Peach Tree help please.........

[binley100]

I have a new peach tree (courtesy of Aldi) which I am going to train as a fan. The main branches ae ideally placed and have spread down really well and are now attached to canes. Off these branches are some long whippy type shoots, bearing in mind it's a new tree, am I supposed to shorten them or anything ?

[pipkins]

Glad you found one.

I do not know the answer to the question, I wondered the same question, I trimmed a few back on mine and will see what happens

[pipkins]

Not one sign of growth on mine am I being too impatient?

[FB.]

Not one sign of growth on mine am I being too impatient?

If the tree was bought recently, the way that it was handled during transport, the likely use of refrigerated storage before putting on the shop shelf and the change of climate between your location and the nursery can confuse them in the first year.
Leafing-out can happen many weeks early, or many months late.
If you're not sure whether it's alive, clip off the top bud on one of the branches to see whether the wood looks fresh and see if there is a damp greenish layer just under the bark.

[gojiberry]

All I know about pruning is that being a stone fruit it should only be pruned in the summer months and that the wound should be sealed with a wound paint to stop the possibility of silver leaf infection.

Ian

[FB.]

All I know about pruning is that being a stone fruit it should only be pruned in the summer months and that the wound should be sealed with a wound paint to stop the possibility of silver leaf infection.

Ian

There is also a school of thought that reckon pruning wounds should remain uncovered, to allow air and a natural healing process - and to avoid getting potentially harmful fungal spores trapped *under* the pruning sealant.

Personally, I don't cover any pruning wounds, but I find that - on my unsprayed trees - about 1/20 pruning wounds get infected and need pruning back further to remove a diseased bit.

[gojiberry]

I know I posted about a wound sealant, although I am in the school of thought that does not use them. It just happened that I recently read in one of the gardening mags that someone was recommending sealing wounds on fruit trees susceptible to silver leaf. I think it is just one of those things that you have to make your own decision on.

Ian