Peaches: feast or famine
@1creekgirl (44560)
United States
June 21, 2019 4:09pm CST
I adore peaches in any form. Peach lotion, peach candy, peach air spray, everything "peach." Oh, and of course real peaches.
But I don't know what's going on with our one and only peach tree in the back yard.
If I remember correctly, the first year that it bore peaches, there were only about four peaches and they were the best I've ever had.
Another year, there were plenty of peaches on the tree, but they had some sort of disease so we couldn't eat them.
One year we actually did have good peaches and gave away tons to everyone we knew.
This year, there have been so many peaches that several branches have broken off from the weight! And this was after my husband knocked probably thousands off.
I don't know if the peaches will be disease free, if any will grow as large as they should, if more branches will break, or what will happen.
To be continued....
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
22 Jun 19
Now is the time to enjoy peaches. Today I ate 10 of them and they were delicious. 
All the best with you tree!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Jun 19
@1creekgirl I love peaches and the season is short and so I eat as many as I can they they are available.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Jun 19
You ate ten peaches?!!! Do you have a stomach?
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jun 19
Peach time now - I LOVE peaches! They've hit the stores, but if only we had our own tree. We got peach handpies recently from the farmers market - and we made our own peach cobbler. And yes of course had the fresh ones. I am not a fragrance person, but I love the scent of peaches!!
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!@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I love everything peach. Even the color!
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
22 Jun 19
That happens here with our mangoes. Last year a branch well off with mangoes. We did not know there were mangoes up there until this happened. They were hiding among the leaves.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Jun 19
those fruit trees can be quite the challenge. i recall back when i'd peach trees, one year'd be a bumper crop 'n the next these lil tiny 'things' that looked like peaches, smelled like peaches, e'en tasted divine - trouble bein' no larger'n a 50 cent piece.
i fear ya'll 're gonna need to either knock more peaches off 'r put braces 'neath those branches. ya need to be careful coz bugs'll get 'nto where those branches 've broken off 'n eventually kill the tree.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
23 Jun 19
@1creekgirl perhaps? then i think 't times such's got to do with the prior years weather 'n moisture? i dunno, the hubs'd not listen our last bumper crop 'f monster peaches 'n many limbs broke. the drought came the next year 'n 'twixt that'n the bugs that 'nvaded all that raw flesh 'f the tree, such perished the next season.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Jun 19
That's good advice. Last year my husband said that if it doesn't produce well and has that disease, he's going to cut it down. I wonder if it was listening. It has so many peaches several branches broke.
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@snowy22315 (208952)
• United States
21 Jun 19
I really like peaches in almost any form.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Jun 19
I LOVE peach everything as well!! I hope you get to enjoy perfect peaches. =)
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jun 19
I Agree with Lori, love Peach Tea, makes great iced tea. Our fruit bushes and tree are overloaded this year so something is going on here too.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
21 Jun 19
I wonder if the weather has affected them?
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Jun 19
I haven't, but it would be good! I usually make cobblers.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 Jun 19
This has sure been a strange tree.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
21 Jun 19
I had a peach tree once, but it did not put very many peaches on. Whenever the tree had peaches; a raccoon would eat the peaches right off the tree.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
21 Jun 19
Fresh, ripe peaches are deeeelish!
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