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gloria125
Greensboro, AL
August 11, 2010 6:52 AM Post #8033144
| Planting peach pits is one way to get a peach tree, but it is apt to be one that is subject to 100 diseases that a hybrid tree has been bred to resist. And there is nothing sadder than to watch a peach grow and then succumb to white scale, bugs, and rot.
It is fun to find old fashioned peaches -- like the Indian peach that you can still find at nurseries in the South. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
August 11, 2010 2:17 PM Post #8034000
| Gloria I have to agree, about not using pits, after reading that same warning in every reliable source. I just ate a wonderful 'Redhaven' peach yesterday. |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
August 11, 2010 6:20 PM Post #8034456
| I had a link to Indian Peach in my post (Blood Peach) which stated that particular peach would come true from the pit.
The link has disappeared. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
August 12, 2010 2:16 PM Post #8035955
| I don't know why that would be. Would you try again?
There's a brief mention of that here
http://www.saintrochtree.com/index.php/your-activity/garden-... |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
August 13, 2010 5:32 AM Post #8037105
| http://www.aaronsfarm.com/product/Indian Blood Cling Peach T...
O.K. I did find it. Indian Blood cling peach. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
August 13, 2010 7:03 AM Post #8037268
| Thanks! and I tell you, even a bargain basement 2-3 foot tree will grow fast. |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
August 14, 2010 6:59 AM Post #8039071
| Sometimes its hard to find a peach that's not grafted.
The peach truck from Chilton County which must be the world capital for peaches was here yesterday.
A whole truckload of huge perfect ripe peaches! . They smelled heavenly. The grower said he'd be back next week, so Ive got to get ready to spend a day putting up peaches.
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sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
August 14, 2010 7:11 AM Post #8039095
| I must go buy some more--The ones I had last week were great.
By the way--the tiny seedling I photographed in the article, two leavs in April, is now a good 18 inches tall. This in record heat and drought with not that much water help, way back in a flower bed. |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
August 14, 2010 1:31 PM Post #8039663
| I guess that's why peaches grow so great in Alabama. They enjoy the heat. I know you are proud of your baby peach. I hope it produces some great peaches for you! |
twelvethumbs
Evansville, IN
August 16, 2010 10:17 AM Post #8043244
| Even if your volunteer peach is a dud you could practice your grafting skills on it. possibly grafting 3 or 4 varieties on it. If you kill it your loss is limited to your time. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
August 16, 2010 6:25 PM Post #8044092
| Now there's a thought. Grafting is another new venture in gardening for me; I've read it but never attempted.
Thanks for reading and commenting |
