By Naomi Judd
When fruit trees such as apple trees get too large to manage, cutting back the roots is one option, but grafting can rejuvenate a tree by incorporating new varieties. There are two main ways to graft an apple tree, topworking being more drastic than framework grafting. Either way you must first prepare scions. Cut off 1-year old shoots in the fall or winter and keep them in a shaded nursery bed, ...
By Lesley Barker
You can produce new oranges by grafting which allows you to create a clone of a tree that has a history of producing excellent fruit. You can actually control the quality of all the fruit in your orchard in this way. It takes an attention to detail to do well. Cut a young healthy branch from an orange tree that you would like to reproduce. You should do this either in the spring or early fall....
By Nannette Richford
Propagating plum trees from a branch, referred to as stem cuttings, produces a new plum tree identical to the original tree. The length of time required to root the cuttings depends on when you take the stem cutting, health of the parent plant, temperature of the rooting medium, humidity and moisture levels in the rooting medium. Generally, plum trees root within four to six weeks and begin to...
By Kat Yares
The flowers are in full bloom and the tomatoes are ripening, but the weather person is calling for no rain. If your water source and the garden are a long distance from each other, you need to come up with a solution to keep your garden watered. Perhaps you have a small pond you can water from, but hauling endless buckets is not your idea of fun. Maybe the spigot on the house is so far away from...
By M.S. Beltran
Some people love to garden and don't mind spending hours in the sun, weeding, fertilizing and checking each individual plant. However, some of us just want an attractive garden without a lot of fuss. We would prefer to use our free time sipping lemonade in the shade looking at our beautiful garden rather than laboring in it. There are a lot of ways to cut down your gardening work so that your ...