Growing Fruits at Home

<br /> Introduction <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> When the snow finally melts in spring, many of us will discover mounds or ridges of soil in our l...

This Factsheet is to help home gardeners identify organic nutrient sources for use in their gardens. Use the chart to locate specific plant-based nutr...

What is a soil test?<br /> <br /> The soil testing lab takes your soil sample, dries it, and runs a small portion of the sample through a series of ...

Introduction<br /> <br /> Disease and insect control measures suggested in this guide are recommended only for home fruit production. When this prog...

Arthropod Injury<br /> <br /> Plum Curculio: I see two forms of PC injury at harvest time.<br /> <br /> 1) Typical PC injury is created when the f...

Strawberries are an excellent crop for New Hampshire home gardeners. With proper care strawberry beds will produce good crops for three to five years,...

Several species of insects bore into New Hampshire apple trees, including roundheaded apple tree borer, flatheaded apple-tree borer, dogwood borer (an...

Grafting as a means of propagating fruit trees dates back several thousand years or more. Grafting is used for two principal reasons: most fruit trees...

Wild lowbush blueberries have always called New Hampshire home. These small, flavor and antioxidant-packed fruits are common in abandoned fields, in s...

Pruning and pest management – these two chores can be discouraging tasks for many home tree fruit growers. Is it possible to grow tree fruits with lim...