Well actually 15mos. We set out this orchard last march. The trees were 2-3ft tall and the diameter of a pencil, bare root trees. Its just amazing to me how theyve grown.

Dang good looking trees.

JW, I’m thinking about doing some trees out on my side yard but I’ve got a little grove of 8 pecan trees. You think the pollen from those trees would effect the flavor of the peaches any? I’ve always heard keep your plum and peach trees far apart because of that

We grow plums right beside peaches. I dont think it would be a problem

Good lookin peach trees. What variety are they?

Carored, desiree, flavorich, garnet beauty, flaming fury, red haven, cary mac, harvester, contender, bounty, georgia bell, indian, redskin alberta, flaming prince, Victoria, 3 varieties of nectarines, 4 varieties of plums, 6 pear trees and a couple of Asian persimmons. Weve also got a few more varieties in our other two orchards. The other two orchards belong to my stepmother and a friend of mine whos husband was a good friend of mine. Ive had those two orchards leased since him and my dad died. The orchard in the picture belongs to my wife and i. We will start picking out of it next year, Lord willing.

That growth is astounding. Don’t think i have ever seen anything like it.

Good to hear. I planted 7 peach trees. All Georgia Belle. About 5ft tall 2mo ago. Can't wait till they are big!

I hate to be a downer but heres the deal on Georgia belles. Theyre an old peach so everyone knows what they are and that is the one and only reason they are popular at all. They are a good tasting peach and they set a good crop almost every year, cold hearty as well. On the down side, they bruise very easy and are almost impossible to store or ship, unless you pick them green. Out of 500 trees, we planted 10 Georgia belles just because some people ask for them because theyve been around forever. As a commercial peach producer they are the absolute hardest peach i know of to market. For a homeowner i guess they wouldnt be an awful peach. They grow fast and make a good crop. Thin them really good if you want them to be any size. I would also suggest this if planting several peach trees, as a hobby. Look at the ripening dates and plant trees that will ripen 2-3 weeks apart starting in late may to early june and going through mid to late august. You can have 8-10 trees and have peaches getting ripe all summer. If your seven trees grow like the tree in the picture, in six years youll have about 100 baskets of really delicate peaches that dont keep well to do something with about the end of July. If i were you, i would do away with six of the georgia belles and plant other trees that will not come in all at the same time. You could plant a carrored, red haven, bounty, georgia belle, redskin alberta, flaming prince, and a victoria and you would have peaches from early june to late august. All of those are good producing varieties for us. I could also tell you how to do that for $15, two trips to my house and a couple hours work. We have some peaches coming in with good root stock, you come buy a basket of them from me, plant the seeds, by june next year, theyll be ready to graft. Then you come back down here next june and ill give you some budwood and you can graft the trees you want. Its pretty easy to do and you can point at your trees and say "i made those".

Where do you get ur trees? Do u plant seed an graft them ur self or buy them already grafted ? If so where do you get them. I don t have knowledge do the grafting .is there certain kinds that grow better in certain areas?. I live in northwest al an mine are very slow growing . I have two trees don t have any idea what kind . I planted the seed in flower bed from some I bought I guess at Walmart. I do know they the open stone peaches an big. The squirrel s usually gets mine before they ripe. They got all my pears this year an they was loaded down. I would like couple good peach,plum an apple trees that grow good in my area but don t have a clue bout what kind or where to get them. I ordered 5 apple trees from some online company 4 years ago . They was maybe ft tall an haven t growed another ft since I got them. May be my soil or wrong kind for area .

Weve got alot of ours from Cumberland valley nursery in the past. Me and daddy and Joseph grafted about 100 or so. They have done great. Past three years ive been getting a guy in Baileyton to bud what i want for me. It seems like his trees do better than what i get through the mail. Hes trying to retire though. He is budding a few for me this year. He charges me $4/tree. The trees in the picture came from Cumberland valley nursery. They are Victorias

Thanks for info . I really want try get some peaches an apples trees going. My brother has grafted apples trees. I get him me help me . He got small orchard but he lives i creek bottom with good dirt . I live on hill side with mostly chert .

Bushwacker, the peaches will do better on a hillside most likely. Bottoms are bad about holding air and frost. Thats bad juju for peaches.

Thanks for the info buddy. I might hit you up one day! These are actually a few Georgia Belle, 2 semi dwarf and a red meat I think. They were on sale for $8 at Walmart and I figured I'd see what they did. Mainly while planting them for a filler til my oak trees snuff them out. I will keep a couple to eat on hopefully. I planted a lot of stuff this year just to play with and give to my coworkers and neighbors, friends. I'm slowly clearing my yard of pine trees and swapping them out with stuff to eat on instead of letting it sit empty and the neighbors see me. I'm trying to block everyone off 😂.

I wish I could get mine to grow like that. I'm in sandy soil, planted plums, peaches , apples , pears, and chestnuts in a couple different orchards. The just don't grow. I mean at all. They don't die they just don't get any bigger then when I planted them. For like years. Was gonna try fertilizing more, but someone told me if you fertilize fruit trees to much they won't produce fruit. Definitely the hardest thing I've ever tried to grow.

Backwoods cowboy, our soil is very sandy. You are not alone. Alot of people plant fruit trees and they just dont grow. I put 1lb of 13-13-13 out around those trees in mid March and again in mid April. Thats all they git this year. Last year i did that and sprayed foliar fertilizer on them once a week for several weeks. If i had to point at anything and say this is why they grew so well, my wife and i prayed really hard over those trees. I believe the Lord just blessed them.

I'll up my fertilizer next year. I used a slow release triple 10 in the spring. Funny thing is I pray for all my live stock and my pasture pretty regular but don't believe I've ever prayed for my trees, maybe when I planted them. That maybe the real secret!!!

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