For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter when bud tips are pink, but before blossoms open. For insect pests ...

For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter when bud tips are pink, but before blossoms open. For insect pests ...

Monica SandreczkiErratic temperatures have been rough on apple trees. But this crop expert says, don't panic Photo by PJD-DigiPic via Flickr. JASON LONDO: So far this winter, we look like we're safe.

SEATTLE — "Do you love apples? Well if you don't prune your apple tree, you aren't gonna get many apples, so you need to get out there and prune your fruit tree!" said gardening expert Ciscoe ...

A CU ecology professor noticed an apple tree in a Boulder field. What happened next grew into something bigger.

Winter pruning is a deceptively simple concept: while an apple tree is dormant, a gardener prunes her trees by cutting off, or heading, some of a branch’s recent growth. If all goes well ...

I add to it each year by budding in the summer and grafting in the winter.’ For budding, a bud is cut from another apple tree and inserted into the bark of Mr Barnett’s tree, while grafting ...

By all rights, we shouldn’t be eating apples in the dead of winter. Every bite you take from ... Here’s how: Apples will continue to ripen off the tree, but they have to get to a crucial ...

Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious ... Canney recommends pruning in late winter or early spring. Harvesting apples should be easy. You'll know they're ready because they ...

Just when you're ready for a long ... fruit trees. Applying dormant sprays - Superior oil, copper, and sulfur - helps control nasty pests and diseases like codling moths and apple scab.

Late winter is ... cut young trees back to about half their original height before transplanting. Prune shoots that grow upward while keeping those that grow outward. Apple: The modified central ...

You can do your ornamental trees, like pear trees, apple trees, and low-canopy stuff,” said Warren Coffey, Flournoy’s production sales manager. However, he urges residents to leave taller ...