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Live Christmas Tree Care
DIYnet — A living Christmas tree can be any variety, but remember that it was meant to be outside, not inside, so you can't keep them in the house too long. The best strategy for keeping a Christmas tree alive past the holidays is to start early, even ...More…
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Spacing Apple Branches
DIYnet — Lower limbs get more sunlight when you artificially spread the branches. A tree will bear more apples if the sun can reach the lower branches to ripen the fruit, says show host Kim Haworth. So it's to your benefit to open bunches of branches, ...More…
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Dwarf Citrus Trees
DIYnet — Sweet-scented flowers are one of the benefits of growing citrus. Once considered a failed experiment by horticultural laboratories, hybrid dwarf citrus trees have recently become popular, and they're easy to grow at home. Commercially grown dwarf ...More…
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Quick Tip: Peach Trees
DIYnet — Peach trees only last around 15 years, so if you plant one, plant another two or three years thereafter, for continuous harvest.More…
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Fruit Tree Products
DIYnet — Fertilizer spikes are just one of the useful products for orchards. There are quite a few products on the market designed to make it simpler or more convenient to tend fruit trees, says show host Kim Haworth. Here are a few examples: Use fruit ...More…
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Quick Tip: Multi-Fruit Trees
DIYnet — If you don't have a lot of space for growing fruit trees, consider one tree that grows several variety of fruit. A dwarf apple can have peach and pear limbs grafted on to it, for example.More…
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Quick Tip: Strings and Wires
DIYnet — If you attach any strings or wires to your fruit trees, make sure that you pad the tree limb with something first -- cloth, pieces of plastic, or pieces of cork all work well ( ). If you use a cushion, the string or wire won't cut the limb.More…
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Citrus Trees
DIYnet — Grapefruit, oranges and lemons can all be grafted onto one trunk. Citrus trees grown in containers will need water once or twice a week in summer and protection from frost in winter. If you'd like to grow citrus trees in pots, here are some ...More…
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Miniature Fruit Trees
DIYnet — In areas with short growing seasons, consider growing limes, tangelos or oranges in pots. When choosing what to grow in containers, consider tangelos, which have great fragrant flowers. Or you may want to grow a miniature variety of a citrus ...More…
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Quick Tip: Fertilizing Fruit Trees
DIYnet — To fertilize a fruit tree, toss a thin circle of pelletized fertilizer around the tree's "drip line," which is the part of the soil below the outer rim of leaves ( ). Then work the fertilizer into the soil with a trowel, add a layer of ...More…
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When a Tree Won't Bear Fruit
DIYnet — Jeff Cox, host of HGTV's Grow It! would never knowingly hurt a tree. But he says one of the best ways to spur a fruit tree to bear fruit is to make it feel as if it's under attack, and therefore needs to produce some seeds so the species will ...More…
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Focal Points: Citrus Trees
DIYnet — Having previously completed a handsome hardscape to frame this French kitchen garden (aka "jardin potager"), host Mayita Dinos and crew set to work filling in the space with a multitude of beautiful trees and plants. By the time they've ...More…