Whether you’re an avid farming or gardening enthusiast or an occasional “potterer”, cross-pollination is relevant. Understanding it is easy and helps you to create a healthy, productive garden that produces more fruit. What is Cross-Pollination? This process happens naturally, but can also be engineered. It involves putting the pollen from one plant onto the pistil …
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You’re a real peach! Peach trees are easy to grow and even growing them from seed will produce fruit within 3-4 years. Growing a single fruit has become time consuming as many people want more. More fruit on a single tree… Is that even possible? Fruit Salad Tree You can grow this in your own …
Nature can be so fascinating. If you take the time everyday to look at the daily growth of your plants you will be amazed at how much is actually happening in your garden. Just a month ago we were stacked with trees with no leaves and today we have apples, peaches and figs forming on …
What is a Berry? When we think of a berry we often think of raspberries, strawberries and even blackberries. In true botany these are actually not berries. Really? So what is a berry? In Botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit that has many seeds. Now for the interesting fact. Bananas, grapes and tomatoes are …
Planting that special tree in your garden seems really great but that is not where it should end. It may seem easy just to plant it and wait for the fruit to appear but there are actual benefits to pruning your trees correctly. Although not all trees are the same, they all require sunlight in …
A wide variety of new stock has arrived for Spring and Summer: They are still dormant but nothing to worry about! The sooner you plant the better, as they should start fruiting next season. Apples Grafted Apricots Grafted Bananas Figs Grafted Grapes Guavas Grafted Nectarines grafted Peaches Grafted Pears Grafted Plums Grafted Prunes Grafted Wonderful …
