We bought a house in NE Texas a year or so ago. It had 2 older peach trees; last year the produce very little uneatable fruit. So I pruned the trees in the fall and watered them and they are both loaded down with peaches one with an early ripening varity and a late peach (I am assuming) The earlies were large and beautiful but had what looks like sap oozing out and when you cut them open the seeds are split. I have been told that they take a lot of spraying to produce good eatable peaches. any suggestions?
2006-06-30 05:30:02 · 4 answers · asked by foolograce72 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
That clear, oozing, gum-like "sap" that you see on your peaches is done by sucking insects (called "plant bugs" & "stink bugs") that attacked your peaches at a very early stage.
You should consider eliminating the resting places where these bugs live by spraying the weeds around your trees right after winter with Roundup. You'll probably have to spray once more during early spring to kill the weeds emerging right after the rains start.
IF you noticed lots of damage to your peaches, I'd suggest you find a good safe pesticide that is approved for peaches and begin spraying every 10 to 14 days for these bugs.
I think you'll probably eliminate most of the damaging insects by spraying those weeds.
As for the splitting of the seeds, it's a natural occurence that you'll find split seeds in peaches. We used to get many split seeds when we were growing peaches commercially. They were considered un-marketable fruit but they were usually the largest and best-tasting. You probably have an older variety of peach which exhibits this.
Hope this was of some help to you. Good Luck and I'll expect a peach pie for all this great advice! LOL
2006-06-30 08:33:42 · answer #1 · answered by jazzmaninca2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spray as recommended with Fruit Tree Spray. Remember in the early spring to spray with dormant oil and bordeaux (lime/sulphur)mix to prevent peach leaf curl/blister.
Also, some years you will get bushels of peaches, others none. It doesn't mean anything is wrong.
2006-06-30 10:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that peaches are just hard to grow.
If you have some good ones this year then you are lucky. Most were wiped out from hail and dry conditions.
If the seeds are split then you waited too long to pick them.
2006-06-30 07:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spray the trees , wasn't that simple enough
2006-06-30 05:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋