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Category Archives: Fruit Trees
The Case of the Fruitless Plum Tree
I wanted to share a short story about a plum tree. I’ve been working on a plum tree for a client for the past 3 years. They originally got in touch because their 8 year old plum had only been … Continue reading
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Cherry pruning
I wanted to share a couple photos of a cherry I pruned last week. I started a multi-year process to create more healthy fruiting branches lower in the canopy where fruit can be reached. This first pruning in many years … Continue reading
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Plum blossoms
It’s flowering time for the plums here in the Seattle area, specifically the Asian type of plum (the European types bloom later). Pruning on these trees can also begin in the next couple of weeks. There are less fungal spores … Continue reading
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Autumn Olive
Autumn Olive. An interesting and useful plant for your landscape. It produces small red or orange berries late in the summer that are a great snack right off the bush. They’re high in a number of the same beneficial nutrients … Continue reading
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Pear Trellis Rust
Pear trellis rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae) is an interesting fungus in that it requires two entirely different plant hosts to complete its life cycle – pear and juniper. Spores produced on junipers only infect pears, and those produced on pear only … Continue reading
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Quince Leaf Blight
Quince trees seem to be one of the least common fruit trees in Seattle, and Western Washington in general. This is unfortunate because they can be made into some delicious jams and sauces. If you’re fortunate enough to have a … Continue reading
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Cherry Bark Tortrix
The Cherry bark tortrix is a pest on trees and shrubs of the rose family (Rosaceae). This means most common fruit trees have the potential to be affected including apple, cherry, plum, and peach. It’s a relatively new pest to … Continue reading
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Fruit Tree Pruning
There are two basic times of the year that it’s best to prune fruit trees; dormant and summer. Most people prune when the tree is dormant (no leaves) because it’s easier to see what and where you are cutting. But … Continue reading
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Plant Profile: Sea Berry
Hippophae rhamnoides, Sea Berry or Sea-buckthorn, is a valuable and attractive landscape plant. Besides providing nutritious and tasty berries it also fixes nitrogen into the soil, similar to many members of the pea family (although this is a member of … Continue reading
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Cherry Brown Rot
It’s well past cherry season here in Seattle and Western Washington, but earlier this summer you may have noticed a brown mold covering fruits just as they were ripening. This is due to a fungus called cherry brown rot or … Continue reading
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