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Sometime in far future your apple trees will go downhill. First there’s less fruit or it gets smaller. Next branches begins to thicken up and … Read more

Fig trees may look dead when they don’t bear fruit again, but it’s not so simple. More likely what happens is that the roots lives … Read more

If you hoped to have bananas ripening soonish after planting, sorry: it’s more like slow time. There is no instant fruit wand called a banana … Read more

Plant a lime tree in spring; await its fruit. Nothing happen aboveground; leaves remain a beautiful dark green. Your neighbor’s lemon produce, meanwhile. Water, fertilize, … Read more

Dig a hole for new orange tree, set the roots, plant it, and water it in. Maybe you’re dreaming of winter fruit and sticky-sweet juice? … Read more

Peaches are not ancient-oak-type trees, don’t make them act like one. They’re meant to bear quickly but not necessarily live long. How much longer? The … Read more

In early spring, you plant your bare-root tree and then sit back and wait for fall’s first nippy nip. Next year: You wait some more. … Read more

A cherry sapling goes into ground in the spring, with dreams of snacking and pie come summertime, but it might take three or four years … Read more

When looking at that little nursery tree, you dream of a large crop, or maybe even some oil! Who wouldn’t love such an image (but … Read more

In late winter, you order or go to nursery to buy a bare-root whip with dreams of eating it in summer. And then you wait; … Read more

When you buy an avocado tree, what you’re buying is a lengthy wait. From the nursery sapling you plant in spring, expecting creamy green paste, … Read more