Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Peach Tree

I have been very interested in trees my whole life especially fruit trees. In my yard i have planted almost all of the trees we own so about 12 trees in total. I take great pride in my fruit trees though. I have four apple trees, and a pear tree. All of which have been planted over the past 4 years and have just started bearing fruit last year. Just the other day I went to Home Depot and bought a peach tree. I planted it in the yard this past weekend because it was very nice out. My concern though about this tree is pollination. Apple trees typically need pollen from another tree for pollination to work and for the tree to yield. So I figured the peach tree would be the same. But after doing a little research I was surprised to find that most peach trees are actually self pollinating so they don't need another tree to pollinate from. So hopefully in the next year or two once the tree is settled in it will start pollinating.

Here are some pictures of the tree. (sorry I can't rotate the pictures)


1 comment:

  1. I can't see your pictures for some reason by I am jealous that you have fruit trees. I always wanted to plant some in my parent's yard growing up but was not allowed to because they said the trees make a mess and involve a lot of work. Can you attest to this? We did go to an orchard near my house a few times a year to pick cherries and apples though so that was always fun. Homegrown fruit really blows store bought fruit out of the water.

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