![]() ![]() Some gardeners have trained their trees in a thin fan-shape along a south facing wall/under an eve to promote dry leaves and reduce the incidence of peach leaf curl infection. Peach leaf curl is a bigger problem in damp areas or in areas with a very rainy spring.I use copper antifungal spray, but there are other alternatives. To combat peach leaf curl, apply antifungal spray just before bud break and at leaf drop.It can also damage adjacent fruit making the fruit shriveled up and small. This results in a less-healthy and less-productive tree. This is a fungus that makes the leaves look warty and disfigured. A major pest for any peach tree is peach leaf curl.For detailed information on tree pruning, check out my article, Tree Pruning Techniques.For more information about the lowest temperatures that you can expect in your area, check out my article “ Climate Zones: What can I grow in my yard?”.Here is a link to an article I recently wrote about that peach. Another great low chill choice for Southern California is the Red Baron Peach.I have read that the tree will be injured in the dry desert heat. It only requires 150 chill hours (total hours per winter below 45 degrees). This is an ideal peach for mild winter areas.Complete fertilizer at bud break (sometime around March).However, when mulching any tree, leave a few inches of space at the base of the trunk free from much. Aggressive mulching helps retain soil moisture. The typical alkaline native California and Florida soil will result in numerous micronutrient deficiencies such as iron and zinc.Ĭlick here to see my 6/9/13 post on the best planting technique to avoid transplantation shock. The more organic composted soil you use the better. The tree does best with rich-loamy, slightly acidic, well draining soil. The tree needs dedicated pruning which is best done Dec-Feb.For best success, plant bare root trees in the fall or winter.I planted small bare root whips about 1.5 years ago and they have grown 4x the original size.The Florida Prince Peach is a small but fast growing tree which can reach up to 15ft in height.The tree is precocious: It is not uncommon for the Florida Prince to bear fruit in the second year of life.For more information about thinning peach fruit, check out my short article titled “It’s time to thin developing peach fruit” Fruit Season: If you don’t aggressively thin out the young fruit, you will be left with a tree full of tiny fruit instead of larger more desirable fruit. ![]() Like any peach, you have to pick out/remove a lot of the developing fruit from the branches while they are still small. ![]() They don’t seem to keep well, so you have to eat them right away. So you have to kindof keep an eye on them and pick them when they are just slightly soft to the touch. Overall, there seems to be a narrow window of ripeness. I am not sure why the taste is so inconsistent, perhaps it is the young age of the trees I currently have. So far the taste is a bit variable some of the fruit is really awesome and other fruit picked at the same time is a bit on the bland side. The fruit is a bit smaller than your typical grocery store peach. The skin has a wonderful red blush with faint red stripes that covers most of the skin with a background splash of yellow/orange. The Florida Prince Peach tree produces beautiful aromatic fruit. Florida Prince Peach: ready to pick Fruit appearance: ![]()
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