Peaches - in tropical Essex!

[Glutton4...]

The Peach Tree in the back garden has excelled itself this year, after a measly four fruit last year - I got one, thanks to the Wasps. This is this year's haul - well, the ones I can reach without getting on the Garage roof! The £1 coin is for comparison.

[vikkib]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

They look amazing!

I have recently been toying with the idea of a fig tree in the garden... now I'm tempted by peach too!

[Bigmallly]

I'm looking forward to my glut of one peach this year.................

[Glutton4...]

Well! Mr.G has just called in to get some lunch, so he shinned up the ladder to get the Peaches above the Garage roof - another TEN!

Bumper harvest - more than made up for last year, I reckon. Just scoffed one, too - deeeelish, and I'm covered in juice now - not a wise idea before an afternoon's gardening, so I'm off for a wash!

[Farmer_Gyles]

nice!
i planted a peach tree last year .... then a couple of months ago all the leaves curled and half have died .... looks like blight, not sure if it's killed the tree .... i should have sprayed it with bordeax mixture from january ....

[starloc]

@Farmer Gyles: It wil be peach leaf curl, Give it a spray with copper fungicide or bordeaux mix, it will be fine probably , you need to spray them to stop it , it nearly always happens

I have trees in Bulgaria that have never been sprayed, some look really bad keep loosing leaves but still fruit and keep growing , Ive sprayed some near the house and they are fine

My best UK tree lost all its leaves this year, and many small branches as I didnt bother spraying, now its fine again loads of new growth and perfect leaves, a few fruit , I keep planning on spraying it....I havent so it will probably loose its leaves again

[Farmer_Gyles]

@Farmer Gyles: It wil be peach leaf curl, Give it a spray with copper fungicide or bordeaux mix, it will be fine probably , you need to spray them to stop it , it nearly always happens

wish i'd known that last year when i planted it - i'd have looked after it! maybe ....

[Glutton4...]

This had leaf curl earlier in the year, so I kind of ignored it, thinking it wouldn't fruit. How wrong was I?

[Jardiniere]

crikey ..more peaches than on mine - think we had about 10 altogether.And we are so much further south ...

[chris]

wow, that's amazing G4! I lost a tree due to curl, so have that Avalon Pride (I think?) on order now.

[digon]

wow, that's amazing G4! I lost a tree due to curl, so have that Avalon Pride (I think?) on order now.

I planted a two year old Avalon pride last winter but have lost all this years growth due to cutting back leaf curl.
The nursery that I got it from where touting it as leaf Curl resistant. Maybe they mislabled my tree?
I have sprayed it a couple of times with Dithane fungicide but it didn't seem to make any difference. I'll try Bordeux next.

[chris]

Interesting, thanks digon - I can't remember where I've ordered mine from, may have been blackmoor. I'll have to dig the email out.

[digon]

This had leaf curl earlier in the year, so I kind of ignored it, thinking it wouldn't fruit. How wrong was I?

How old is your tree G4?
I didn't realise garden peach trees would be as productive as yours has been.

[Garden_Chris]

wow, that's amazing G4! I lost a tree due to curl, so have that Avalon Pride (I think?) on order now.

I had a crop of about 10 from my Avalon Pride this year. Bought it as a two year old, so this has been its third year.

Not to dishearten you, but I didn't think too much to the flavour - it was incredibly watery. Whether that's because I didn't thin, fertilise or prune effectivly, I don't know, but their beautiful orangey-ruby apperance belied their true flavour.

Hopefully it is because the tree is young and next year more of a flavour will be present. I'm not sure whether this is common amongst all fruit trees: i.e., they need a few years of growing fruit for a full flavour to form.

[Glutton4...]

I've no idea how old it is. It's the height of the garage, and with quite a wide canopy. It has both a rose and honeysuckle to compete with, and could probably do with a prune, as the lower branches reach the ground.

Just trying to work out what do do with the fruit - it's rotting before my eyes, so I'm salvaging what I can, and the chooks are getting the rest!