Question: My fig tree is several years old and only four feet tall. Does it need a special fertilizer? Answer: Increasing the fertilizer may help produce growth, but there could be a root problem too.

I’ve been tending fig trees for years as a gardener, but one that always comes to mind is a grand ‘Brown Turkey’ espaliered flat against a vast stone barn in South Wales. The garden sat at the bottom ...

You probably flush a nutrient-rich, renewable fertilizer down the toilet every day: your pee. Human urine can be used as a safe and effective crop fertilizer, researchers said. And studies show using ...

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Two readers wrote me with questions on figs. One wonders how she should fertilize her tree, and the other whether she can move hers to a new location. And a man with a crab apple is perplexed that it ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.