You’ve done it—you planted your fruit trees, nurtured them through spring blossoms, and watched them proudly bear fruit through summer. But now fall is here, and the harvest window has passed… yet those apples, pears, or plums are still hanging there, soft and overripe. You tell yourself you’ll get to them “next weekend,” but next weekend turns into winter.
Here’s the surprising truth: leaving unharvested fruit on your trees isn’t just lazy gardening—it can actually harm your trees in big ways.
