Codling moths are one of the most common apple tree pests, and they can destroy a harvest. These are the best methods to get ...

Summertime apple tree care that will help you get a better harvest this fall 🔊 In this episode, Don and John go over some of the summertime care you should be giving your apple trees.

Another good apple harvest year is expected this season, with an estimated haul of about 30.5 million bushels, or 1.281 billion pounds, in 2024, the Michigan Apple Committee announced.

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

These will help to keep apple tree pests under control. Plus, you'll get the added benefit of being able to harvest the seeds and grind them up to use as culinary coriander in the kitchen.

Apple trees are really pretty when they bloom, but can be quite messy if you don’t harvest the fruit. The fruit that stays on the tree may be ornamental, but eventually will become a nuisance.

While last year’s apple crop was roughly the same as 2020’s 122 million-box harvest, both were well below the 2019 statewide harvest of 134.5 million boxes.