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Peach tree pruning

14 years ago

I have a Red Globe peach tree that my Father planted right next to our house around two years ago and it just grew fast and big since he planted it. I trimmed the sides of the tree that were touching the shingles on the side of the house and the ones that were growing through the fence and actually that pushed out the boards. Can anyone take a look at the pics and tell me if I need to prune it anymore and how.

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purovargas
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14 years ago
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athenainwi
14 years ago
It looks like it is getting awfully tall. I try to keep all my tree pruned so I can reach the fruit without a ladder. You might want to open it up a bit more in the middle too, just prune out any inward facing branches. There are some good pruning videos out there and I'm sure someone with more experience has better recommendations than I do. The branches growing toward the fence or towards the house should be pruned back to buds growing along the house so the tree becomes a bit more two dimensional.
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