Thanks! It's finally at a manageable height for what it was designed to do! Crossing our fingers for a ton of fruit next year. It'll be 6 years old by then!
Great video. I pruned my peach tree last winter but I think I was too hesitant and my peaches were on the small size. U have inspired me to be more aggressive with my pruning
We also pruned it heavy this summer, we just posted a video on that as well. We're trying to encourage the tree to grow branches lower. Next winter we will prune all of the tiny branches out completely and leave the larger branches to produce the peaches. Hopefully larger branches mean larger fruit production!
my peach tree grew from seed that I just summer pruned yesterday, will be 4 years old next spring. It did have a few flowers earlier this year but didn't make any fruits. Hope next season I can taste the fruit.
You are right, thinning does improve the size of the fruit, pruning takes out unnecessary wood, including smaller wood that is not big (strong) enough to bear fruit under the weight. Both pruning and thinning improve the growth of peaches however they are both very different from each other.
We just got done recording the update! We've had many questions regarding if this worked or not. The answer may surprise you. We will be posting the update video this weekend 😎
You're right, summer pruning is to control the height of the tree so that it is much easier to detail prune in the winter time when it is dormant. I try to detail prune during the summer and look for fruiting Wood versus vegetative wood. I want to create stronger fruiting wood branches for next year. We look for small flower buds that are forming on the fruiting wood for next year
Is that true? pollination is for forming a fruit, not a seed. those remaining fruits are too small, maybe because off season, they couldn't make the seeds, or seed formation was not complete.
Pollination does form seeds. This tree is a self-pollinating tree which has both male and female flowers. Female flowers can form fruit on their own but if not pollinated it will not form a proper seed. Every year we have peaches that don't have much of a seed at all and some peaches have a good seed inside. It's hit and miss LOL
You are right, there are varieties that are self incompatible, mostly apples, pears, some apricots, cherries and plums. Those are self-unfruitful and should be planted with other varieties of the same species.
Self fruiting trees have both male and female parts. Having another pollinator of the same or identical species within 100 feet (30 meters) from each other just helps guarantee a better fruit crop of higher quality and more consistent pollination.
Here's our 1 year update
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That tree looks beautiful now! so awesome! Can't wait to see the updates!
Thanks! It's finally at a manageable height for what it was designed to do! Crossing our fingers for a ton of fruit next year. It'll be 6 years old by then!
Great video. I pruned my peach tree last winter but I think I was too hesitant and my peaches were on the small size. U have inspired me to be more aggressive with my pruning
We also pruned it heavy this summer, we just posted a video on that as well. We're trying to encourage the tree to grow branches lower. Next winter we will prune all of the tiny branches out completely and leave the larger branches to produce the peaches. Hopefully larger branches mean larger fruit production!
Thanks for sharing
You're welcome 😎
Fascinating, quite entertaining. I don’t know if I want to laugh or cry.
It is so sad it's funny lol 🙃🤪
my peach tree grew from seed that I just summer pruned yesterday, will be 4 years old next spring. It did have a few flowers earlier this year but didn't make any fruits. Hope next season I can taste the fruit.
That's awesome! Do you have other peach trees on your property? It might need a pollinating friend from a different variety of peach.
thanks for the great instruction! its hard to prune trees, i never know where to start.
It can be intimidating. But most all fruit trees are forgiving. They react well with rapid growth from pruning!
Hi...I lived in southwest Nevada and it isn't 95 everyday. Should I waited unto 95 degrees comes before pruning my 5 year peach tree? Thank you.
Greetings from Arizona 😎 the middle of September should be good.
The sun really starts to loose it's strength and plants begin putting on rapid growth till winter.
We fertilize our orchard labor day weekend.
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I was under the impression thinning is what improves the size of the peach. Rather than a matter of not pruning.
You are right, thinning does improve the size of the fruit, pruning takes out unnecessary wood, including smaller wood that is not big (strong) enough to bear fruit under the weight. Both pruning and thinning improve the growth of peaches however they are both very different from each other.
You’re making my mouth water from the bites.
I love peaches and love this tree. It just gets better the older it gets!
Quite talking so much and get with the pruning! 7:04
We will be making a new video this fall. Short and straight to the point!
I’ve had Peachtree for six years now, no luck of having peach’s I’ve prune the trees every year.still no peaches.
What variety of peach is it? Did you purchase it from a nursery or plant it by seed?
Did you post an update video on the results of this pruning? Link??
We just got done recording the update! We've had many questions regarding if this worked or not. The answer may surprise you. We will be posting the update video this weekend 😎
ua-cam.com/video/LW-EkmivCl4/v-deo.html
Here's our update video sir.
another video also in AZ and most other summer pruning, they only prune for heights, not in details.
You're right, summer pruning is to control the height of the tree so that it is much easier to detail prune in the winter time when it is dormant. I try to detail prune during the summer and look for fruiting Wood versus vegetative wood. I want to create stronger fruiting wood branches for next year. We look for small flower buds that are forming on the fruiting wood for next year
Is that true? pollination is for forming a fruit, not a seed. those remaining fruits are too small, maybe because off season, they couldn't make the seeds, or seed formation was not complete.
Pollination does form seeds. This tree is a self-pollinating tree which has both male and female flowers. Female flowers can form fruit on their own but if not pollinated it will not form a proper seed. Every year we have peaches that don't have much of a seed at all and some peaches have a good seed inside. It's hit and miss LOL
So a peach tree can make peaches with no pits because it wasn’t fertilized. I thought all trees do not produce fruit if not fertilized. Wow
You are right, there are varieties that are self incompatible, mostly apples, pears, some apricots, cherries and plums. Those are self-unfruitful and should be planted with other varieties of the same species.
We are growing self fruitful varieties mostly on our property. We do have some apples and pears that need a pollinator.
Not having seeds / is actually a mutation, you can still have a seed without being fertilized and that would be a sterile seed / pit.
Self fruiting trees have both male and female parts. Having another pollinator of the same or identical species within 100 feet (30 meters) from each other just helps guarantee a better fruit crop of higher quality and more consistent pollination.
You gotta learn to come to the point a little quicker
I appreciate you bringing that up. I'll remember that for future videos.