1st peaches

[lesa]

I have never sprayed mine... so far so good. Our spring weather was kind of crazy. One of my trees only has a few peaches, the other many more. Of course, I love eating them, but I think they look absolutely beautiful on the tree. Very happy I planted fruit trees!

 

[Nyboy]

Lesa I was very happy with the purple flowers in spring. I got mine because of your peach trees.

 

[ducks4you]

If I didn't get fruit 2 years ago from my young peach tree, I'd be chopping it down. Two bad winters and two years of frozen blossoms = no fruit this year, aGAIN! My pear tree is loaded, almost same age.

 

[Jared77]

At our old house we had 4 peach trees. If I didn't spray them I got MAYBE a handful of edible peaches. Rest were all bug infested shriveled up and depressing looking.

I sprayed the next year? Trees were LOADED so heavily I had to prop up the lower branches to support them so they didn't touch the ground. It was crazy! The peaches were excellent and were worth the extra work.

Those are the ONLY thing I miss from that house. Well that and the peonies.

 

[Carol Dee]

At our old house we had 4 peach trees. If I didn't spray them I got MAYBE a handful of edible peaches. Rest were all bug infested shriveled up and depressing looking.

I sprayed the next year? Trees were LOADED so heavily I had to prop up the lower branches to support them so they didn't touch the ground. It was crazy! The peaches were excellent and were worth the extra work.

Those are the ONLY thing I miss from that house. Well that and the peonies.

What did you spray with and when do you spray? I want more than 2 next summer.

 

[Nyboy]

and how many times

 

[Jared77]

Was what I was told to use from my local nursery.

Here's the label from their website with ingredient list and application schedule. Supposed to work for all sorts of fruit trees but I've only ever had those peach trees.

http://www.bonide.com/lbonide/backlabels/l201.pdf

They give you a list of contractions depending on when you want to apply it. It's maximum 3 applications per season. I usually waited till the petal drop because we can get a late frost or early thaw and the petals are gone.

Sometimes it was 3 applications other times it was just 2. Depended on when the first application was and how crazy the season was if I had time to stay on top of it. I would mix it into a 2 gallon sprayer with a wand so I could get the trees treated. You can find it at any large box store Home Depot, Lowes, etc. it's not overly expensive either and a little bit goes a long way when you mix up a batch. 2 gallons I think covered 4 mature trees if I remember right.

Just watch the weather for a few dry days and go for it.

I know too some commercial growers remove a portion of the fruit in an effort to get bigger higher quality fruit. Honestly you'd have to look up which ones and how many on a branch to remove.

I never did and I had plenty of fruit.

 

[Carol Dee]

@Jared77 Thanks this will be helpful information. Your the best.

 

[Jared77]

I'm just glad I can help

 

[Smart Red]

That's what I use as well (when I manage to get out and use it). I have another for the dormant oil spray in February/March.

This year I couldn't find a day that wasn't too windy for spraying, but when I do get the trees sprayed, it is twice. Once just before flowering and one at petal fall. That seems to me to be the perfect times for almost bug free fruit. Spraying every 4/5 weeks just isn't in my life.