Q: We really enjoyed your article about fruit trees. We have a 23-year-old mango tree which is about 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide, it definitely bears more fruit every other year. We have never ...

Question. One of the trunks of my ligustrum and some additional limbs are dead. I prune them off when noted and apply a fungicide. What else can I do? Answer. Some young but mainly older ligustrums ...

I have a mango and an avocado in 16-gallon pots. These were started from seeds and are now about 6 feet tall. I am planning on planting them in the ground. When is the best time to do this, and what ...

Bob asks: My mango tree is getting large and I think I should prune it. When and how should I proceed? ADVERTISING Bob asks: My mango tree is getting large and I think I should prune it. When and how ...

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2002 Purie mangoes are one of the sweetest varieties. They may be alive, but will not fruit well if they are hacked by bad pruning. Keep your tree short enough for safe picking and ...

Panaji: Across Goa, orchards consist of century-old mango trees that have grown into towering canopies, making harvesting increasingly difficult and risky. Farmers often struggle to access fruits at ...

Q. I have a mango tree that's been in the ground two years. How do I prune this plant? I also have an Asian pear tree that produced for the first time this summer. There were many pears, but they are ...