Growing Fruit
Raspberries
Here's how to grow raspberries. My absolute favorite small fruit is the raspberry. I've grown it semi-commercially and on the home scale and I confess I have a love affair with this plant.
Strawberries
Here's how to grow strawberries. While I don't think strawberries are as good as raspberries, there is no question that a freshly-picked strawberry from your own garden (dripping with flavor and staining your hands a summer-red) is a treat indeed.
Rhubarb
Here's how to grow the rhubarb Who could – or would want to – be without rhubarb in their garden. This is perhaps the easiest to grow of all the small fruits and I admit to making a pretty good rhubarb pie. – the pie recipe is up to you.
Apple Growing
Planting the apple tree instructions here
Pruning apple trees to establish the right growth pattern.
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Growing consistently thick stalked rhubarb
How do I keep my rhubarb stalks thick after three or four pickings? I love rhubarb and would love my plant to produce at its best each time.
Doug says ...
Rhubarb Stalks are not Red
Why don't the stalks on my Rhubarb plants turn red? They seem to stay green.
Doug says you have a variety with green stems. If you're used to supermarket ...
How do I stop apple production? We have a huge old apple tree in the middle of our backyard. It provides wonderful shade and the structure for two swings, however, mid August it drops ...
How to care for wild blueberries
We have a small wild blueberry patch that we would like to optimize. We would like to know how to trim and fertilize if needed.
Thank you,
Roger
Doug ...
rhubarb stem color This is the second year for my rhubarb and it grew very well. Problems is....the stalks are still green. I was so looking forward to a pie. Why are they ...
blueberry horizontal branches Got a blueberry plant, I planted in a container for this year only. At the bottom, horizontal branches are growing. I read I should prune them in fall ...
Green stalked rhubarb I have 2 rhubarb plants in my garden. Every spring the leaves get huge and beautiful and I am excited about a good crop. However, the stalks are thin ...
blueberries and straw bales
Will strawbales turn acidic as they breakdown? Are they good for blueberries?
Doug says that no - straw will not magically turn acidic when it starts ...
How soon can I harvest rhubarb after planting? I planted rhubarb plants in spring of 2009. How soon can I begin harvesting. I have been told not the first year, and have also heard not for 3 years ...
grafting hybrid apples
If I get a pip of an apple to grow and then graft the result onto an existing apple tree can I expect fruit from the grafted twig?
Doug says I don't ...
holes in tree trunk i have two loquat trees and they both have rings of holes around thier trunks in several spots. I am hoping this isn't something that can kill the trees....
plum fruit falls off before ripening My plum trees get plums every year but they all fall off when size of prunes and are hard. I have 18 fruit trees and 3 are different plums, all different ...
Patio Blueberry Plants I bought 2 patio blueberry plant roots this past spring. One survived and one did not. Will it thrive as a self pollinator or will it require another for ...
Replanting pear tree
Can you replant a pear tree that, i had for 2 years. Because I want to move it toward the back in my yard. And I also have a cherry tree to move.
Doug ...
Blackberries and Raspberries We bought and planted both Blackberries and Raspberries that were supposed to fruit in the first year. Not knowing (?) what we were doing really, we planted ...
crumbly raspberries Doug, Great information, thanks. One question about my raspberries and I'll go back to more reading--Why do my berries come apart into seeds in my hand ...
Papayas
How can I get papaya seeds to sprout? The damp paper towel in a plastic baggie method is not working.
Doug says - several things of importance here....
