My first peach ripened......FINALLY

[blueadzuki]

Hi all,
Well, it took forever but at last one of the three peaches on my little Hiawatha tree was finally ripe and ready for picking. C:\Documents and Settings\Jeremy\My Documents\My Pictures\mypeach.jpg[/img]

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[garnetmoth]

so................ how did it taste?

[blueadzuki]

Okay, not wonderous (more or less on par with a supermarket peach, flavor wise) I'll be honest there is a reason why Hiawathat is usally considered more of an ornamental peach than an eating one (well the real reason is of course the purple foliage but still.....) also the one I picked today was the one the bug managed to take the nip out of so there were some brown spots I had to eat around (a big deal when the whole peach is only the size of an overinflated apricot). Oh and the pit had split (I blame the heat) which may make saving it more difficult. I suppose I shoud just be greatful that through some miracle the tree actually survives on my propety and I happened through dumb luck to get a peach variety that is self fertile (so I only needed one).

[seedywen]

Congrats on your peach ripening! May there be many more.

I have only one peach tree, growing on the south side of the barn/chicken coop/shop building/. When we elected to build a greenhouse on the south wall of this building about ten years ago, the peach tree got encased in the 8 x 16 foot green house.

Around this area(Pacific Northwest) peach leaf curl is endemic, unless you grow the peach, under a substantial overhang or in a greenhouse. Peach tree has done well over the years but this August, we're reaping a bumper crop.

This peach tree needs both a substantial spring pruning and another summer pruning. I've delayed the summer pruning so far, because of the heavy cropping. However once the harvest is finished(next week) it's time for a serious 'hair-cut'. The peach tree is somewhat hogging light from the various heritage tomatoes, grown in the greenhouse, in an effort to avoid blight.

Although, this summer, tomatoes growing in the open, are doing quite well. It's always a bit of a crap-shoot on whether to cover tomatoes in the outside garden. here.