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Originally Posted by SQWIBB
Yes , shape and size.
I'm trying to keep it small, it should have been cut back in late June.
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Got it. I usually summer prune mine in mid-June and then at the end of July. Peach trees are weeds and I find pruning twice during the growing season is necessary to keep them reasonable. Then when they go dormant, I make some thinning cuts to remove anything growing in a bad direction or crossing.
I get tons of fruit set with this approach ... and then the squirrels take them all before they're much bigger than a walnut. They are their favorite thing to steal. I hope you have better luck protecting them than I do.
Great pictures and commentary. Very impressive.