Q: My Meyer lemon has done well over the years. I protect it when it gets very cold. It has produced fruit regularly each year. My peach tree is about 30 feet away. The lemon is covered in bees, but ...

Question: Our new peach tree, which is a few feet tall, has flowers present. Do I leave them to form fruits or pick them off? Answer: Why not enjoy the flowers, which are part of the beauty of adding ...

Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

Question: Our peach trees are in bloom. Does that mean we should prune them at this time? Answer: Enjoy the fall blooms and delay normal pruning until January or early February. Early leaf drop and ...

closeup on person pruning branch during the winter - Ueuaphoto/Getty Images Because peach trees are deciduous versus coniferous, they can look barren in winter. There's no fruit to harvest, no flowers ...

A: No, peach flowers contain both male and female organs, so each flower can pollinate itself. No pollinator peach is needed. That said, if you plant two different varieties of peach, your harvest may ...

I was at a pool this week getting my exercise and looking forward to Friday the 13th. This is my three-month anniversary visit with my surgeon about my hip replacement surgery. Hopefully my ...

For a good harvest, peach trees need some winter chilling; most selections require 600 to 900 hours of 45°F or lower temps during the dormant season. Only selections with a low winter chill, such as ...

The month of March, at least in the minds of many Southern Californians, is when we officially enter the fabled Peak Bloom Zone, the sunny stretch when all sorts of specimens, of the cultivated and ...