Fruit Tree & Orchard Care Guides
Growing your own fruit rewards getting a few specific details right at the start — planting depth, whether a tree needs a pollination partner, and matching a variety’s chill-hour needs to where you actually live. These guides cover the questions that come up again and again for home orchard growers, plus the harvest signs that are different for every fruit.
Guides in this collection
Stone Fruit Care Guide: Peach, Plum, Cherry & Apricot (Prunus) Planting depth, chill hours by region, and the borer-prevention step most guides skip.
Apple Tree Care Guide: Planting, Pollination & Chill Hours by Region (Malus) Rootstock and staking, pollination partners, and the thinning step that prevents a boom-bust harvest cycle.
Pear Tree Care Guide: Fire Blight & When to Actually Pick (Pyrus) Why pears need to be picked before they look ripe, and the disease risk that matters more than pests.
Citrus Tree Care Guide: Frost Protection, Foot Rot & When to Pick Why mulching the trunk can kill it, cold protection instead of chill hours, and why color never tells you when to pick.
Tropical Fruit Tree Care Guide: Mango, Avocado, Banana, Fig & Persimmon Warm-climate fruit that plays by different rules, plus which of these will actually fruit in a container.
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