Provide your growing apple tree with 1 inch of water per week during the growing and fruiting period, says Walke. During the ...

Ever try growing an apple tree from a seed? In this time lapse, we demonstrate how a seed was stratified after extraction from a typical apple all the way to early plant. The pips were taken out of a ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

Planting an apple tree at the right time and place ensures years of beauty, growth, and homegrown fruit. Spring planting is most effective in cooler regions, while fall planting is better suited for ...

Growing apple trees from seed isn't hard, but it is an exercise in patience. Getty Images Have you ever driven out to the country for the requisite apple picking fall activity before coming home to ...

Suppose you start your own apple orchard on the cheap. You harvest the seeds from a single apple that you love and plant them in the ground. Next spring, six apple tree seedlings come up — success! A ...

When planting apple trees in your yard, it’s worth thinking beyond soil drainage and light conditions—and even the delicious fruit you’ll eventually get to eat. However, you should also consider what ...

There may be a lot of snow on the ground, but spring is still on its way, and the gardeners are itching to make plans for this year’s growing season. If you are one of these gardeners, and if you find ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...