Fruits
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Brazilian Cherry Tree Information: Learn About Growing Brazilian Cherry Trees
If you live in USDA zones 9b-11 and are looking for a rapidly growing hedge plant, you might want to look into growing Brazilian cherry trees. Click here to find out how to grow a Brazilian cherry tree.
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Caring For Purple Leaf Peach Trees – Tips On Growing A Purple Leaf Peach Tree
Not all peach trees have the typical green foliage. There are actually peaches with reddish-purple leaves that tend to be on the smaller side, thus more easily harvested. These dwarf purple leaf peach trees add pizzazz to any landscape. Learn more in this article.
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Tips For Improving Grape Fruit By Thinning Grapes
The home gardener can get the largest crop from thinning grapes. The information in this article can help explain how to thin grapes to get the most out of your harvest. Click here to learn more.
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Fruit Thinning In Citrus: Why Should You Thin Citrus Trees
Thinning fruit on citrus trees is a technique intended to produce better fruit. After thinning citrus fruits, each of the fruits that remain gets more water, nutrients, and elbow room. If you want to know how to thin citrus tree fruit, this article will help.
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Supporting A Grapevine – How To Make A Grapevine Support
Grapevines can be allowed to climb up an existing fence, but if you don't have one, another method of support must be found.
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What Is Apple Cork Spot: Learn About Treating Apple Cork Spot
Your apples are ready to harvest but you notice that many of them have small depressions to larger corky, discolored areas on the surface of the fruit. Don't panic, the apples are still edible they just have apple cork spot disease. Learn more in this article.
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Harvesting Gooseberries: How And When To Harvest Gooseberry Plants
Gooseberries are cool-weather berries that can be eaten fresh or turned into delicious jams or jellies. All is well and good, but how do you know when to harvest gooseberries? Click this article to find out when and how to harvest gooseberries.
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Bilberry Plant Information: Learn About Bilberry Cultivation And Care
No, bilberry is not a character in Lord of the Rings. So what is a bilberry? It's a native shrub that produces round, blue berries that look like blueberries. However, wild bilberries have far more nutrients than cultivated blueberries. Learn more in this article.
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Cutting Back Gooseberry Bushes – How And When To Prune Gooseberries
Gooseberry bushes can become tangled and unhealthy without pruning. The question is how to prune a gooseberry bush. Check out the article that follows to find out how and when to prune gooseberries in the garden. Click here to learn more.
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Blueberries Aren’t Ripening: What To Do When Blueberries Won’t Ripen
You've planted some blueberries and are anxiously awaiting your first harvest, but the blueberry fruit will not ripen. Why are your blueberries not ripening?
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Reasons For An Apricot Tree Not Producing
Apricots are fruits that can be grown by anyone. While easily grown, however, there are times when fruiting doesn't occur. This article explains why the non-fruiting of apricots may happen.
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How To Protect Fruit Trees From Birds
Birds can do so much damage to fruit trees, especially once the fruit ripens. There are plenty of things you can do to protect fruit trees from birds and this article will help. Click here to learn more.
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Berry Containers - Berries Growing In A Container
Growing berries in containers can be a great alternative for those with little space. The key to success is adequate drainage and pot size. This article will provide information on what you need to be successful.
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Fig Tree Maintenance: How To Grow Figs In The Garden
Figs are fun and fairly easy to grow, but there are a few important things to learn about fig tree care. This article can help with that.
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Growing A Flowering Peach Tree: Is An Ornamental Peach Edible
The ornamental peach tree is a tree developed specifically for its ornamental attributes, namely its lovely spring blossoms. Do ornamental peach trees bear fruit? If so, is an ornamental peach edible? Find answers to these questions in this article.
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Picking Blackberries: How And When To Harvest Blackberries
Since blackberries don't ripen after they've been picked, they have to be picked when they're dead ripe. As a result, you do have to know what you're doing when you're picking blackberries. Learn more about when and how to pick blackberries here.
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Grapevine Bleeding: Reasons For Grapevine Dripping Water
Sometimes, grapes leaking water appear cloudy or even mucus-like, and sometimes, it really does look like the grapevine is dripping water. This phenomenon is natural and is referred to as grapevine bleeding. Find out about bleeding in grapes here.
