Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

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Along the banks of creeks and rivers outside of Austin, farmers growing everything from Christmas trees to ostriches have ...

Ideal growing conditions — mild winter temperatures paired with timely spring rains — yielded an early, abundant harvest, ...

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Nothing embodies the spirit of a Texas summer quite like a sun-ripened peach at its peak. Ideal growing conditions — mild ...

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In both cases, stick with small and mid-sized varieties. They set fruit better in both late spring and late fall conditions, so types like Big Boy and Beefsteak are not recommended for Texas.

Fruit growers across Texas are facing new challenges as shifting weather patterns disrupt the conditions their crops rely on.

Snatching a peach off a limb of your neighbors tree that hangs over your yard sounds like an innocent thing to do, right? In Texas, this is a gray area.

Persimmons The best time to plant fruit trees in North Texas is late December until early March, when trees and plants are dormant.