08-29-2022, 04:47 PM
(08-29-2022, 01:41 PM)kentofnsl Wrote: I'm jealous of you having so many peaches.
I bought the first tree many years ago, I bet around 10 or more years ago now. Of course it took years to start getting the numbers I am now but I was getting so many peaches, I decided to count them one year and the next. I was very surprised when that number came out to be over 500 then the next year 600. I don't thin out my peaches, so they are all not as big as the one in that pic. The biggest issue with having so many peaches on the trees, is it causes the branches to break, at least one major branch breaked every year. Years ago, when I had that big garden in the field behind my yard, I use to throw the peach pits out into it and after a year or so, the little peach trees started growing. I gave away a bunch of trees but now have 5 trees in my yard. The largest tree, that came from that first tree is now as big as the first one and produces just as many peaches as the first one too. The rest of the trees are just starting to produce fruit but in the future should be big producers and they will start about the time when my first tree will start to decline, at least if my past experiences with peach trees are any indication.