From: Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Thinning Peach Fruit
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:46:46 -0400
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anyone have experience thinning fruit off peach trees. Is it really
> going to improve fruit quality? I can see limbs breaking off if I left
> all these little fruits on.
>
> Yes, the fruit will be larger if you thin. If not, you'll have fruit on top
of each other and all on the small side.
Yes, limbs can break or become so loaded you're sure they will. You'll
regret it in August if you don't.
You can thin as you drink your morning beverage, a little every day, for a
few weeks or so or however you prefer to do it.
Can't believe you're doing this already, we just had blossom drop not long
ago.