I have Peaches !!!!!!

[Nyboy]

I had asked here what is best peach for the north, anyone replied Reliance. Planted 3 this spring, when they flowered, they where so pretty i didn't care about fruit. i never got to spray them so had little hope for peaches. This is what i found today, how do i know when ripe?

 

[majorcatfish]

when it has a little give when you press on it.. then pick it bring it inside for a couple days then eat it.....
p.s. your landscaper is not weedeating around the fenceline.
p.s.s you see the large peach just to the right that trimmed back branch, trim it might have blight treat with captan once cut...

otherwise i am jealous .....

 

[Smart Red]

When it falls in your hand and melts in your mouth?

I have never been successful with peaches (YET). With pears, a quarter twist near the stem is what I use to pick them. If they come off in that quarter turn, they are ready for harvest. Plums? Just a light tug. Apples take a bit more of a tug.

Those look delicious! Like majorcatfish, I am jealous of those beauties.

 

[Nyboy]

I thought peaches didnt get blight.

 

[majorcatfish]

peaches get fire blight. lost all my fruit trees to it...
did have a couple good smokes out of the wood

 

[Nyboy]

Is it to late to spray?

 

[majorcatfish]

never...if you do always buy the fungicide/ oil in concentrate and spray everything around it as well they will be hosts...
read up on it..when i say spray i mean a tow behind sprayer that holds 15+gallons with a hand sprayer.... like the one in the middle left..

 

[Carol Dee]

Those peaches look great.

 

[Smart Red]

I agree, they look delicious. For a first year planting, Nyboy, you 'done good'!

I'll bet fireblight tastes a lot like sweet, juicy peaches.

 

[PhilaGardener]

Looks like those are going to be delicious! Be sure to update us!