Fruit thinning plays a crucial role in apple production, balancing crop load to ensure optimum fruit size, colour, firmness and overall quality. This cultural practice involves the deliberate removal ...

A couple of years ago when I was in college, I spent a summer working at an apple orchard just outside of Mount Pleasant. It was a summer of hard work with numerous learning opportunities. Farming is ...

In the world of gardening, we’re always on the lookout for innovative methods to enhance our plants’ performance and yield. A recent study has revealed an unexpected tactic that may significantly ...

The North Olympic Fruit Club's mid-June newsletter offered home orchardists helpful advice on fruit thinning and watering. For this tardy apple grower, the information was a wake-up call to get out ...

April is the time to thin it. Peaches and nectarines should be thinned so that fruit is 5-7 inches apart on the branch. Plums ...