Comments on: How to Prune a Peach Fan http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/fruit/how-to-prune-a-peach-fan/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Thinning my Peach Tree http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/fruit/how-to-prune-a-peach-fan/#comment-41515 My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Thinning my Peach Tree Sun, 10 May 2009 13:26:27 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=294#comment-41515 [...] I planted and pruned my tiny Peach tree way back in March last year I honestly didn’t think I’d see any [...] [...] I planted and pruned my tiny Peach tree way back in March last year I honestly didn’t think I’d see any [...]

]]> By: mtp http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/fruit/how-to-prune-a-peach-fan/#comment-38211 mtp Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:09:05 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=294#comment-38211 Hi Adam, I'm no expert with Peach trees but I have been reading up on them quite a lot lately. To be on the safe side I would move the two smaller ones to a bigger space. They also don't like soil that is too alkaline so make sure to add plenty of compost or rotted manure to the hole before planting. Regarding the non-production of fruit. Do they flower and then not produce fruit? If so then it's pretty clear that there's a pollination issue. Peaches flower very early, so early infact that there are very few insects around. You will need to manually pollinate them using a paintbrush. If they flower and then the flowers fall off then this could be frost or low temperatures. If they don't flower at all then there could be a more serious issue like the tree is diseased (Leaf Curl will reduce the amount of peaches) or out of nutrients (they need feeding constantly). But it's all fixable! - well maybe apart from the diseases :( Hi Adam,

I’m no expert with Peach trees but I have been reading up on them quite a lot lately.

To be on the safe side I would move the two smaller ones to a bigger space. They also don’t like soil that is too alkaline so make sure to add plenty of compost or rotted manure to the hole before planting.

Regarding the non-production of fruit. Do they flower and then not produce fruit? If so then it’s pretty clear that there’s a pollination issue. Peaches flower very early, so early infact that there are very few insects around. You will need to manually pollinate them using a paintbrush.

If they flower and then the flowers fall off then this could be frost or low temperatures.

If they don’t flower at all then there could be a more serious issue like the tree is diseased (Leaf Curl will reduce the amount of peaches) or out of nutrients (they need feeding constantly).

But it’s all fixable! – well maybe apart from the diseases :(

]]> By: Adam http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/fruit/how-to-prune-a-peach-fan/#comment-38209 Adam Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:08:01 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=294#comment-38209 I have 3 peach trees, one that is way overgrown and two that are small and near it that arent really growing or producing fruit, should I transplant the small ones to a better area? I have 3 peach trees, one that is way overgrown and two that are small and near it that arent really growing or producing fruit, should I transplant the small ones to a better area?

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