This is the pic showing the worst part peach tree b ark split

I have never ran into the trunk or injured it myself, and I am the only one who cuts the grass, so I am baffled by the bark split. Maybe the Peach trees just don't live long? I am wondering if it may recover, or should I just cut it down? Poaky1

you might be best off asking in the fruit forum ... and do let us know what they think ...

my peach hasnt bloomed in two years .. two real bad winters in a row ..

ken

Okay Ken

I have a peach tree laid over on its side next to the walnuts for the last THIRTEEN years. It has given me many a fine peach. Neatest thing. I will have to snap a pic or two.

Wow, Toronado, Are the roots still in the soil somewhat? I still have yet to post on the fruit forum, I'll try and get to it tonight. Well, the bark is not touching the inner wood in a good sized area, so i thought this forum could answer me, but., I guess those who know peach trees best could have a better answer. This tree has had tons of peaches up until last year. Last year there were about 8 peaches on it. But all those many peaches never got big and juicy, they needed to be cut up and then you could get some edible pieces from a bunch of fruits. Does (Ken, Toronado) your fruits come off the tree like the nice ones in the grocery store?

Mine come off pretty decent. I am near organic myself since I don't trust myself with chemicals on things I eat and don't totally trust labels so I lose alot to bugs or squirrels though. Seems like every other year I get a really decent batch. I posted pics of mine in another threas to limit my hijacking.

Toronado, I don't use chemicals either, so I had many peaches with black dots (fu ngus?) and bug holes in them. I do use Roundup for weed control under my trees and other areas. I used to try to pull weeds by hand, but, you don't usually get the root. I am kinda plump, so bending over to pull weeds, and just getting the top is just frustrating. But, I know what you mean, I have used BT for the web worms we had in April/May, but, that is it for bug control, the BT just affects the army worms, and/or their leaf eating relatives. Don't worry about Hi-jacking, just post your pic here if you want. Poaky1