed. We explore whether that’s a good idea or not.

Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden

Forget the farmer’s market. Grow your own delicious, organic apples, figs, peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, citrus fruits, and more with Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden. No green thumb required. Even beginners become successful fruit “farmers” with the techniques and advice offered by author Christy Wilhelmi, the force behind the popular gardening website, Gardenerd. Selecting the best small-scale fruit trees, bushes, vines, and plants for your climate, siting them properly, and pruning your compact trees for health and productivity are some of the many topics covered in the pages of this bible of small-space fruit growing. You’ll also discover how to:

Turn your urban, suburban, or rural garden into a fruit factory, no matter its size
Maximize production from edible container fruit gardens
Grow more food in less space
Limit your family’s synthetic pesticide consumption
Choose varieties with increased disease resistance
Select plants that grow well in your climate
Maintain your fruiting plants correctly to encourage years of prolific harvests

With modern, dwarf varieties, and help from Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, a healthy, high-yielding garden filled with fruit-producing plants is possible — even in the smallest of yards.

Cool Springs Press, April 2021
ISBN-13: 9780760370261
192pp.

Ask Gardenerd: Rootstock Fruit on Citrus

Every once in awhile we get a question or comment from a fruit gardener that their citrus fruit tastes terrible. This week, Paul Marini wrote in to Ask Gardenerd with a different question that is related: “I know the Meyer lemon tree is a combination of lemon and mandarin orange. I am pretty sure there are orange branches growing out of the bottom half [of my tree]. Is it OK to leave them on, or should I cut them off?”