This common occurrence is known as alternate bearing or biennial bearing. It is a natural tendency in many fruit trees, where a season of heavy fruit production (an On-Year) is followed by a season of ...

Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. While losing blossoms and small fruit ...

An extremely heavy fruit load will not only stress the tree’s resources but will also result in broken branches. Removing up to 90% of fruit also means that the remaining fruit will be larger ...

Do not apply fertilizer to lawn grass within five feet of the spread of fruit tree branches. Heavy winter pruning can also stimulate excessive growth at the expense of flower buds.

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon ...

It is a natural tendency in many fruit trees, where a season of heavy fruit production (an On-Year) is followed by a season of extremely light or even no yield (an Off-Year), and vice versa.

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing ...

Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. While losing blossoms and small fruit from your fruit trees can be disturbing it is usually a natural process.

Blossom and fruit drop and fruit splitting are fairly common problems for fruit trees. ... The problem is often accentuated just after a period of moisture stress followed by heavy rains. The tree ...