Peaches in sunny Crewe, cheshire

[swaine]

not bad for a few pound bare root tree, i think from aldi

[Gina's plot]

Wow that's good now old is the tree.


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[swaine]

about 3 years old, producing trays and trays of peaches like this, I have thinned them by 50% to try and get better quality
stew

Wow that's good now old is the tree.


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[chris]

Do you spray it, or is it undercover?

[Nicos]

Gosh- those look utterly delicious!!
Well done

[swaine]

I grow the peaches undercover in a Poly tunnel

Do you spray it, or is it undercover?

[yummersetter]

Oh, I just had a deliciously ripe one fall at my feet from the tree that's grown up through the kiwi canopy. As I can't see anything through the massed overgrowth I didn't even know that any peaches had set this year. Its a round peach that I was sold as a flat one (Saturn) years ago. That made me so annoyed that I put it in a neglectable spot . . .

[Whitney]

Those look so delicious! How I wish we have enough space here for peaches. Good job!

[Bigmallly]

Well done Swaine, they look lovely. What variety are they as they resemble necterines rather than peaches. I bought a "Red Haven" peach tree from Aldi & the peaches were lighter in colour.

[swaine]

many thanks, I am pretty sure they are fantasia peach, i have also the red haven peach from aldi , the peaches do seem lighter as you've noted
stewart

Well done Swaine, they look lovely. What variety are they as they resemble necterines rather than peaches. I bought a "Red Haven" peach tree from Aldi & the peaches were lighter in colour.

[Snadger]

I grow mine in the gable end of an 8 foot X 6 foot greenhouse. Also a bare rooted plant from Aldi in a sunken pot.Takes up very little room and I've had masses of peaches the last couple of years.
To keep it in trim and hopefully get even more fruit I've been tying leaders to canes to try and develope a fan shape.
Just made some lovely peach jelly and still have another dozen or so peaches still on the tree.Mine is Red Haven I think.

[Bigmallly]

Glad you got a good crop Snadge, I think last year you said yours was a Red Haven, it doesn't seem 2 minutes since we were last discussing this...........

[veggiechicken]

My Aldi peach that I made such a fuss about..................died
The other one looks good - must move it into the GH for the winter

[BUFFS]

not bad for a few pound bare root tree, i think from aldi

i got mine from the same place,about the same time,is yours a Red Haven too?,we should get a much better crop next year,if we get a "normal" summer,but well done you....enjoy..

[Snadger]

My Aldi peach that I made such a fuss about..................died
The other one looks good - must move it into the GH for the winter

Apparently peaches are fully hardy, its just they flower at a time when its normally frosty and there are no pollinating insects about. Watch the rootball itself doesn't get frozen, even in a greenhouse. Mine is in a large pot burried up to its neck!
For some reason I got an apricot tree (a close relative) through the first year...........THEN it snuffed it!