Posts Tagged: cherry
Fruit Tree Monitoring for Pests

Stone fruit trees like apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum, and prune are a staple of many...
Pruning Trees in Winter

Winter is an ideal time to prune deciduous fruit and shade trees, since the trees are dormant and...
Flies Spoiling Your Cherry Season?
![Ripened cherry with sunken oviposition sites of spotted wing drosophila. [L. Strand] Ripened cherry with sunken oviposition sites of spotted wing drosophila. [L. Strand]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/43803small.jpg)
As cherries begin to ripen on backyard fruit trees, you'll want to monitor the fruit for pests,...
It's Time to Prune Apricot & Cherry Trees
![Cluster of ripe apricots [J.K.Clark] Cluster of ripe apricots [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/31578small.jpg)
Although most fruit trees are pruned during the dormant season, in areas with wet winters, apricots...
Avoid Pruning Apricots and Cherries in Cool Season

Most people think about pruning fruit trees during the winter since the branch structure is most...
Figure 2. A cross-cut into the infected branch reveals a large fungal canker in the wood; the infection continues into the trunk.