Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when it's harvest time. Growing fruit trees requires space, time, and proper ...

Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, ...

Q: I have a new Early Grande peach which produced more than 80 blossoms. I removed 50 of the fruit when they were small and harvested the rest when the fruit ripened. Now the leaves are turning yellow ...

If your trees or lawn start the season looking more lemon than lime, you may be seeing iron chlorosis—a common nutrient ...

Q: I have a 3-year-old Burgundy plum tree. The leaves became yellow in March so I applied KeRex iron to the soil when I first noticed the problem. Now the new leaves do not show any yellow in them, ...

Bright green leaves sheltering colorful hanging fruit distinguish healthy citrus trees. Yellow leaves, on the other hand, spell trouble. Causes are numerous, but often relate to improper irrigation ...

Question: I have a new ‘Early Grande’ peach which produced over eighty blossoms. I removed fifty of the fruit when they were small and harvested the rest when the fruit ripened. Now the leaves are ...

Citrus trees are a popular choice for home fruit production in southeast Louisiana. Although relatively carefree as backyard fruit trees go, various problems do occur. I thought it would be helpful to ...

A: Heat and drought possibly could be the cause. The area is at least 10 inches behind in rainfall this year, and many trees are dropping foliage they can't support. Slow, deep watering to moisten the ...

Q: Can you tell what might be the problem with my hibiscus? It’s losing leaves every day. I did try fertilizing it in case that’s what it needed. – Patty F. A: Overall, the hibiscus’ health looks very ...

A. I believe this is all damage from earlier this year. It looks like there might have been powdery mildew in spring. You may have seen how mildew will pucker zinnia and crape myrtle leaves. However, ...

When pepper plant leaves turn yellow it's called chlorosis. The leaves aren't able to efficiently make chlorophyll - the substance that keeps them a uniform green color. The purpose of leaves is to ...