Apple trees and flowering crab apples have been dropping leaves all summer. Some trees have by now almost completely defoliated. The culprit is apple scab, a fungus that has done more harm this year ...

We’re entering a busy time of year for our local orchards. The trees are beginning to break their winter dormancy, and the orchards will soon be full of blooms. As your home apple trees begin to grow ...

The problem with many plant diseases is once you notice them it’s often too late. That’s especially true with our trees. We often don’t gaze at the canopies of our trees looking for problems. The ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- With weather forecasts predicting rainfall across Kashmir from April 18, horticulture experts have strongly advised orchardists to spray fungicides ahead of the ...

What else can you do for your apple trees now? To minimize apple scab and other diseases, rake up the leaves under your trees. Scab overwinters on leaves. Mowing under trees helps, too, by chopping up ...

Q: Can you tell me what is wrong with my crab apple tree, and what I should do about it? The leaves started turning yellow earlier this summer and now there are hardly any leaves left. It looks awful.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits – pears, cherries, figs, plums – are desirable, too, but ...

Q. I know that flowering crabs are subject to injury from fire blight. My crab is resistant to apple scab disease, but it is looking pretty sick now having lost maybe 1/3rd of its leaves, so I am ...