You will see that I have many apples that are turning black on the bottom blossom end. Something is getting in there eating and they working it’s way out the tip or side. I cut one open and noticed a small black insect in there moving but not sure if that was the initial culprit. Thoughts?

I just started my BYO with about 15 trees in the suburbs but come to realize it seems everyone has pest issues; rodents stealing fruit. No matter what kind of traps, nets, etc? Am I missing something. Is the only option a full enclosure?

Feeling frustrated for my future self who will lose harvests.

This seems to have come on quite quickly, I came back from vacation and it seems to be all throughout. All signs point to fire blight from what I can tell.

I’ve done minimal pruning over the years. And I need to manage these better. It’s time to identify pruning for next February (New York)

A). Pictures 1&2. 3 High bushes 6 ft tall under a Japanese maple that is now shading them several hours per day. No longer good producers
Q: if I want to move: trim down to a manageable ht over 2 years & cut out the older main trunks?
Or, trim out 2-3 of the oldest branches to the ground + any old stuff at the top and they will recover some vibrancy with new growth

B). Pictures 3+4…. Unbelievable this year, had not been a good producer.
Q: do I take one branch out to the ground to force new main sprouts? … and give it a better shape

C). Pictures 5-6. 2 more high bushes. Slightly falling off in production.
Q: Do I take a main trunk out of each and trim out old stuff next Feb?

D). Pictures 7-8. 2 Solid lower bushes early season performers that are producing a bit better…. But not like before.
Q: Too much foliage? Hack away at these to open them up?

We bought a house in December and found out we have a peach tree.... Literally when we saw the green fuzzy things starting to grow...

One branch broke over a weekend away and another snapped today! turned out to apparently be more than we bargained for (new VERY busy job, first house, life, etc.). I had no idea this could happen 😓 is there anything we can do to save the fruit on this tree? I feel like the fruit is still too firm to pick and be any good. How far do I cut the branches? I'm feeling awful about this but constructive criticism is welcome.

I've since read up that we should cull early in the season and support the remaining branches.

It's quite early for figs in SE PA so I was taken back when I saw this fig starting to droop a few days ago. This is from an unknown tree that's been potted and over-wintered in an unheated garage for many years. While this could be a breba, I think it may be a fig that remained on the tree from last season that started to grow again when the weather warmed. Is that eveb possible?

I have a Cortland tree planted 6 years ago, and a macoun planted 2 years ago. I know i made a mistake getting them both because they aren't great pollinators, but im not sure if thats the problem here. This spring we pruned them, gave them compost, and they both had a ton of blossoms that turned to fruit, but in June probably 80% of the fruits dropped off. Whats left looks healthy, but is there anything I should do to gain higher fruit retention?

Plants were doing great, came back from two week vacation and a few of the plants look like this. They were watered by sprinkler the whole time.