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Anonymous starts with ... Hello I Have bought a 3 graft peach/nectarine tree from the gardening Australia expo last year And it is about a 500mm tall and has had lots of flowers and now seems to be having fruit growing . What I would like to know is should it be starting to fruit now and (seem a bit early to me ) and should I let it go Thanks | About the Author Newcastle 7th June 2008 12:42pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
David says... I don't think peaches and nectarines should be fruiting now, even dwarf ones. Somehow your tree is confused with regard to timing. I'm in Shepparton and I have peach and nectarine trees in my garden and I'm surrounded by orchards. They flower August September and ripen over summer. I think it would be best to remove the fruits and let the tree save energy for the new season. You may not get many fruits the coming summer, if I remember right, the peaches and nectarines fruit on one year old wood. You might have more in 2009! | About the Author David12 Shepparton Vic 7th June 2008 9:42pm #UserID: 1022 Posts: 21 View All David12's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Hi, My peach tree is once again confused with the Perth seasons and is now covered in blossom and baby peaches. Should I remove the baby fruit in the hope that it will wake again in Spring - or is this my crop for the year (4 months early - but likely to be OK given the mild Perth winter!) This is the second year the plant has been confused about seasons! | About the Author BJ11 25th June 2011 5:48pm #UserID: 3414 Posts: 215 View All BJ11's Edible Fruit Trees |
VLR says... I have the same problem with my Tropic Beauty though it's not fruiting yet, BJ. I only planted it last spring and its leaves were burnt from the dog (and perhaps another male of the household?) peeing on it. I thought it was stress (it dropped its leaves long before any of my other deciduous trees) but maybe it is the weather. The plum trees were refusing to shed their leaves and they were starting to get moldy so I pulled them off. Even my blueberries are flowering and starting to fruit. | About the Author VLR Perth 25th June 2011 10:45pm #UserID: 2329 Posts: 35 View All VLR's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VLR Perth 6th July 2011 2:44am #UserID: 2329 Posts: 35 View All VLR's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 6th July 2011 9:26am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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