Comments on: How to Make a Peach Frame

By: My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Time to Deploy the Peach Frame

My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Time to Deploy the Peach Frame — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:17:50 +0000

[...] My Peach tree is starting to show signs of life. I can just about see some tiny pink flower petals starting to emerge under the deluge of rain we’re having here. It’s time to deploy my Peach frame. [...]

By: John

John — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:41:46 +0000

How on earth do you come up with these ideas. We racked our brains for quite some time before coming up with something similar (not as good) but then found a supplier that actually saved us the hassle. This site is full of useful information. Protecting your crop is crucial. Its like taking care of a small child.

By: Margaret Watson

Margaret Watson — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:31:01 +0000

You are hereby promoted to my favourites list. My father in law grew peaches under an old window frame in North Yorkshire. I can still remember my astonishment the I went there when my then fiancee just walked up the garden and came back biting into a juicy, sun warm peach. What material are you using to cover the frame. Would old nylon curtain do do you think? We are planning to get round the problem by moving to France which is perhaps an extreme way to get early fruit and veg. Yours, Margaret

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:00:17 +0000

Thomas – Thanks, but either I’m losing my mind or the bits to explain my questions have been added to the article. Both are entirely possible.

It’s amazing that you can grow peaches at all in Denmark! I’m afraid that gardening is practiced at a much higher level in Europe than it is here – If something isn’t easy to grow here it tends to be written off as something that can’t be done or isn’t worth the trouble.

By: Thomas W.

Thomas W. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:30:06 +0000

@David LaFerney: Here in Denmark I’m covering my peach tree due to late frost, and like Gill wrote, to protect the opening buds from rain which allows fungus to thrive and destroy the leaves.
Some people cover the stem of free standing peach trees in order to delay flowering.

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:52:23 +0000

I thought about this and had to ask. Is the main purpose of this to extend the season or to protect the blossoms from a late frost?

I’m about 200 miles North of the peach zone in Tennessee U.S. and the problem with peaches (and apples) here is that we get lots of nice spring weather starting in March that makes the trees bloom, and then a frost gets them about 2 out of 3 years. Once they set fruit they are usually safe, and the growing season is plenty long.

No one that I know of here uses this technique. Although there might be one soon.

By: Hannan

Hannan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:37:29 +0000

Great Idea! :)

By: Kerri

Kerri — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:00:10 +0000

Didn’t realize Ryan was so good with power tools! ;) And of course super cute to see Jackson “helping” as well. Yea for peaches! YUM!

By: mtp

mtp — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:50:50 +0000

Hi Stephie,
Yes I should have mentioned that. We have secured the frame with hooks that fix to the wires on the wall.

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:37:46 +0000

If only I had a nice stone wall like that to espalier a peach tree on.