Espalier is an ancient horticultural practice of shape-shifting nature by training trees to grow flat against a wall or trellis. While you may have noticed these fan-shaped trees against a fence in a ...

Answer: Pruning is one of the techniques used to train a fruit tree, but it can also be used annually to increase fruit production. Pruning involves the removal of a portion of a tree, usually a limb, ...

Fruit trees are usually pruned in late winter, right around now, to adjust the tree’s structure. Summer pruning can also be done, but this is typically used to control or slow down growth. Removing ...

Extension and their certified Master Gardeners offer “Gardening in Nevada: The Bartley Ranch Series.” The series, online this year via Zoom, is for anyone who wants to garden – those with big yards, ...

This is probably my favorite tip on the whole list. When you’re training a young fruit or nut tree (apple, pear, plum, hazel, whatever) you want the scaffold branches to grow outward at roughly 45 to ...

Growing apple trees can be challenging. Here is what experts recommend to increase your chances for a bountiful apple harvest ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

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Gardening season is about done, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

CORVALLIS — The best time to prune fruit trees is in the winter and when you have enough time to finish the job, according to Ross Penhallegon, horticulturist and pruning expert with the Oregon State ...

Here's everything you need to know to start your own home orchard.