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Hay_Man · Mar 16, 2012

Peaches are comming on pretty early this year. Couple years ago had peaches set and an ice storm wiped them out right about Easter. Guess we'll see........

641Dave · Mar 16, 2012

Do you mind me asking what variety are you growing there?

Hay_Man · Mar 16, 2012

I don't know.......but they sure make good cobbler!

TAZDOG101 · Mar 16, 2012

Always loved fresh peachs and heavy cream hope it don't freeze

Stephen Newell · Mar 17, 2012

I'm not having very good luck with peach trees. I had three of them and only one made peaches. On the other two the peaches got about the size of a large pecan and would stop growing. Somebody told me to thin the peaches but one year I think I removed all but about a dozen. No telling how many fertilizer spikes I put around them but didn't help. Then last year the drought killed the good tree and another.

Hay_Man · Mar 17, 2012

This one shed its leaves last year in the drought, I thought it was going to die, but its near the septic tank so I guess that saved it.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 17, 2012

I would like to hear how others are spraying and taking care of peach trees.

Nancy Howell · Mar 17, 2012

We don"t have peaches, but the pear trees are setting fruit.

We have one tree on the south part of the property and two on the north end. The two on the north end got some sort of disease 4 or 5 yrs ago. They would bloom, set fruit and leaf out. Then the leaves would turn brown and die.

I don"t know much about fruit trees, but someone said it was fire blight and there wasn"t anything you could do but cut the tree down.

Last year I sprayed the trees with a mix of baking soda and soap as they were blooming and leafing out. It worked! The parts of the trees I got with the spray remained healthy while the parts I couldn"t get, the leaves turned brown and died.

This year, James put the work platform on the front end loader so I could get up high. I was able to reach all parts of the trees this year. Hopefully, it will work like it did last year.

Hay_Man · Mar 17, 2012

Did you use a dishwashing liquid soap as a surfactant I guess? I will do this to the peach tree, I'm sure it can't hurt and probably will help it! Thanks, Nancy...

gitrib · Mar 17, 2012

Dog gone it Nancy does that jim make you do all f the high work,first putting the roof on your horse barn now this bet it is all part of loving each other.
gitrib

thurlow · Mar 17, 2012

I'd suggest asking at your local Extension Service for a spray schedule; they'll probably have 2, a homeowner's schedule and a commercial schedule. The commercial schedule is 'better', but either will have good information. Had a small (17 acres) commercial peach orchard way back when...........

Nancy Howell · Mar 17, 2012

I mixed up 3 gallons of spray using 1/4 cup baking soda per gallon and a good squeeze of liquid dish soap.

In this case, the soap was a surfactant. Since soap is intended to break down chemicals, using it as a surfactant with herbicides weakens the herbicide.

Nancy Howell · Mar 17, 2012

He's the "elevator operator".

Yup, its finding out what works for your marriage and sticking to it.

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