r/sfwtrees • u/kristifin • 2d ago

Broken peaches.

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We just moved into a house that has a peach tree. Poor thing is a mess. Too many peaches, apparently. Can this be saved at all even if it is to just keep the one limb?

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u/Z16z10 2d ago

Depending on on root health .. you might be able to prune it back and let it regenerate limbs..

In the future, YIU are going to want to remove immature fruit long before it starts to gain size and weight..

I have a 8 foot black walnut i started from a seed. This is the time of year, I take a stick and remove clusters of the green walnuts.. otherwise they tear the limbs at joints to larger branches.. a one inch diameter branch, is going not hold in up to half a dozen walnuts out at the flowering ends.

Same with peach trees.. the wood is too soft for the load of fruit.. had to put bracing under some limbs, then a wind storm uprooted the whole damn thing..😂

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u/kristifin 2d ago

Thank you!