Aim to fertilize fruit trees in spring or early summer. This timing allows the trees to absorb nutrients they can use for new growth and fruit production, says Lauren St. Germain Kidd, the owner of ...

Q: I have a silver maple tree in my backyard that’s over 50 years old, and during the last five years small branches are dying. I’ve heard that maples need a specific fertilizer, as they can’t access ...

Two bright blue fertilizer spikes sticking up out of the soil - Below the Sky/Shutterstock Nothing enhances the look of a lawn like lush, beautiful trees. While sunlight and proper watering are two ...

Late winter is an ideal time to begin feeding garden plants with organic type fertilizers. Plant foods that contain natural materials like bone meal, blood meal, soybean meal, kelp meal and the like ...

Fertilizing your trees will go a long way toward increasing fruit size and yield. There is nothing quite like the joy of picking fresh fruit from your own fruit tree. To achieve a steady and plentiful ...

Q: The leaves of our maple tree have red bumps. I’m wondering if they’re going to damage the tree, of if there is something I can do in the spring to prevent it. - Alan R. A: The bumps, which are ...