The Best Peach Tree Variety for Hot Climates

I am blown away at the vigor and abundance of the Flordaprince. I forgot to mention the Frankenpeach tree was an Early Elberta Peach, which struggles to get the chill hours needed to fruit reliably. Flordaprince only needs 150 chill hours, which is a breeze even here in the desert. Sam Houston requires 500, which is still very doable.
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Very insightful and helpful. Added that variety to my bucket list.

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[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

Thank you for sharing,do you have a irrigation system to your trees? I too planted the king last year,but it looks like i need to get a prince. Love the Frankenfruiter.

[@DesertGardensHomestead]

Yes, I think I'm up to 19 Drip Irrigation zones. Each zone has 10 to 15ish trees. I use a vortex emitter that can do up to 20gph but set them lower to around 5 or so. On larger trees, I will put a few emitters. Once you get beyond a few dozen trees, Irrigation is a must.

[@insAneTunA]

I think that your king variant would make a fighting chance if you had a 7ft wide circle with a 4 inch thick layer of pre composted wood chips around the tree while keeping the stem of the tree free from the wood chip mulch. Mulch is only truly effective when the layer of mulch is substantially deep enough. Watch Wayland Smalley, he lives in a colder climate, but he is applying the deep mulch correctly as it should be done, and for his garden the mulch has the same effect as it would have in a hot climate. It protects the micro organisms against any change in their habitat, and only then the micro organisms can provide the nutrients for the trees and the plants. Each tree and plant species have their own specialized symbiotic micro organisms. If the conditions are not good enough or suitable for those specific micro organisms, the plants or trees will struggle, because it does not get the nutrients that it needs. And besides that the micro organisms work the soil and the mulch prevents water evaporation. The heat is affecting the micro organisms. The tree will grow when you protect the habitat from the micro organisms.
I dare you to try it with one tree. 👍

[@DesertGardensHomestead]

I mulched the entire property with a deep layer of mulch years back. Between 8 to 12 inches. It has since composted, but is still pretty deep, about 4 or 5 inches of composted wood chips, and now the grass acts as a living mulch. I could dig down a few inches and have clumps of mycelium fungus. My ground is superb. Full of life, and I constantly add to the microbes by constant use of JADAM.
We don't have to worry about mulch being near the trunk here in the desert, as we don't have the humidity or moisture that would cause rot or decay.
As always, appreciate the feedback my friend.

[@insAneTunA]

@@DesertGardensHomestead I understand that. But here is my argument, your previous mulch has become the new top soil. It is no longer acting as mulch in the sense that it is no longer protecting against heat or heat transfer. Now the new layer of soil that used to be the mulch can transfer the heat into the soil because over time it has compacted. And it is in that thin top layer where most of the activity from the micro organisms is taking place. If it gets too hot the micro organisms will go dormant or they can even die, no matter how much bio mass that is in the soil. And sure the grass helps a little to protect against heat, but not as well as a fresh layer of wood chip mulch. Fresh mulch acts as a protective blanket for the micro organisms. Old and compacted mulch doesn't, or at least not as good.
Fresh mulch doesn't store or reflect as much infrared heat as compacted mulch that has become the soil. And it does protect much better against evaporation.
Micro organisms do not like any change at all. The major changes for them are temperature, moisture levels, chemical composition of the soil, and UV light.
Mulch, mulch, mulch !!! You cannot have too much mulch.

[@DesertGardensHomestead]

@insAneTunA You make a very compelling argument. I will add a thick layer of mulch this season and see if it makes a difference. I will make a video on it later this season and see if there was any improvement. I appreciate the advice, and see your points.

[@insAneTunA]

@@DesertGardensHomestead I am looking forward to see that experiment. It sure doesn't hurt to try it with at least one tree.
With my aquaponics setup I had to change my mindset from keeping fish to keeping micro organisms in order to make it work.
Everything that I do in terms of maintaining the system is oriented at the micro organisms, not the fish. If the micro organisms are doing well my plants grow, and in turn the fish are happy and healthy and active as well. And if I do something wrong that upsets the micro organisms, or when we are experiencing a serious and long enough heatwave, to which my system is not optimal protected yet, the plants immediately stop growing or producing fruits. And that is because the micro organisms are going dormant, or they can even die if the change in conditions is too much for them.
With aquaculture those effects are much more direct and very noticeable. With soil you still have a little buffer, but it has its limits as well in terms of what the micro organisms can handle.
Ask me how I know 😁

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