Bought a clamshell pack of these from Publix today because we love peaches and so does our grandson. I'll definitely be growing these from the pits. So sweet and juicy with a white flesh.
We have a flat peach and it's almost time for harvest and it is loaded with peaches like 10-20 peaches on each branch and they're all huge peaches. Lovely tree. Though ours is white from the inside.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thanks Patrick - hopefully next season I'll have a solution to the fruit fly so I can get a better harvest! Cheers :)
+RobBobs Backyard Farming Yeah, there has been a few people mention them as donut Rob but I hadn't come across the term until recently. It's a very good performer but it must be netted! Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme I'm trying to grow one from a seed . Germinated in the fridge and now in a pot , currently around 10cm high , less than a month old. Any watering advice ? I don't know if it will survive Abu Dhabi's climate . Currently under full sunlight but as soon as I see something off I'll move it under shade or in the house .
@@swankshire6939 Unfortunately only got one seed to sprout . I apparently overwatered and the roots got mold or fungi . I'm not sure but the poor thing died and broke my heart. It was so green and lush and loving the sun but whatever went wrong it was in the roots. The heat absorbed from the sun by the pot might have been a factor in addition to the constant high humidity . Same thing with sour cherry . Some sort of root rot . Give it a go .
They look to produce a great crop and don't demand too much space. I will have to look up how they do in a UK climate because I love peaches and they look to be perfect for my allotment. Thanks for introducing me to it Mark. All the best.
+Animalkisser Do you think so...? How about an older style peach the ones we used to get when they were picked ripe in the old days? I think it does still taste like the old fashioned peach - more sweet. Rather than the green picked ones sold now in the shops are tasteless and awful - they look big and nice but I hate them! Thanks for commenting! Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me Sadly, I grew up in downtown Madrid and never tasted freshly picked ripe fruit... So I don´t know the difference. But i can tell you that, at least in Spain, flat peaches are tastier than round ones. Now that I live in the country, I´m planting fruit trees (that is why I watched you video). Thanks!
@@Animalkisser the ones Ive tasted from Spain were a lot tastier but the ones I had were a white flesh variety, the only peach Ive ever had while still crunchy but still quiet sweet!
Hello Mr Mark Wonderful videos and thank you for sharing. I live in New York in zone 7A. I also planted the same tree ( flat wonderful peach) about 2 years now. The tree is blooming pink flowers in summer time but basically no peach. I hated to get rid of it and try to plant something else. Not sure what else I can do? Is this tree self pollinate or do I need to plant another one next to it to get fruit?? I see peaches but sooo small almost nothing. Please help. Thank you
I was gutted when I lost my donut peach (variety called ‘ufo,) last summer. Was the hottest on record in our country and considering the fact that it was it’s first summer, I suppose that I should have used shade cloth on the poor thing! But I will be prepared this summer, with the trees I got to replace this one and the others I lost (apricot, plum and an orange.) I will also be sure to net the fruit, because I got everything eating them! Birds, fruit fly, beetles, bees, butterflies! I think it was the bride that did the initial damage of breaking the skin then the insects just had a free-for-all! Will also learn how to can fruit, so I can save larger harvests as the trees get bigger. In the meantime freezing fruit salad seems like it will be the way to go.
I just bought a pack of these "donut peaches" at walmart. I just ate one for the first time a few minutes ago. This was hands down the sweetest, juiciest peach I've ever eaten.
Hi Mark, loving your videos. I have a wild, untamed peach tree here in The Bahamas, not a flat donut but just a small peach .It was a fast grower even with total neglect here in the tropics and had a good number of blossoms but hardly any fruit or very tiny fruit. I am totally inspired by your videos especially now that I am under 24 hour lockdown/curfew for Covid 19 so plan on pruning, fertilizing and netting in order to get some good fruits. My question is, how should I prune? As high as I can reach from the ground or get a ladder out to do the whole thing? Also, how much should I prune i.e trim every branch and how long should I leave the branches? Thanks for your help.
Love these peaches. They're so cute. I'm thinking of getting one and I'm in southern California. It's low chill so would it fruit here ? I'm zone 10b. I made the mistake of buying three currant plants lol forgetting that they need cold winters to fruit so that was depressing
I'm getting one!! I love peaches, they are my all time favorite. I will have to have one that will take the cold though. I'm making the list for my fruit trees and this goes on the top of the list. All mine will be organic too. Thank you so much for this information, I need one that I can keep a bit shorter than most peaches they grow here. Bless, Sheila
+Sheila6325 Hey Sheila! I should probably prune mine a little smaller actually because the one in the video is a tad too big to be honest. Thank you, take care :)
Hi Mark....when do you you prune your peach tree? We've got one and it's absolutely loaded with fruit but want to get the timing right with pruning. We live in the Locker Valley. Love your videos....keep up the great work. Reggie
I currently live in zone 10b and I'm getting mixed reviews that this peach tree grows in my area. What zone do you live in that gives you such success? Thank you.
*I picked one up from Lowe's but it has dark maroon color leaves. It has already got buddings and I counted 50 tiny flat peaches in the size of a pea start to grow,*
I have grown a flat peach tree seedling now about 4 foot tall. Growing outside in spring summer and late autumn bringing indoors in very cold winters. My question is should I now let it winter outdoors . I live in Bucharest
Hi, That is something else. Never heard of that before. I wonder if you could cover with netting on a frame, and line that netting with that usually what or cream coloured very fine cotton. Once you know the tree has been pollinated cove any gaps so the fruit fly can’t get in. I had three peach trees and two plum, and just as they were starting to get the fruit about half size, the branches were bending there was so many fruit on them, but three weeks later all the fruit which were naturally touching started to stick to each other. this happened three seasons in a row. I sent a branch with a couple of fruit still on it to Royal Horticultural Society in London, and heard nothing for six months. Then I got a letter telling me the problem was a moths pupae which was laid on the ground around the tree and as it started to get more than a few hours old it started climbing these trees and infected the living juices of the tree the sap I think was poisoned, and it was breaking down the skins of the fruit just as they were ready to pick an d they stopped growing and started sticking together as if I had sprayed them with glue. They said all the trees I had which had taking maybe 4-5 years to get to this stage were all poisoned, every bit of the trees all cutting and the whole tree itself had to be burned and all the ground around the trees, which in my case was lawn, had to be dug up and burned in a big fire also. . . . That kinda knocked the liking for peaches! I could spread all the ground with I think they said normal household bleach, and use a whole new lot of soil, and wrap the first foot of tree with silver foil which would stop the little buggers breeding as the only way the moths were able to live was to poison the tree and use it then every years to breed.
+mrbluenun A framework for the net is probably a good idea I'll have to look into the best/easiest way to make it. I have used irrigation piping before with good success so it will probably be made with this but a little different so I can gather the net around the trunk which is necessary to stop them coming up from the ground. That moth pupae on your peach trees sounds worse than fruit fly! How awful that it poisons the sap of the tree... What a terrible pest. Well, I have to say you've taught me something else I never have heard before also. Cheers :)
They only one I have ever tasted were white peaches in Germany, so, so good flavor! I'm afraid these won't grow here, but they do in the province next to mine Ontario.
+Elyse Joseph I have tasted the white peaches also and yes they're very good! Never seen one to buy here though... Maybe that's a tree I'll keep an eye out for :) Thanks Elyse!
I have a similar tree in my garden. But I lose almost all the fruit to fruit flies every year. I barely manage to eat 5-10 fruit before the flies lay their eggs into all of the rest and they just start to rot on the tree. The ones on top get eaten by birds regularly... watched your video about the enclosing net and want to try it next year.
Netting is the only true organic way (at the moment). The fruit fly traps can limit numbers etc but it only takes one fly to sting the fruit so netting is it until they develop a sterile release program hopefully in the future to wipe them out. All the best :)
Hi, yes due to our clay base under the topsoil we've had several avocados die and occasionally our hot summers kill younger trees. We also have to deal with 2 types of fruit fly that can be very destructive making it necessary to net most summer fruits. Thankfully, our citrus are not targeted and most of them ripen during our winter when fruit fly are dormant. Cockatoos got all of our pecans this season and blackspot disease almost always infects our mangoes requiring diligent spraying of an eco-fungicide so the trees will set fruit and continue to develop without rotting. We definitely have our challenges but it's still worth the effort. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme thank you very much for the information I am contemplating this year whether or not. I should spray for insects on my trees each year insects eat out most of my peaches and apples and cherries
~ So good! Do you have any problem with leaf curl? That's the only thing that puts me off with buying trees like this as I hate to handle heavy duty chemicals.
+Jennifer Wang No leaf curl Jennifer but we did once get a wasp which damaged the tips of the plant - pruning early seemed to get rid of that pest. I don't use chemicals in the garden either and I suppose if a fruit tree is too hard to grow without the use of chemicals then it probably isn't meant to be... Cheers :)
Help, 🙏 I'm feeling desperate. I have written to several states agricultural departments to ask the same question and got no response as of yet. I planted a peach tree ~5 months ago (Feb). Leaves are being eaten and somebody is leaving behind small black droppings. This seems to be happening at night--I wipe off droppings at sunset and find them every morning. My poor peach tree is slowly disappearing!I live in North Florida. Any ideas? I am a novice organic Gardner. (BTW: I have a Birdies bed coming Aug! Love your channel!💜
BTW: It looks like caterpillar damage. I have *very carefully* looked on top and underneath leaves for about the past two weeks and I don't see any caterpillars. I've done a ton of research online but I don't see anything posted about this problem.
Hey I know you're busy so no worry about responding.👍 I am learning from you so I decided to do an experiment. I've dusted off all black droppings, and placed screening over the peach tree. If I see black droppings on leaves tomorrow morning then I will at least know it's a nighttime event. Just for fun, I'll post my insights here. Anybody else has this sort of problem I'd love to hear about it.
For the last 2 mornings, I have checked on my experiment. No leaf eating or black droppings since placing the window screening over top of my young peach tree. Yay! I've still no idea what was doing the damage, but happy to report I think I've stopped it. Finis.👍😃
Saturn, Flat or Donut Peaches. I like the Donut Nectarine they are a bit sweeter. I wonder who to the time to create the selective breeding, I do not believe there were any catfish genes added to this fruit nor Monsanto Roundup added to create this fruit. I always peal the skin away before eating.
I've grown those peaches here in Yorkshire (under glass till June).We call them doughnut peaches (veriety Saturn) Blitz the flesh then add Prosecco and you've got a Bellini cocktail.
I haven't seen powdery mildew on our trees (yet) but we do get it in our vegetable patch on peas and cucurbits mainly... I'll keep an eye out for it on the peach trees! Thanks :)
+mau xuwon Hi and thank you! Yes I do think so because this peach is really low chill and sets fruit easily. It's a fast grower and will fruit within a few years sometimes first season so it would be worth trying. Cheers :)
Jeez they're ugly burgers but I'm sure they taste great. I have a couple of tropical peaches and nectarines. They're still young so not a great deal of fruit yet but you're right they do grow a lot in a season and it won't be long. I love the blossoms in spring.
+Ben Jamin Hey Ben, I just plucked a few juicy nectarines off one of our trees (got about 10 fruit all up) but they are awesome! So red and juicy and very tasty! Cheers :)
You should tell everybody that your peaches are so flat because a while ago a flying saucer landed in your backyard and your peach tree turned from normal into this.
Is BT (bacillus thuringensis,) an option for organic growers, Mark? I know it is a natural bacteria that controls certain pests, but I have not found any proof that it might not have effects on beneficial insects or the animals that feed on them, at least not concrete proof. It is said that the azawai strain of BT is highly toxic to honeybees, for example while other sources say that this was actually caused by contamination during the production process. I have heard of other chemicals that have previously been labeled as having low toxicity, having terrible effects on nature when combined with certain anti-fungal products, so I understand why you are totally non-chemical in your growing, since it seems that nothing is safe, chemical or natural.
When I tasted one,if I closed my my eyes without knowing what I am eating,I could say it was a pear.Very unpleasant, you eat a peach and it taste a pear.
One of my favorite fruits ever, so sweet. My grandma grows them here in california and we get a lot from her when its in season.
Can you grow this peach in pot?
@@MAGGIEMAE747 ya theres tutorials online, i tried to grow my own but the seeds never sprouted for me sadly
Bought a clamshell pack of these from Publix today because we love peaches and so does our grandson. I'll definitely be growing these from the pits. So sweet and juicy with a white flesh.
We have a flat peach and it's almost time for harvest and it is loaded with peaches like 10-20 peaches on each branch and they're all huge peaches. Lovely tree. Though ours is white from the inside.
Normal to be white on the inside of these fruit, apparently.
Galaxy peach- white
Saturn peach- yellow
Great looking peaches, Mark! I've never seen those before.
+OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thanks Patrick - hopefully next season I'll have a solution to the fruit fly so I can get a better harvest! Cheers :)
I just bought paraguaya fruits today for the first time. my son LOVES them. Now im looking how to grow them myself. But we live in a cold climate!
Have seen these sold as doughnut peaches Mark. Will keep them in mind as the girls keep asking for stone fruit in the re design.
Thanks mate.
+RobBobs Backyard Farming Yeah, there has been a few people mention them as donut Rob but I hadn't come across the term until recently. It's a very good performer but it must be netted! Cheers :)
This is called Doughnut Peach. I love it. Very sweet and juicy.
Yes true! :)
@@Selfsufficientme I'm trying to grow one from a seed .
Germinated in the fridge and now in a pot , currently around 10cm high , less than a month old.
Any watering advice ?
I don't know if it will survive Abu Dhabi's climate .
Currently under full sunlight but as soon as I see something off I'll move it under shade or in the house .
@@Human-bf7kz how its it?
@@swankshire6939 Unfortunately only got one seed to sprout . I apparently overwatered and the roots got mold or fungi . I'm not sure but the poor thing died and broke my heart.
It was so green and lush and loving the sun but whatever went wrong it was in the roots.
The heat absorbed from the sun by the pot might have been a factor in addition to the constant high humidity .
Same thing with sour cherry . Some sort of root rot .
Give it a go .
They look to produce a great crop and don't demand too much space. I will have to look up how they do in a UK climate because I love peaches and they look to be perfect for my allotment. Thanks for introducing me to it Mark. All the best.
+Aaron's allotment Hey Aaron, yes they're a great fruit tree for smaller spaces and produce well for the size! Thanks mate :)
I don´t think it tastes like a regular peach! It has its own particular flavor (in my opinion, they are tastier).
+Animalkisser Do you think so...? How about an older style peach the ones we used to get when they were picked ripe in the old days? I think it does still taste like the old fashioned peach - more sweet. Rather than the green picked ones sold now in the shops are tasteless and awful - they look big and nice but I hate them! Thanks for commenting! Cheers :)
Self Sufficient Me Sadly, I grew up in downtown Madrid and never tasted freshly picked ripe fruit... So I don´t know the difference. But i can tell you that, at least in Spain, flat peaches are tastier than round ones. Now that I live in the country, I´m planting fruit trees (that is why I watched you video). Thanks!
Animalkisser Best of luck with your fruit trees! How exciting! Cheers :)
Definitely
@@Animalkisser the ones Ive tasted from Spain were a lot tastier but the ones I had were a white flesh variety, the only peach Ive ever had while still crunchy but still quiet sweet!
Hello Mr Mark
Wonderful videos and thank you for sharing. I live in New York in zone 7A. I also planted the same tree ( flat wonderful peach) about 2 years now. The tree is blooming pink flowers in summer time but basically no peach. I hated to get rid of it and try to plant something else. Not sure what else I can do? Is this tree self pollinate or do I need to plant another one next to it to get fruit?? I see peaches but sooo small almost nothing. Please help. Thank you
I was gutted when I lost my donut peach (variety called ‘ufo,) last summer. Was the hottest on record in our country and considering the fact that it was it’s first summer, I suppose that I should have used shade cloth on the poor thing! But I will be prepared this summer, with the trees I got to replace this one and the others I lost (apricot, plum and an orange.) I will also be sure to net the fruit, because I got everything eating them! Birds, fruit fly, beetles, bees, butterflies! I think it was the bride that did the initial damage of breaking the skin then the insects just had a free-for-all! Will also learn how to can fruit, so I can save larger harvests as the trees get bigger. In the meantime freezing fruit salad seems like it will be the way to go.
Saw these in the market the other day Bought them. they tasted just like peaches but i think a little sweeter. will buy again.
I just bought a pack of these "donut peaches" at walmart. I just ate one for the first time a few minutes ago. This was hands down the sweetest, juiciest peach I've ever eaten.
That is one cute looking peach Mark. I do love my stone fruits. I am slowly adding to my yard fruit trees.
+wildchook (Mary) Yes Mary it is cute isn't it lol. I'm doing the same - adding fruit trees year by year - I can't help myself hehe... :)
Hi Mark, loving your videos. I have a wild, untamed peach tree here in The Bahamas, not a flat donut but just a small peach .It was a fast grower even with total neglect here in the tropics and had a good number of blossoms but hardly any fruit or very tiny fruit. I am totally inspired by your videos especially now that I am under 24 hour lockdown/curfew for Covid 19 so plan on pruning, fertilizing and netting in order to get some good fruits. My question is, how should I prune? As high as I can reach from the ground or get a ladder out to do the whole thing? Also, how much should I prune i.e trim every branch and how long should I leave the branches? Thanks for your help.
Love these peaches. They're so cute. I'm thinking of getting one and I'm in southern California. It's low chill so would it fruit here ? I'm zone 10b. I made the mistake of buying three currant plants lol forgetting that they need cold winters to fruit so that was depressing
That's a very unusual peach tree, Mark! Too cool!
+Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens Thanks Keith, cheers mate :)
Hi. I have bought this peach and trying to plant the seeds.
Can you share the best way to germinate the seeds.
Very interesting. As long as it tastes good, that is the main thing for me.
+Jim H. Yeah I reckon they taste excellent Jim. Cheers :)
Thanks Mark. I wasn't familiar with flat peach. Looks good.
+McDowall Manor Thanks Andy! Yeah, really easy to grow but watch the fruit fly. Cheers :)
Never heard of it before. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Bob.
+Bob Lt (BobMel's Gardening) Thanks Bob :)
They are the best peaches out there. One fruit sure have many name. Jupiter, pluto, and donuts peach. Few place and culture called them.
+yack f zay I had never heard Jupiter or Pluto but that's the beauty of RUclips I get to learn lots every day! Cheers :)
I grow the white fleshed variety in Southern California, tastes great as well. I'd like to try the yellow fleshed ones.
I didn't realise there was a white fleshed variety - very interesting! Cheers :)
I'm getting one!! I love peaches, they are my all time favorite. I will have to have one that will take the cold though. I'm making the list for my fruit trees and this goes on the top of the list. All mine will be organic too. Thank you so much for this information, I need one that I can keep a bit shorter than most peaches they grow here. Bless, Sheila
+Sheila6325 Hey Sheila! I should probably prune mine a little smaller actually because the one in the video is a tad too big to be honest. Thank you, take care :)
Hi I need some seeds
Those are really nice looking peaches. I have never seen any like that hear.
+TheEmptynester They do look a little odd but they're tasty and good growers! Thanks :)
Is it possible to grow peach tree at a temperature of 20-30 degree Celsius.......
Hi Mark....when do you you prune your peach tree?
We've got one and it's absolutely loaded with fruit but want to get the timing right with pruning. We live in the Locker Valley.
Love your videos....keep up the great work.
Reggie
If you can grow them down there? You should try growing White Peaches. They are Delicious and very sweet.
I currently live in zone 10b and I'm getting mixed reviews that this peach tree grows in my area. What zone do you live in that gives you such success? Thank you.
I've never heard of these before but I just googled and they are available at least over in the US.
+Dale Calder Yes there's two varieties actually a low chill and high chill - thanks Dales :)
Good info, thanks for sharing. Happy growing!
Goodday will it grow in the tropics?
How to you feed/fertilise, mulch these?
*I picked one up from Lowe's but it has dark maroon color leaves. It has already got buddings and I counted 50 tiny flat peaches in the size of a pea start to grow,*
me too. I'm not sure when to pick the fruit though
In Taiwan they wrap individual fruit in small paper bags w a twist tie...Impractical? I don’t see many trees and it’s organic!
Where can I buy the seeds from online?
Wow, never heard of the flat peach.
+TheBearded Gardener Neither did I until several years ago - it's not something you see in the supermarket I suppose. Thanks :)
It tastes like an apricot not a peach. Now that is one tasty fruit. I have never tasted anything better. Can it be grown from seed?
We have those over here in England but here there called Do-Nut peach .... i guess due to the shape !! Good video as normal mate
+Phil78 Yeah Phil I probably should have mentioned it's called the Donut and also Angel peach. Thanks mate :)
I have grown a flat peach tree seedling now about 4 foot tall. Growing outside in spring summer and late autumn bringing indoors in very cold winters. My question is should I now let it winter outdoors . I live in Bucharest
How did it go man
Hi,
That is something else. Never heard of that before.
I wonder if you could cover with netting on a frame, and line that netting with that usually what or cream coloured very fine cotton. Once you know the tree has been pollinated cove any gaps so the fruit fly can’t get in.
I had three peach trees and two plum, and just as they were starting to get the fruit about half size, the branches were bending there was so many fruit on them, but three weeks later all the fruit which were naturally touching started to stick to each other. this happened three seasons in a row. I sent a branch with a couple of fruit still on it to Royal Horticultural Society in London, and heard nothing for six months. Then I got a letter telling me the problem was a moths pupae which was laid on the ground around the tree and as it started to get more than a few hours old it started climbing these trees and infected the living juices of the tree the sap I think was poisoned, and it was breaking down the skins of the fruit just as they were ready to pick an d they stopped growing and started sticking together as if I had sprayed them with glue.
They said all the trees I had which had taking maybe 4-5 years to get to this stage were all poisoned, every bit of the trees all cutting and the whole tree itself had to be burned and all the ground around the trees, which in my case was lawn, had to be dug up and burned in a big fire also. . . . That kinda knocked the liking for peaches!
I could spread all the ground with I think they said normal household bleach, and use a whole new lot of soil, and wrap the first foot of tree with silver foil which would stop the little buggers breeding as the only way the moths were able to live was to poison the tree and use it then every years to breed.
+mrbluenun A framework for the net is probably a good idea I'll have to look into the best/easiest way to make it. I have used irrigation piping before with good success so it will probably be made with this but a little different so I can gather the net around the trunk which is necessary to stop them coming up from the ground.
That moth pupae on your peach trees sounds worse than fruit fly! How awful that it poisons the sap of the tree... What a terrible pest. Well, I have to say you've taught me something else I never have heard before also. Cheers :)
+Self Sufficient Me `Hi,
I mentioned the moth thing because I am not sure if this is just an English (UK) state.
They only one I have ever tasted were white peaches in Germany, so, so good flavor! I'm afraid these won't grow here, but they do in the province next to mine Ontario.
+Elyse Joseph I have tasted the white peaches also and yes they're very good! Never seen one to buy here though... Maybe that's a tree I'll keep an eye out for :) Thanks Elyse!
I have a similar tree in my garden. But I lose almost all the fruit to fruit flies every year. I barely manage to eat 5-10 fruit before the flies lay their eggs into all of the rest and they just start to rot on the tree. The ones on top get eaten by birds regularly... watched your video about the enclosing net and want to try it next year.
Netting is the only true organic way (at the moment). The fruit fly traps can limit numbers etc but it only takes one fly to sting the fruit so netting is it until they develop a sterile release program hopefully in the future to wipe them out. All the best :)
Hello question I'd like to ask do you ever have problems with things that you grow do you ever have trees that died do you ever have did not do well?
Hi, yes due to our clay base under the topsoil we've had several avocados die and occasionally our hot summers kill younger trees. We also have to deal with 2 types of fruit fly that can be very destructive making it necessary to net most summer fruits. Thankfully, our citrus are not targeted and most of them ripen during our winter when fruit fly are dormant. Cockatoos got all of our pecans this season and blackspot disease almost always infects our mangoes requiring diligent spraying of an eco-fungicide so the trees will set fruit and continue to develop without rotting. We definitely have our challenges but it's still worth the effort. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme thank you very much for the information I am contemplating this year whether or not. I should spray for insects on my trees each year insects eat out most of my peaches and apples and cherries
~ So good! Do you have any problem with leaf curl? That's the only thing that puts me off with buying trees like this as I hate to handle heavy duty chemicals.
+Jennifer Wang No leaf curl Jennifer but we did once get a wasp which damaged the tips of the plant - pruning early seemed to get rid of that pest. I don't use chemicals in the garden either and I suppose if a fruit tree is too hard to grow without the use of chemicals then it probably isn't meant to be... Cheers :)
Help, 🙏 I'm feeling desperate. I have written to several states agricultural departments to ask the same question and got no response as of yet. I planted a peach tree ~5 months ago (Feb). Leaves are being eaten and somebody is leaving behind small black droppings. This seems to be happening at night--I wipe off droppings at sunset and find them every morning. My poor peach tree is slowly disappearing!I live in North Florida. Any ideas? I am a novice organic Gardner. (BTW: I have a Birdies bed coming Aug! Love your channel!💜
BTW: It looks like caterpillar damage. I have *very carefully* looked on top and underneath leaves for about the past two weeks and I don't see any caterpillars. I've done a ton of research online but I don't see anything posted about this problem.
Hey I know you're busy so no worry about responding.👍 I am learning from you so I decided to do an experiment. I've dusted off all black droppings, and placed screening over the peach tree. If I see black droppings on leaves tomorrow morning then I will at least know it's a nighttime event. Just for fun, I'll post my insights here. Anybody else has this sort of problem I'd love to hear about it.
For the last 2 mornings, I have checked on my experiment. No leaf eating or black droppings since placing the window screening over top of my young peach tree. Yay! I've still no idea what was doing the damage, but happy to report I think I've stopped it. Finis.👍😃
Saturn, Flat or Donut Peaches. I like the Donut Nectarine they are a bit sweeter. I wonder who to the time to create the selective breeding, I do not believe there were any catfish genes added to this fruit nor Monsanto Roundup added to create this fruit.
I always peal the skin away before eating.
I've grown those peaches here in Yorkshire (under glass till June).We call them doughnut peaches (veriety Saturn) Blitz the flesh then add Prosecco and you've got a Bellini cocktail.
+catscats50 A Bellini cocktail sounds like a great way to use them (and impress my other half) - I'll try it! Thanks :)
It's flat Peach or it's Nectarine ?
My tree gets powdery mildew, in USA starks nursery sells them.
I haven't seen powdery mildew on our trees (yet) but we do get it in our vegetable patch on peas and cucurbits mainly... I'll keep an eye out for it on the peach trees! Thanks :)
so luckly to have the land. tried to grow tomatoes for use in the home, need to have 4 or 5 plants per person. not enough room in most yards.
Nice!
+Ziduns Thank you! Cheers :)
nice
Is donut peach tree grow in Kansas state usa
Hello friend I am Basharat live from the Pakistan
Is the donut type peach variety called donut or what is the name of it.
Another name for it is Angel peach. :)
hello, just sub. Do you think I can grow those in Thailand? I tasted those from Spain, crunchy and sweet. I want to grow my own.
+mau xuwon Hi and thank you! Yes I do think so because this peach is really low chill and sets fruit easily. It's a fast grower and will fruit within a few years sometimes first season so it would be worth trying. Cheers :)
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Hi i love peaches i need some seeds
Jeez they're ugly burgers but I'm sure they taste great. I have a couple of tropical peaches and nectarines. They're still young so not a great deal of fruit yet but you're right they do grow a lot in a season and it won't be long. I love the blossoms in spring.
+Ben Jamin Hey Ben, I just plucked a few juicy nectarines off one of our trees (got about 10 fruit all up) but they are awesome! So red and juicy and very tasty! Cheers :)
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Do you sell the seeds?
You can buy at one green world nursery. I bought two plants yesterday
eat the bugs along with the fruit - organic aren't we
You should tell everybody that your peaches are so flat because a while ago a flying saucer landed in your backyard and your peach tree turned from normal into this.
LOL yes I'm sure there would be some people who'd believe me too! Thank you :)
Is BT (bacillus thuringensis,) an option for organic growers, Mark? I know it is a natural bacteria that controls certain pests, but I have not found any proof that it might not have effects on beneficial insects or the animals that feed on them, at least not concrete proof. It is said that the azawai strain of BT is highly toxic to honeybees, for example while other sources say that this was actually caused by contamination during the production process. I have heard of other chemicals that have previously been labeled as having low toxicity, having terrible effects on nature when combined with certain anti-fungal products, so I understand why you are totally non-chemical in your growing, since it seems that nothing is safe, chemical or natural.
When I tasted one,if I closed my my eyes without knowing what I am eating,I could say it was a pear.Very unpleasant, you eat a peach and it taste a pear.
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