Fruits

Growing fruits is one of the most satisfying harvests you'll ever have. Learn how to maximize production of your fruit gardens for sweet success!

Bright pink, oval-shaped ripe dragon fruits with green-tipped scales hang from long, trailing cactus-like stems of the tree.

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How to Tell Your Dragon Fruit is Ripe and Ready to Pick

After a long year of encouraging flower buds and ripening fruit, the harvest time is approaching! It’s time to pick your dragon fruit. Harvest them too soon, and they’ll be bland and tasteless. Learn how to tell they’re ripe, sweet, and ready to pick alongside longtime gardener Jerad Bryant.

Fall apple tree care. A fall apple tree with a thick trunk and sturdy branches is covered in yellow and green autumn leaves, with clusters of red round fruits hanging among the foliage.

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Fall Apple Tree Care Guide

Fall apple tree care seeks to prepare and protect your tree for dormancy, as well as support its long-term health. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss steps to prepping your apple tree in the fall. You'll have a successful dormancy and a prosperous season ahead.

Fall raspberry care with a bush having countless red berries dangling from a healthy plant with bright green foliage

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Fall-Fruiting Raspberry Care: Pruning and Management

Fall-fruiting raspberries behave differently from other varieties; they produce two crops a year. With proper pruning and management, you can influence your brambles to grow baskets full of raspberries. Join seasoned gardener Jerad Bryant for a crash course on proper raspberry care.

Pomegranate tree with glossy green leaves, slender branching stems, and round reddish fruits, a fruit tree ideal to plant in September.

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11 Underrated Fruit Trees You Can Plant in September

With its still-warm soil and newly cooling air, September is a great time to plant fruit trees. We love the basics, but we think that there are some underrated fruits that are great for planting this time of year. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some of the most underrated fruit trees you can plant this September.

Close-up of a gardener’s hand in a grey glove holding pruning shears with a lemon tree of green leaves and ripening fruits in the background, showing the need for pruning after harvest.

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11 Fruit Trees You Should Prune Right After Harvest

It’s typically best to prune fruit trees in late winter and early spring before new growth occurs. This is dependent on the type of tree; some grow year-round, while others are deciduous and frost-tolerant. These 11 appreciate pruning right after harvest instead of during the dormant season.

Apple fruits hanging on the branch with dark, cracked, scabby lesions and irregular rough patches covering the skin, showing one of the fruit tree diseases.

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Late Summer Fruit Tree Diseases: What to Look For

Fruit tree diseases are undesirable and inevitable! They’re common in home gardens, as consistent moisture gives rise to various fungi and bacteria that infect woody fruit trees. Join professional gardener Jerad Bryant to learn what to look for in late summer and how to manage the problems.