Late fall and winter are prime time for planting trees in Louisiana. If you’re interested in adding some fruit trees to your landscape, you should first familiarize yourself with the concept of ...

Many temperate fruit and nut trees need a period of winter chill in order to produce flowers and fruit each year. Without enough sustained chilling, the timing of bud break and pollination, and the ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) – This warm winter might hurt South Carolina fruit yield as crops need more cold weather. Fruit bushes and trees require “chilling hours” – a dormant period before the spring ...

Q: When can we plant fruit trees? And what varieties do well in our desert climate? A: February is a great time to plant bare-root deciduous fruit trees before they leaf out. You may plant potted ...

With January's colder weather, fruit trees may not get much of gardener's attention. But a little thought now should produce fruitful results down the road. While many D-FW nurseries offer a great ...

Q: We want to plant a few fruit trees in our back yard. The man at the nursery told us that all their trees were “low chill” trees. Now, I’m wondering just what he meant by that. A: You were talking ...

Wind chill refers to the effect that wind has on our perception of the cold. For example, if it’s 35 degrees and the wind is blowing at 10 mph, it will feel like 27 degrees. Brrr! So what are chill ...

FREDERICKSBURG – Warm winter weather could mean too few chill hours for much of the state’s fruit production areas, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Fruit trees, such as peaches and ...