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[James A Cooper <JCooper@lewistonschools.net>]

I would not try to prune the old wood on a peach. I tried it once and no new 
sprouts started, just killed the branch.
I think that you must leave some of last years wood, on each branch that you 
prune. So it has something to feed itself.
I do tip the new growth, to reduce the overall height of the tree. But they 
do just get taller even if you try your best.

I have heard that a peach will only live about 8-12 years. We have one that 
was  tired when we moved here and that was 15 years ago. 
It looked sad and I thought it was dying but the previous owner said that it 
looks better than it has for years!
I thought oh, well we'll take it out later. But then we harvested some 
wonderful peaches Labor Day and decided to keep it!
It is still providing us wonderful peaches, we must thin it ruthlessly. It is 
maybe an Elberta. We also have a Red Haven, both great peaches.
The Elberta better canning of the 2, both great eating., the Red Haven best 
table peach, fresh.

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] on 
behalf of jerrydana5@aol.com [jerrydana5@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:03 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] peach tree trimming

My peach trees are developing dead limbs, especially at the lower levels, 
which makes picking difficult.  I have not done much trimming on them.  I've 
heard peach trees "run out" and die after 6-8 years.  Should I just trim the 
main branches and let it start new ones lower?  They are probably 10-12 years 
old.  Jerry in southern Indiana


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