I bought a house in Glassell Park (Los Angeles) 2 years ago with a pretty tree in the front yard. Got a surprise 6 months later in the wake of the LA fires when it produced dozens of peaches - like so many on each branch i had to thin them multiple times. The thing is, the tree seemed to have had a mishap, at some point before i moved here. The thin trunk near the top along with the crest or meristem had been partially broken and folded in half so it was pointing down. I looked mostly dead yet fruited as much as other branches.

Here was my mistake: Curious whether/what I should do to keep the tree healthy I mentioned it to my lawn/brush guy who has had decent advice about some of the trees and their watering. He went and cut that bent top off the tree. I have since stopped working with this guy for this and other reasons. This past spring, I think i got 5 peaches all at the same time and that was it.

I've read that peaches can come back depending on the tree's age/where it is in its life cycle. Does anyone in this lovely sub have Peach Tree wisdom and if so would you speculate about this tree and whether it will fruit more this season, or maybe the next?

Kicking myself for even bringing this tree up with this guy. I know enough to know you don't trim that "branch" without knowing it won't kill or maim the dang tree.

ETA: We did have a slightly cooler winter in 24/5 and a slightly warmer than avg winter in 25/6 so temp could be a factor.

I've tried to find the answer myself (my best guess is black rot) but I can't see any difference between the pictures of black rot, sunscald, fire blight, etc.

The tree is in the middle of Minnesota, transplanted four or five years ago. Deer ate the tags so all I can say is it's one of honeycrisp, kinder crisp, macoun or fireside. Three other trees (different varieties, everything else the same) have thrived.

It is slightly worse on the south facing side. The leaves seem mostly fine (picture with leaves is recent, picture without leaves is from May) so I don't think it's fireblight. No fruit for the last two years. The white spots are a new development - I can't tell if they're insect damage or just dead bark falling off.

We are about to go visit some land we recently bought in a tropical region of Peru. It has a few banana plants, I believe one or two of the kind you'd fry (maybe I should say plantains) and one or two of the kind you just eat. I just saw another Reddit post where someone in the comments mentioned banana plants and said "They're good for one harvest, then have to be cut down, while the offshoots are dug up and spaced out to create more." Now I knew that they grow offshoots but I didn't know the main plant dies. Is that true of all of them?

I don't know what stage of fruiting or not the bananas are in now.. it's spring now, but the weather is pretty much the same all year round. Other than I guess making sure they have enough space, we won't need to water anything.

Should we do something with the banana plants while we're there? We are only going to visit for a couple of days and then probably won't be back for another month or so, and we won't be living near there for another half year or more. We won't have a shovel, just a couple of machetes and we won't have a lot of time to spend on the banana plants, but I'd like to make sure we still have healthy banana plants once we are finally living out there.

Thanks in advance.

My Mexican Lime tree has major branches but one just broke due to high winds and the weight of all the fruit. I picked all the fruit and trimmed the secondary branches. Is this fixable? How? Or should I just cut it off?

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Planted this mango tree when it was about 5 feet tall and it’s grown to be about 6 feet now. Purchased from a big box store and I never pruned it myself.

The trunk is thin and I am finding it is top heavy as it has toppled over on really windy days, hence the stakes.

Does this need to be pruned at all with the trunk so thin?

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Planted a few apple trees that I thought were all dwarf root stock. Apparently the Yellow Delicious was not. Now it is 3x the size of the other two trees and crowding them out. A nearby Honey Crisp is clearly underperforming after several years...

What do you think about me grafting several twigs from the struggling Honey Crisp onto the thriving Yellow Delicious?

Después de la larga espera al fin tengo la primera cosecha de plátanos ahora hay que esperar a que maduren

I purchased this centennial apple tree from a online nursery. know when most online nurseries ship plants they over fill the pot to retain moisture. The pot soil went all the way up to my index finger. Well this tree graft was buried and judging by the feed roots growing close to the graft, it's been buried for a while. Is this acceptable or a cause for concern?

I have "inherited" an abandoned allotment garden, where several apple trees, all aged around 20 years old, are. I have been noticing that there is something that looks like white mold appearing on them. I am new to fruit trees, could anyone tell me if it is something I should worry about?

Should I be concerned of the color change in the first tree? They are both Dunston Chestnuts and were planted together 75 feet apart in early September and it is now mid october. Location is in zone 7a.

Flowers are not looking good.

I'm looking for a tree or shrub to plant in this hole. It goes down about 4' and it's exposed to the Arizona afternoon sun. Alternatively, I could use the trellis, but I'm not sure if there are any vine fruits that would tolerate the amount of sun we get! All the better if it's something drought-tolerant.

Should I be concerned of the color change in the first tree? They are both Dunston Chestnuts and were planted together 75 feet apart in early September and it is now mid october. Location is in zone 7a.

Do you find this to be accurate? I just seen this video and it reminded me Of the fact I am also growing a pawpaw under a black walnut and it is also doing well despite being right under the black walnut tree.

Deer really did a number to my Arkansas black this year. This canker formed where they stripped a branch. Should I just chop above it after it goes dormant?

Hi everyone. My parents recently wanted to start growing some fruit trees, but I'm not very familiar with the process, so any advice would be appreciated. For apples, I'm currently looking at Grimes Golden, Mcintosh, and Cox Orange Pippin. We're in Southwest Ohio, 6b with silty clay loam. Would these grow well with these conditions or would you recommend something else? The place I'm looking at (Trees of Antiquity) would ship them out Spring 27 bareroot. So should we pot them or transplant immediately? They're also looking at blueberries, would they be good with our soil here?