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b54red · March 6, 2012

I have always pruned mine. Peaches will send out too many limbs and the foliage will become too dense. They will also get too tall for picking. My two trees are getting a little too old for good production with one of them being 30 years old and the other over 15 years but the dogs love the shade they provide so I am not going to replace them.

Down here the biggest thing affecting production besides diseases is whether or not we got enough cold weather during the winter. This summer I expect to see very few peaches because of the warm winter; but last year with a longer and colder winter the peaches were loaded. As a matter of fact my older tree had more fruit than anytime in the past 10 years.

March 6, 2012	#2
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I have always pruned mine. Peaches will send out too many limbs and the foliage will become too dense. They will also get too tall for picking. My two trees are getting a little too old for good production with one of them being 30 years old and the other over 15 years but the dogs love the shade they provide so I am not going to replace them. Down here the biggest thing affecting production besides diseases is whether or not we got enough cold weather during the winter. This summer I expect to see very few peaches because of the warm winter; but last year with a longer and colder winter the peaches were loaded. As a matter of fact my older tree had more fruit than anytime in the past 10 years.