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Old 05-24-2018, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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I planted a peach tree last year and this year it's already full of little peaches (not sure what to call them.) Anyway, I know fruit trees eventually succumb to disease and insects if left untreated. What do I need to do to keep the peaches healthy?
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Old 05-26-2018, 07:50 AM
 
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I planted a peach tree last year and this year it's already full of little peaches (not sure what to call them.) Anyway, I know fruit trees eventually succumb to disease and insects if left untreated. What do I need to do to keep the peaches healthy?
The best way to keep it healthy is not to stress the tree. Provide it with adequate water if rain doesn't do that. Give it some fertilizer early in the spring when its buds start to swell.
Thin the fruit on the tree when the fruit is about the size of your thumb nail. Leave a peach on for about every 8 - 10 inches of branch.
If it's overloaded with fruit, the fruit will remain small and be nothing more than a stressful burden on the tree and make the tree prone to breaking branches as well.
Don't put insecticides on the tree just because you can. A few insects on it won't hurt anything and insecticides kill beneficial insects as well.
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Old 05-26-2018, 09:23 AM
 
Location: North Idaho
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Time to thin those little peaches. It's hard to make yourself remove them, but keep reminding yourself that you will actually get more fruit if you thin aggressively.

Peach trees should get a dormant oil spray in the Winter to fight bugs and a copper spray while dormant to fight peach leaf curl and fungus. In summer, you will need to identify pests before you know what to spray.
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Old 05-26-2018, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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I use diazinon/Imidan. Left over chemicals from my farming days. Use as directed. I generally use 1/2 as recommended. Application timing is important.
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Old 05-26-2018, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Swiftwater, PA
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Our peach trees were wiped out twenty years ago by what looked like fire blight on pear and apple trees. I tried to keep them pruned; but lost the battle in the end. It is possible that I did not react quick enough to save them. Here is one link to another similar disease as fire blight and our trees could have suffered from this disease: How to Control Tip Blight in Peach Trees | Home Guides | SF Gate.


We did really enjoy out trees when they were in their glory. Keep a close eye on yours and take preventative measures. I always like to spray ours with the dormant oil before the buds came out in early Spring. Then I was quick to spray them with Sevin after all the flowers fell off. That first spraying with Sevin was important because a small insect bite, on a very small fruit, ends up as a very large bite as the fruit grows. I was not as religious about spraying after those first two times.
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