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WillsC

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Another week or so.
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Nice peaches there Willis
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Thanks. But W I l l S. Every time someone writes Willis I think of Gary Coleman in different strokes "what you talkin about willis".
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Fantastic looking peach tree Wills!! How large is it? Hard to judge by pic , but looks sooo healthy!
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Pattee,

The ladder is 6' tall for perspective.  They have only been in the ground 26 months and when I put them in the trunk was the size of a finger....It amazes me how fast they grow.  I have 7 peach trees.  
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Wills they are beautiful trees! They love their home. What variety do you grow ? I would like to grow one or two at our home , but in pots . We've no where near that size property of yours. Any recommendatios?
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wills.. god, you are living in some nice location. and good land too. if i start saving.. i might be able to retire and have all that by 84. lol
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Pattee,

1 Tropic Beauty peach
1 UF Gold peach
3 UF Beauty peach trees
1 Florida Prince Peach tree
1 UFO peach tree
 
They were all planted at the same time.  So far working out well and have not even had to spray them.  
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Nice! Congratulations, Wills!
I had 3 peaches on one of my trees last year, and they tasted delicious. There's nothing like growing your own fruit. It's so little maintenance, compared to vegetables.
Those trees are massive, next year you'll have to bring the ladder AND a basket!
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Looking good Wills! Like everything else.

  I'm bummed, my 3rd year in ground peach and cherry trees didn't blossom this year. I was all set to let the peach produce a peck maybe two, and have at least a bowl or two of cherries.
Furthermore, my white nectarine which is 6 or 7 years in ground only made about 8 blossoms. And the peach scion I put on it last year died back about 80%, which was no big deal because there were still 2-3 buds on viable wood. I had the scion covered in tree wrap all winter which I removed when the peach tree in the backyard started to push some leaf. Mistake! We had a spring storm that got down to 17 degrees over nite, looks like that remaining 20% is now dead. I don't know if it would have mattered if I covered it back up, I will next time.

I don't know, my only guess is that our winter affected the spring blossoms. Like most everyone else in the nation our temps got the lowest they have in a long time, not that it was a long cold winter for us just a few extremely cold nights.

Another example is my two blueberry bushes Spartan and Patriot. Patriot is much more hardy, but Spartan is supposed to be hardy enough to make it zones colder than mine plus it's berries are bigger and much better. My Spartan has suffered about 30% dieback every winter and the Patriot maybe 10-15%. Last fall before things got real cold I took measures for Spartan, I bundled the branches up with twine, wrapped it in burlap, then a sheet, then put a box over the top half(covering more than portion that suffers dieback each year) to protect from dry cold wind. Furthermore when we got a heavy snow prior to the coldest temps I piled snow 2/3 the way up both bushes. End result- Patriot in the snowbank got about 15% dieback and now has it's most blossoms ever. Spartan died back 60% maybe more and will again have very few blossoms, hopefully I get the few berries before the robins. I think the snow entirely encasing the portion of the Patriot that I covered was the key -vs- Spartan which had an air void inside the burlap/sheet/box and allowed the super cold temps to penetrate. So, this years it wasn't cold dry wind that caused the dieback but the handful of nights that were around -23 F we had. 
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Nice trees, Will. :)

I have a lovely Babcock peach and classic Moorpark/Blenheim apricot. I had been looking forward to another nice crop this year. Alas, neither bloomed and are both leafing out extremely erratically, though with vigor. They won't die, but I'll have to do some judicious pruning to bring them back into nice shape. It just didn't get cold enough this past winter. Warmest year in Calif history.
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Wills, there is nothing better than a ripe peach off your own tree. I tried growing them here in Tallahassee, but without spraying, I got bupkiss.
Same with plums. :(
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Hey Wills'

Don't forget what we said about Frank.
Don't let him know we were talking about him either.
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Really love your peaches want to shake your tree...

They look great, Wills!  I even got your name right this time.
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Cis4elk,

I think cherries are the thing I miss the most growing here in the south. 

Gina,

So everyone that froze in the rest of the country can blame you for stealing all the warmth.  Has to be very disappointing to wait and wait and now flowers.

Frank,

What did you have to spray for?  So far I have not had to spray the peach trees or the two plums with anything.   The only problem I have is with stinkbugs but so far it has been just a minor nuisance. 


Rafed,

Will do...that Frank is nothing but trouble.


Sppsp,

Sorry I missed your question......peaches :)  


Bob,

We are making progress:)   
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"Will do...that Frank is nothing but trouble."

Hey, I resemble that remark!
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"Will do...that Frank is nothing but trouble." Hey, I resemble that remark!


Hey Frank,,,

You said it, we didn't.

We were talking about another Frank from Tallahassee;)
Right Will?
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Rafed,


Yep......apparently he has a guilty conscience.  
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