Apple trees grow in an orchard. - John Coletti/Getty Images Growing your own fruit at home can be a challenge if you have a relatively small yard with room for only one or two trees. While not all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: I planted an apple tree a couple of years ago and it has never produced fruit. My neighbor says that I need to plant another ...

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 ...

Don Kinzler answers questions about the best time to prune a rose bush and cross-pollination. He also gives a reader a recommendation for an evergreen tree that won't grow taller than 25 feet ...

Pollination underpins fruit set and quality in tree crops, driving yield stability and nutritional value on a global scale. Mechanisms range from self-pollination, in which a flower’s own pollen ...

Apples are one of the fruits which require cross pollination from two different varieties to produce fruit because they are self-sterile. Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...