Missed the live stream but the peach ripening struggle caught my eye to watch. We are in No. Nevada - Ruby Mountains. Bought the 40 acre property 6 yrs ago and already had several fruit trees - unfortunately specific varieties unknown. 3 Peaches - we've had a couple really good years. We had 2 late killing frosts this year after June 15 that decimated all the blooms on one tree and almost all on the other 2. We have about a dozen peaches total now that are trying to ripen but mostly still green. We are watching the weather closely and trying to leave the fruit on the trees as long as possible before we get our next frost before picking them. We are in zone 6A but have a bit of a micro climate - rarely gets to 100 in the summer but we also had our first snow the last week of August already and we're getting in the low 40's at night now - go figure. Really need to find a late bloom/early ripen variety. You mention netting the trees - for some reason we had what looked like hundreds of birds this summer and a huge grasshopper hatch. ALL the apples on the 3 trees have been damaged and now the wasps are eating them right on the trees - they are just swarming the apples - I've never seen this before - it's crazy. I have yet to figure out a way to net my trees. Have been wondering if it might help with our late frosts to net the peaches somehow so the blossoms are killed. But I haven't figures how the mechanics of 'how' to do it.
Oh my, I can't imagine snow in August!! Well, we don't get snow at all, but snow in summer is mind blowing! As for netting the tree, I think we've shown it a couple of times in some of our peach harvesting videos, but the key there is pruning to size to allow for the full netting of the tree. We buy rolls of bird netting that are a few hundred feet long and 14' wide that allow us to net them with a couple of 25-30' sections. It's not pretty, but it gets the job done.
Calamondin and calamonsi is the same thing. It’s those really sour very small oranges. They are a lot like a kumquat. They don’t mind the heat so much and withstand about 20 degrees or less Fahrenheit when established. They make a great orange aid.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm oh yeah. The few limbs were loaded. Big time. Did get family to thin them out. But they ripened so fast birds got to most of them. There were about the size of a big apricot. I am told the one tested tasted good. Had plum, nectarines and cherry due off. Not sure why. Hopefully too much water or planted. Too low. Will true those again in same spot.. Jujubes, four types, grew up big. Even one that mysteriously broke shot back up fast and some fruit. None ripe enough yet. But a little red showing Taste test had very mild apple taste I am told. Give them another month Hope to plant mulberries and pomegranates this fall and maybe some citrus. Thanks for your videos and the inspiration
Hi, missed you guys yesterday, but love being inspired by you, the heat this year really stunted my peaches, but they are plenty! Think I should have thinned them more, but learning!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarmjust got another bucket fill of peaches, picking underripe or barely has some give, that's when the birds start pecking them! Did not get this tree covered, will be better prepared next year@
What about summer pruning? I have a 1 year old white nectarine that grew really tall and narrow at the nursery I planted early Jan this year. Trying to decide if I should: A) Wait another year to prune it back B) prune it now that temps are getting below 100, or C) wait until temps hit closer to the high 80s (Tucson area) or something else? Also, how is the Flordaprince in terms of acid? Have a white nectarine (Artic Star) that is just too sweet. Looking to maybe add a yellow peach/nectarine that has more acid content (more at the level of a grocery store peach. Doesn't need to be super tart, but middle of the road or slightly more on the acid/tart side than sweet side of the spectrum.
We have completely abandoned summer pruning on our fruit trees. All of them go into semi-dormancy, so they are not able to put on sufficient growth during the Summer season to account for the loss in leaf matter and it really stresses the tree. So we do all of our pruning in the Winter months when it's dormant. In our experience, all of the yellow peach varieties have a pretty good balance of tart (acid) and sweet, so the FlordaPrince is a good option. Still sweet with some tart.
Missed the live stream but the peach ripening struggle caught my eye to watch. We are in No. Nevada - Ruby Mountains. Bought the 40 acre property 6 yrs ago and already had several fruit trees - unfortunately specific varieties unknown. 3 Peaches - we've had a couple really good years. We had 2 late killing frosts this year after June 15 that decimated all the blooms on one tree and almost all on the other 2. We have about a dozen peaches total now that are trying to ripen but mostly still green. We are watching the weather closely and trying to leave the fruit on the trees as long as possible before we get our next frost before picking them. We are in zone 6A but have a bit of a micro climate - rarely gets to 100 in the summer but we also had our first snow the last week of August already and we're getting in the low 40's at night now - go figure. Really need to find a late bloom/early ripen variety.
You mention netting the trees - for some reason we had what looked like hundreds of birds this summer and a huge grasshopper hatch. ALL the apples on the 3 trees have been damaged and now the wasps are eating them right on the trees - they are just swarming the apples - I've never seen this before - it's crazy. I have yet to figure out a way to net my trees. Have been wondering if it might help with our late frosts to net the peaches somehow so the blossoms are killed. But I haven't figures how the mechanics of 'how' to do it.
Oh my, I can't imagine snow in August!! Well, we don't get snow at all, but snow in summer is mind blowing! As for netting the tree, I think we've shown it a couple of times in some of our peach harvesting videos, but the key there is pruning to size to allow for the full netting of the tree. We buy rolls of bird netting that are a few hundred feet long and 14' wide that allow us to net them with a couple of 25-30' sections. It's not pretty, but it gets the job done.
Calamondin and calamonsi is the same thing. It’s those really sour very small oranges. They are a lot like a kumquat. They don’t mind the heat so much and withstand about 20 degrees or less Fahrenheit when established. They make a great orange aid.
Ah ok, I had a feeling, so thanks for confirming!!
Our peaches just did notvget big....but there was jystca few on a first year tree...lol. trued to tell the family to pull them all off....oh well
Ah yes, that can be a challenge on those young trees, but at least you know it's going to give you fruit as it gets older!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm oh yeah. The few limbs were loaded. Big time. Did get family to thin them out. But they ripened so fast birds got to most of them. There were about the size of a big apricot. I am told the one tested tasted good.
Had plum, nectarines and cherry due off. Not sure why. Hopefully too much water or planted. Too low. Will true those again in same spot..
Jujubes, four types, grew up big. Even one that mysteriously broke shot back up fast and some fruit. None ripe enough yet. But a little red showing Taste test had very mild apple taste I am told. Give them another month
Hope to plant mulberries and pomegranates this fall and maybe some citrus.
Thanks for your videos and the inspiration
Hi, missed you guys yesterday, but love being inspired by you, the heat this year really stunted my peaches, but they are plenty! Think I should have thinned them more, but learning!
@@hummingbirdheightsfarm we know just how you feel with that thinning. We STILL wind up not thinning enough and we definitely know better!!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarmjust got another bucket fill of peaches, picking underripe or barely has some give, that's when the birds start pecking them! Did not get this tree covered, will be better prepared next year@
What about summer pruning? I have a 1 year old white nectarine that grew really tall and narrow at the nursery I planted early Jan this year. Trying to decide if I should: A) Wait another year to prune it back B) prune it now that temps are getting below 100, or C) wait until temps hit closer to the high 80s (Tucson area) or something else?
Also, how is the Flordaprince in terms of acid? Have a white nectarine (Artic Star) that is just too sweet. Looking to maybe add a yellow peach/nectarine that has more acid content (more at the level of a grocery store peach. Doesn't need to be super tart, but middle of the road or slightly more on the acid/tart side than sweet side of the spectrum.
We have completely abandoned summer pruning on our fruit trees. All of them go into semi-dormancy, so they are not able to put on sufficient growth during the Summer season to account for the loss in leaf matter and it really stresses the tree. So we do all of our pruning in the Winter months when it's dormant.
In our experience, all of the yellow peach varieties have a pretty good balance of tart (acid) and sweet, so the FlordaPrince is a good option. Still sweet with some tart.