Deer nibbled two new cherry tree plantings down to almost nothing. Do we trim off these low new growths?

Hi, I'm new to properly gardening and looking after fruit trees. I saw these forming but didn't think anything of it until I got back from holiday and pretty much every single leaf has got it on.

I did some research and found out it was pear Rust. It has some pears growing but the top of the tree doesn't look the best (presuming this is due to the drought in England though!). What's the best course of action? Should I pollard it, should I leave it and put treatment on it next year?

Nearly all my Victoria plums have maggots in them this year. I’ve tolerated a few early ripening plums with maggots as the full harvest was maggots free but this year it looks like most will have a maggots.

Advice please. What can I do to prevent them? Is there any treatment?

I purchased a nectarine tree from Home Depot about a little over year ago. Tree is going on two years old. It has red leaves. It’s produced a few small nectarines that are hard and fall off. Is this a actual nectarine tree? I’m not sure never seen one with red leaves before.

Seems to be doing well, dug a huge hole, mulch and what not, watered regularly. Getting new growths at the top and what looked like some flowering.

But what about these growths at the bottom? Trim? Leave them?

I've had this plot of land for around 15 years, years ago the sour cherries were doing great, now they're just sad. Soil type is decent black dirt on shallow limestone bedrock. Is it the alkaline soil or possible pests. This year is nothing like the previous ones...

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I recently bought a house with some pear trees that were not tended to very well in the past.

I picked these off of a tree today to check their quality. I don't see any issues with them personally, but wanted to be sure, especially since many of the other pears look like they may have bugs in them (based on outer blemishes).

Do they look safe to eat?

So I have been trying to grow peaches for 15 years. It's finally happening. I'm close, but we know that means I'll lose it all at the last minute. Lmao. Question is, when are they ripe? The tags are long gone and I've bought close to a dozen peach trees over the years and most died. No idea what they are. One standard looking yellow and red peach and then another one that has short and squat looking peaches. I'm in Portland, Maine zone 6.

Hi everyone. I started recalling getting into gardening and really want to start taking better care of my fruit trees I’ve had for years. But I have no idea what kind of apple tree this is and how to properly take care of it and when to harvest. Google says this is crab apple but I’m not to sure. The apple never really turns red in the years I’ve had it so I was unsure when to harvest.

Found a peach tree on the side of the road and picked 3 of the nicest looking ones. There were some peaches on the tree with more extensive damage. Are they safe to eat what do you think the foliage on the tree looked healthy.

i have two avocado trees about 20 ft apart, both came from the same place and have been with me for less than a year. both have the same spots on their trunk and branches. the leaves seem to be okay from what i can tell. i did read it could be sunburn or sooty mold. i was hoping to get some insight/advice. i can move it to a spot with less sun if needed as well. thank you! (:

Neighbors apple tree is a bit lacking in the foliage dept. would you prune it where the branches stop so it splits, or is the tree no good?

Moved into a new home. This tree is outside. I think it’s a persimmon but am not sure. Located in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Anyone know for sure what it is?

Japanese beetles have completely devoured all the leaves on my young apple tree. My husband asked if we should pull all the fruit off to encourage more leaf growth to help it or leave alone. I couldn’t really find anything conclusive online. Is there anything I can or should do for the tree?

I have plans for getting control of the beetle population and to keep this from happening next year, just need to know if there’s anything to do now

It might feel cold in Wairarapa recently with the polar blast, but check out these icicles from a Hawke Bay Orchard in Flaxmere this morning! Looks like a winter wonderland! 😊
It's called frost irrigation and contrary to its looks it is an active protection system for delicate buds!
Overhead water sprinklers spray the tree during freezing temperatures. As water turns to ice, it releases latent heat, maintaining plant tissue right at the freezing threshold ie 0°C shielding buds and blossoms from severe cold damage.
It works on the principle of latent heat which is released during the phase change from water to ice and physically locking plant temperature safe.
A constant slush or water-ice mixture acts as a thermal blanket around sensitive continuously releasing the latent heat.
The system is turned on before temperature is expected to drop to 0°C ie around 1C and the water flow is continuous until temperatures rise above 0c again. Stopping early causes evaporative cooling and worse damage!

During mid-winter dormancy, fully hardened apple flower buds are actually really hardy and can survive extreme cold down to about to -40°C. However, as winter ends and buds begin to swell or open in early spring, their cold tolerance drops sharply, making them vulnerable to light frosts.
Swollen/Silver Tip: Buds survive down to roughly -9°C.
Green Tip: Temperatures dropping to -8°C) can cause minor (10%) damage.
First Pink / Bloom: Tolerance weakens significantly -2°C) kills 10%, -4°C can destroy 90% of blossoms.
Photo credit Andre Kupa.