This kind of kills our chances of fruit this year, which sucks. That is, unless the weather just happens to stay nice and pleasant for the rest of the winter, which is unlikely. I read up on pruning and started today with the superfluous branches to remake my triple branch pattern. In a week or so I will be taking back the top growth and selecting which fruiting branches to work with. Here is a good link for peach pruning wisdom.
Last year we lost the crop due to a late frost in April that came with a hail storm, busted most of the buds off the tree and froze those lucky enough to remain. So again this year it looks like the weather has tricked my tree into thinking all's clear.
In related news the mild weather has not served the cabbages well; we lost several to bolting while we were gone. The boc choi we were growing bolted, but still tastes great and feeds the bees as well as the people for now. I am ever amazed at this plant.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Umm, it's late January, and my peach tree is budding
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1 comments:
that stinks about the peaches, thanks for the pruning link, I have a peach tree on order from the nursery
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