@@jonnyskitchengarden I am hoping for a super sweet and juicy fruit All three are over four feet at the moment and they only germinated in 2021 Will try and remember to come back and let you know if i see any blossoms in Spring
I prefer thinner wood to the more vigorous sort - it tends to be much more productive. I have never had any problem with broken branches - some need to be tied in, but they hold the peaches well. Eventually, they are thinned so that fruits are somewhere around six inches / 15 cm apart, for best fruit quality.
Could you give a bit more information on the climate? How old is the tree and what is the rootstock (if known)? How has it been pruned in previous years?
The reason is tree is for colder climate you need Peach variety with low Chilling requirement change it by grafting with a tree that blooms in your area
That could indeed be a reason for poor flowering. However, without further information one cannot say with certainty. If the tree was purchased locally one would expect it to be fairly suitable for the climate, and there are various reasons for not flowering. For example, it could simply be too young (depending somewhat on the rootstock), there could be something amiss in the cultivation, or the pruning approach may be removing much of the one year old wood that will carry the flowers. I was hoping some more details would be forthcoming to narrow down the cause.
Not immediately, I'm afraid. You can tell surprisingly soon, though - the ovary located at the bottom of the style (the female part of the flower you are try to pollinate) will begin to swell. It is possible to observe this around the time that the blossom is falling, or soon after. You may also notice some flowers falling - sometimes when going over them with the brush towards the end of the flowering period - these have failed to pollinate and are being aborted. It is normal to lose a fair portion of them and availability of pollen can vary with the weather.
@@jonnyskitchengarden thanks, some flowers have fallen off 😭 others have the stigma going brown but the flower is still present. Maybe that's a good sign? As I can't pollenate them any more
If the flower is still present, there is a chance that it has been pollinated, so yes, its a good sign 👍 I expect you will be able to tell within a week or so...
That's a very interesting question and I'm sorry but I don't know the answer. I suspect its viability might fall off quite quickly and I often dust off the brush afterwards so there isn't too much old pollen on it when I come to repeat the process. There will be plenty more pollen the next day if the weather is ok.
I just got a peach tree and it has a few blossoms and some buds. When hand pollinating what should I do exactly? Should I take pollen from one flower to the other or just use the pollen within the same flower?
Peaches are self compatible so the pollen from any flower can be used. Just brush over each flower in turn. The brush will pick up pollen as you go and spread it about, but it doesn’t matter whether it comes from the same flower or a different one.
Thank you this video has finally told me how the pollinating works thanks
I hope they all survived the frost!
Thanks 🙂 They look ok but it was pretty cold this morning... won’t really know how they’re doing until we see the tiny fruitlets start to show.
i have three peaches that i have grown from seed, hoping they fruit for me this year
That will be interesting... never know quite what you might get. Would love to hear how it goes 👍🙂
@@jonnyskitchengarden I am hoping for a super sweet and juicy fruit
All three are over four feet at the moment and they only germinated in 2021
Will try and remember to come back and let you know if i see any blossoms in Spring
@@AAHomeGardening are you peach tree okay? are they giving fruits ?
@trelndorp they fruited this year
But did not hold on
So next year should be their year
The branches looks skinny did they hold the peaches well that season?
I prefer thinner wood to the more vigorous sort - it tends to be much more productive. I have never had any problem with broken branches - some need to be tied in, but they hold the peaches well. Eventually, they are thinned so that fruits are somewhere around six inches / 15 cm apart, for best fruit quality.
i live in vey hot weather and my peach tree does nothing ..last year nothing and this year about 3 flowers ! help
Could you give a bit more information on the climate? How old is the tree and what is the rootstock (if known)? How has it been pruned in previous years?
The reason is tree is for colder climate you need Peach variety with low Chilling requirement change it by grafting with a tree that blooms in your area
That could indeed be a reason for poor flowering. However, without further information one cannot say with certainty. If the tree was purchased locally one would expect it to be fairly suitable for the climate, and there are various reasons for not flowering. For example, it could simply be too young (depending somewhat on the rootstock), there could be something amiss in the cultivation, or the pruning approach may be removing much of the one year old wood that will carry the flowers. I was hoping some more details would be forthcoming to narrow down the cause.
is there a way of telling the flower has been successfully fertilised and will set fruit?
Not immediately, I'm afraid. You can tell surprisingly soon, though - the ovary located at the bottom of the style (the female part of the flower you are try to pollinate) will begin to swell. It is possible to observe this around the time that the blossom is falling, or soon after. You may also notice some flowers falling - sometimes when going over them with the brush towards the end of the flowering period - these have failed to pollinate and are being aborted. It is normal to lose a fair portion of them and availability of pollen can vary with the weather.
@@jonnyskitchengarden thanks, some flowers have fallen off 😭 others have the stigma going brown but the flower is still present. Maybe that's a good sign? As I can't pollenate them any more
If the flower is still present, there is a chance that it has been pollinated, so yes, its a good sign 👍 I expect you will be able to tell within a week or so...
Will the pollen that you got on your brush today be viable tomorrow or the next day?
That's a very interesting question and I'm sorry but I don't know the answer. I suspect its viability might fall off quite quickly and I often dust off the brush afterwards so there isn't too much old pollen on it when I come to repeat the process. There will be plenty more pollen the next day if the weather is ok.
orchards save and ship pollen all over for later use... so generally yes... some people freeze it to help... that's all I've heard tho
I just got a peach tree and it has a few blossoms and some buds. When hand pollinating what should I do exactly? Should I take pollen from one flower to the other or just use the pollen within the same flower?
Peaches are self compatible so the pollen from any flower can be used. Just brush over each flower in turn. The brush will pick up pollen as you go and spread it about, but it doesn’t matter whether it comes from the same flower or a different one.
@@jonnyskitchengarden thanks so much for the help! Appreciate it :)
I did even bother my peaches they all fruit well no need to pollinate peach.