Q. I wonder if you can tell us how to prune our Elberta peach
tree. We planted it in the spring and had one beautiful peach to enjoy. We are
in our mid-70’s and do not do ladders unless we have to and it is getting over
6′ now and is supposed to be a semi dwarf.
A. You may begin to lower the heights of peach trees at the first sign of leaf drop and possibly sooner. The cuts that you should make to lower the height should be thinning cuts and not heading cuts. To see the difference visit my video on how to make heading cuts and thinning cuts and what the difference is.
tree. We planted it in the spring and had one beautiful peach to enjoy. We are
in our mid-70’s and do not do ladders unless we have to and it is getting over
6′ now and is supposed to be a semi dwarf.
A. You may begin to lower the heights of peach trees at the first sign of leaf drop and possibly sooner. The cuts that you should make to lower the height should be thinning cuts and not heading cuts. To see the difference visit my video on how to make heading cuts and thinning cuts and what the difference is.
Some of my videos on pruning peach tree
On the peach tree, go to my YouTube videos on pruning
fruit trees. I think that might help you. They can be found at
fruit trees. I think that might help you. They can be found at
Those videos on
pruning focus on size control so you don’t need a ladder.
Controlling the size of fruit trees by pruning