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What trees to plant in February — 5 of the best fruit and ornamental varieties you should be planting now
The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...
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How to grow an apple tree from seed – go from core to tree in 5 simple steps
The main question is why you would grow an apple tree from seed. It requires a great deal of patience and represents a big ...
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Improving apple varieties was a major endeavor for settlers
Paul Locher explains how valuable apples were on the frontier of Ohio Country in the early 1800s, and how settlers improved ...
Apple farmers find success in new precision growing techniques just over the SC border
TK Family Farm in Polk County, NC, has found success using precision and high-density growing techniques at its orchard that ...
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This native Michigan apple tree could hold the key to saving apples from climate change
The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious. Michigan State University ...
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How to grow fruit
The easiest solution is to find out which variety the fruit is and buy a ready-grafted plant. Apples thrive in moist but well-drained, fertile soil. Choose a frost-free position, sheltered from strong ...