Nectarines, citrus, figs, sour cherries, persimmons, quince and pomegranates also don’t need pollinizer trees. To check the pollination needs for different fruit trees go to the following ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

Growing fruit trees in the Northwest can be a very rewarding venture. There is nothing quite like going out to the back yard and picking a handful of tree-ripened cherries, a juicy Asian pear or ...

I recommend that you check the pollination needs of any tree before you buy, to save yourself this trouble. And in many cases if you find that the tree does need another tree to pollinate it, you ...

This means they need another tree for pollination, a tree that is within 100 feet and is a different variety of the same fruit. Some trees produce sterile pollen and need to be planted with at ...

Some fruit trees do not require cross-pollination to reliably produce fruit. These are called self-fruitful or self-pollinating plants, and they will produce well even if only one is planted.

Blossoms abound on some fruit trees, yet many of those flowers end up being nothing but pretty. Why? There can be many answers – suchas the record- breaking freeze last Wednesday. But basical… ...

Fruit trees naturally drop fruit throughout the spring and early summer. This first drop occurs shortly after the petals fall, when the fruit is about the size of a pea. This can be caused by poor ...

Most of the ingredients we buy to cook with are long dead. Thankfully. The meat and dairy products in your refrigerator, the bins of sugar, flour, rice and grains in your pantry, all of the various… ...

How to Hand-Pollinate Fruit Trees for Bigger, More Delicious Harvests. Emily Hayes. June 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM. Copied; Getty / Curly_photo. Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to ...