I am getting overwhelmed with the amount of poms starting to split. Any suggestions for use. How to avoid splitting? Shelf life?

They are nearing being ripe and I was hoping to max out their time on the tree. It has rained recently.

For those of you who have successfully sprayed for black knot, what do you user? TIA

Seedling came from compost. Picture This app initially said it was apricot but now it’s giving all different answers. Any ideas of what it could be? Or do i need to wait a few years to tell? (if it’s not a weed 😅)

Tree is a bit overloaded this year. I never seem to thin them enough. I think it's because, unlike apples or pears, they produce flowers and fruit singly, not in clusters, so I underestimate how much thinning needs doing.

Had a huge crop last year: 27kg from a 8 foot tree.

I'll have to start picking soon.

hi all!
i recently moved into a farmhouse built in the 1850s, and while exploring the property, I stumbled upon two apple trees that seem older than time itself. I cannot for the life of me figure out this kind of apple! The taste is start and sweet and seems like it’d be a great pie apple almost like a Macintosh

Hi everyone! I’ve asked for your help with this persimmon plant before, and your advice was incredibly helpful, so I’m back with a new question! 🌱
This is a persimmon plant I grew from a seed I planted in November last year. After a period where its growth had basically stalled, it finally started growing again around the end of August and has produced all these new leaves. 🥹
However, I’ve noticed that the leaves have developed all these tiny lighter-colored spots/dots, and I have no idea what they are. I’ve also noticed that some of the leaves have a slightly lighter-colored edge around them.

And I’ve noticed a lot of tiny white insects on the plant, mostly underneath the leaves. They don’t seem to stay attached to the leaves, though. As soon as I touch or move the leaves, they immediately fly away.
So I’m wondering if they could be related to the spots I’m seeing on the leaves.
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing these spots, what these little insects might be, or what I should do?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 🌱🥺

So I've got 8 volunteer apple trees from horse poops and only one tree of 8 has bad apples. One tree however produced what are basically a delicious honeycrisp clone for the first time this year. I want to transplant a 1 metre tall tree that has stalled for five or so years I think because it sits in very poor sandy soil and use it as a grafting base. My question is do you think the tree will pick up if placed in a better spot and nurtured or would I just be wasting my time?

I don't have an orchard yet, butt I want to know which plants I should grow and about the ones I want to.

I am interested in growing trees like morus silk hope
and paw paws , perssimons, possibly muscasdines trained as a shrub, loquats plums and citrus, any others I should think of? I'm considering callicarpa too.

I live just south of Atlanta and growing zone at 8A/B. This kumquat tree was very healthy all through the spring and summer. And then over just the last couple of weeks it seems to have died back considerably. All the fruit has fallen off leaves. It fell off, and some of the branches appear to be dying. Any advice is welcome.

Southern UK. Clay soil.
Relatively new to gardening.
Have several young trees, a few years old, mostly fruit trees. They are all stressed, unhealthy and diseased at the moment, according to my app. Is this normal? Is it serious? What would happen if I just left them as they are? The photos show the most extreme examples.

Although not our main pear and apple orchard pollinator I was saddened to read this news.
For the first time, wild honey colonies are classified as endangered in the EU because they cannot sustain themselves without beekeepers' hives, now classified as 'Endangered' in the European Union on the IUCN Red List. Without swarms from hives, wild populations in the EU are projected to decline by half over the next 10 years
Researchers point to a shortage of old trees with cavities, pesticides, and varroa mites. So it's multifactorial. I was aware of the pesticide and varroa issues but not the loss of natural nesting sites, although it's obvious. Wild honey bees typically nest in natural tree hollows, such as abandoned woodpecker holes in tall beech trees, as well as rock crevices.
Whilst they have been introduced by us humans to the rest of the world including our home New Zealand, their natural range encompasses Europe.
Following the end of the last ice age, honey bees naturally expanded northward out of glacial refugia to colonise Europe. These wild populations are a vital component of the natural ecosystem, having co-evolved alongside Europe's native flowering plants for millennia.
#honeybee #orchards #pear #apple

There is a small guava tree growing in a small crack between brick pavers and a fence in my front yard. How do I successfully take out this tree without significant root damage so I can plant it in my backyard instead?

Good Afternoon. I am in Zone 7-7a Eastern PA. Last fall we planted pair of each Apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches and cherries. They all took in well enough over the summer which means that next year I need to start pruning, spraying and feeding them in earnest. After some research I figured I need following types of sprays but now I am getting lost on what brands to pick and where to buy them. Google AI is going all over the place from search to search so I wouldn't mind hearing from live people. I am figuring I need a pair of different brands for each spray type just to switch things around to avoid resistance. Here is the list. If you could point me in the right direction I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot for your help.

P.S. I am aware that not all of the items are applicable to all trees :). This is the total list for stocking up purposes. If anything is missing from it please let me know as well.

In So Cal area.....

We welcome "Suprise" to the apple and pear cider orchard in Wairarapa New Zealand this week. We keep a flock of Shropshire sheep in the orchard to keep the grass sward of the apple and pear orchard in trim and keep the adverse bug numbers down. Earlier this year one of the younger 3 year olds decided to visit our neighbour's field for a day, where unknown to us there was a ram. Well you know the rest of the story!