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What do I need to grow peaches?
Posted on 8/23/24 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 8/23/24 at 2:25 pm
I planted 2 peach trees that already had fruit when I bought and planted them. Z8 near B'ham.
They were kept watered all summer but they both dropped fruit so none ripened.
I took one back and got a refund. The other one is so-so.
No mention was made of spraying it during the season. Am I going to have to purchase at the local fruit stands all the time rather than have my own?
They were kept watered all summer but they both dropped fruit so none ripened.
I took one back and got a refund. The other one is so-so.
No mention was made of spraying it during the season. Am I going to have to purchase at the local fruit stands all the time rather than have my own?
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Posted on 8/23/24 at 2:45 pm to sc2anni
It's not unusual for a young tree to produce fruit and then drop it, especially when they were transplanted with fruit on them as I assume was the case by your post.
One of my former neighbors had a couple peach trees and by the 3rd year he was putting supports under some of the branches to keep them from sagging due to so much fruit on them. Just give them time.
One of my former neighbors had a couple peach trees and by the 3rd year he was putting supports under some of the branches to keep them from sagging due to so much fruit on them. Just give them time.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 2:53 pm to sc2anni
First you gotta be movin to the country
Posted on 8/23/24 at 3:05 pm to sc2anni
Sunshine. They like lots of sunshine
Posted on 8/23/24 at 3:16 pm to DVinBR
quote:
movin to the country
Nature's candy in my hand
Posted on 8/23/24 at 4:44 pm to sc2anni
You don’t grow peaches. They come from a can. They were put there by a man.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 6:26 pm to gumbo2176
So, it doesn't matter too much about spraying. I still have the one but may move it into a sunnier spot and just give them time.
I did save seeds from the best fruit stands peaches I bought.
I did save seeds from the best fruit stands peaches I bought.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 7:18 pm to sc2anni
They probably weren’t old enough to have fruit yet. Even then, it sometimes takes a couple of years to get over stress and get established. Sometimes you do everything right, and you still get no fruit.
Growing things is hard.
Growing things is hard.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 8:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
May be so, but a nice juicy peach is one of life's pleasures. The kind that you have to lean over the sink to eat.
Posted on 8/23/24 at 8:50 pm to sc2anni
Man, you are making me want a peach!
Posted on 8/24/24 at 4:02 am to sc2anni
Sandy soil helps a lot. I’ve tried numerous varieties over the years and found 2 that were bulletproof and they produce fruit in zone 9A regardless of what kind of winter we get. Oregon Curlfree and La Feliciana is what I recommend to anyone planting peach trees in the gulf states.
Posted on 8/24/24 at 9:53 am to PillageUrVillage
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They come from a can. They were put there by a man.
In a factory downtown
Posted on 8/24/24 at 10:57 am to sc2anni
My tree was loaded this year. I didn't cull enough so the peaches never got big. They were tasty, though.
I fertilize it in the spring. I apply fruit tree spray (it's malathion, copper fungicide, and something else) as reccomended by the bottle. I also prune it to keep it more open. There are videos on YouTube of how to prune.
I fertilize it in the spring. I apply fruit tree spray (it's malathion, copper fungicide, and something else) as reccomended by the bottle. I also prune it to keep it more open. There are videos on YouTube of how to prune.
Posted on 8/24/24 at 11:12 am to sc2anni
At the old family place NWLA when my parents built the house for my grandparents to live their final years in comfort the peach tree ended up being 3 steps from the back door and about halfway to the storage building. Always had to spray to keep more than a handful of fruit no matter the weather or green fruit production. It was an old tree so no clue what variety (freestone).
Sure was nice to step out and grab one though. When the house was built there was an apple tree that produced to maturity that had to be supported several years. That tree was slightly behind the house so eventually it was starved lacking afternoon sunlight (would have eventually needed to be removed as it was really too close to the house).
Sure was nice to step out and grab one though. When the house was built there was an apple tree that produced to maturity that had to be supported several years. That tree was slightly behind the house so eventually it was starved lacking afternoon sunlight (would have eventually needed to be removed as it was really too close to the house).
Posted on 8/24/24 at 11:18 am to Loup
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My tree was loaded this year.
I mentioned in an earlier post how a former neighbor of mine had a peach tree that made so much fruit the limbs were sagging, so he took pieces of 2 x 4 and notched them on one end so the limbs would rest in the notch.
He'd put the other end in a small hole he made in the yard to keep it in place and they held the branches up off the ground and kept them from possibly breaking.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:20 am to sc2anni
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I did save seeds from the best fruit stands peaches I bought.
I've read that you can't count on the seeds producing a tree with similar fruit. The trees are typically grown from grafts.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:45 am to Twenty 49
Yep seed may not produce the same fruit.
Posted on 8/25/24 at 9:51 pm to sc2anni
You need just the right amount of chilling hours for the variety that you have.
Posted on 8/26/24 at 6:55 am to Koolazzkat
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Oregon Curlfree and La Feliciana is what I recommend to anyone planting peach trees in the gulf states.
Dixie Gem ftw
Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:25 am to sc2anni
The beginning of this thread is how I know I'm amongst friends.
....millions of peaches...
....millions of peaches...
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