Harvest guide
When to Pick Peaches: Signs They Are Ready
Ground color and a slight give: how to tell a peach is ready to pick.
Fruit Trees
Fruit trees run on a calendar. Bloom, spray windows, thinning and harvest each have a short window, and missing one shows up months later as a poor crop.
These guides cover the questions that come up most with peaches, pears, cherries and apples in a home yard.
Guides by Nick Robinson
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Troubleshooting
Why Didn’t My Peach Tree Bloom This Year?
Winter cold, pruning and age are the usual reasons a peach tree skips blooming.
Troubleshooting
Cherry Tree Not Producing Fruit? 6 Reasons and Fixes
Age, frost, a missing pollinator or too much nitrogen: why a cherry tree gives no fruit.
Variety guide
Self-Pollinating Cherry Trees: Which Varieties Fruit on Their Own
Which sweet and tart cherries fruit on their own, sorted by bloom time.
Spacing chart
Apple Tree Spacing by Rootstock: Dwarf, Semi-Dwarf and Standard
How far apart to plant dwarf, semi-dwarf and standard apple trees.
Diagnosis guide
Apple Tree Leaves Turning Yellow: 6 Causes and What to Do
Yellow apple leaves: apple blotch, rust, water or nutrients, and how to tell.
Growing guide
Growing Asian Pears: Pollination, Pruning and Thinning for Good Fruit
Growing an Asian pear tree, from planting to harvest.
More fruit tree guides
- When to Prune Sweet Cherry Trees (and Why Summer Is Best) Cherry
- Are Cedar Trees Bad for Apple Trees? Cedar-Apple Rust Explained Cedar
- Why Is My Peach Tree Oozing Sap? Peach
- How to Spray Peach Trees for Worms Peach
- What to Spray on Peach Trees, and When Peach
- When Do Peach Trees Bloom? Peach
- Peach Tree Diseases: Identify and Treat the Common Ones Peach
- Can Plum Trees Get Peach Leaf Curl? Peach
- Espalier Apple Trees in Real Gardens: 7 Projects From Garden Bloggers Gardener Roundups
- Rust on Pear Trees: Orange Leaf Spots and What to Do Pear
- Pear Leaf Spots by Color: Orange, Red, Black and Brown Pear
- Pear Tree Leaves Turning Black: 4 Causes and Fixes Pear
- Why Are My Pear Tree Leaves Curling? Pear
- Growing a Bartlett Pear Tree: Planting to Harvest Pear
- Why Are the Leaves on My Pear Tree Turning Brown? Pear
- What Is the Best Peach Tree to Grow? Peach
- Can You Grow a Peach Tree in a Pot? Peach
- Fire Blight on Pear Trees: How to Prune It Out and Prevent It Pear
- Peach Leaf Curl: When to Spray and How to Stop It Peach
- How to Clone a Peach Tree Peach
- How to Grow a Pear Tree from a Cutting Pear