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Young peach tree

9 years ago

We are now cleaning up the yard after Harvey's lengthy visit. Tree was planted last fall and we thought staked well. Harvey's winds tore it loose and bent it to the ground. Root ball was halfway pulled out of the ground. tree is about 6.5' tall. Hubby promptly put root ball back in ground, covered it and restated. He removed four or five damaged branches. Should we pruned more? This is a bushy tree that had been growing so well.

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Eric (8B San Antonio, TX)
9 years ago
I would wait and watch. If the tree starts showing a lot of stress, drooping or dropping a lot of leaves, then I might prune some more. Root growth hormones are produced mostly at the growing tips of branches. So if you do prune take of entire branches instead of shortening branches. Only if it seems absolutely necessary to save the tree would I consider a drastic cutting back.
Sheila thanked Eric (8B San Antonio, TX)
klem1
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
What he ^^^^ said. Peach require's heavy annual pruning so it will be extra important to do so this winter. Watch for sprouts below graft next spring and remove those as soon as noticed.
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