Does it get flowers in the spring? If you get it to bloom but no fruit you might have a pollination problem. Have you ever noticed the leaves get a blistering effect and fall off in the spring only to re-grow in the early summer? That would be peach leaf curl. I think we need more info.

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We have never seen flowers on this tree.

How many years does it take for a peach tree to flower?

Can you post pictures? You would think a 7ft tree would have blossoms.

Eric

Speaking of the subject, a friend of mine has 4 old, large peach trees on his farm, all flower every year yet only the same 3 produce fruit. The trees all look the same and they all have similar foliage. My best guess is that it has to do with them being planted from pits by grandma way back when.

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It sure looks like it is a tree from here ;)

Has it ever flowered?

Laagarden,

That tree definitely has fruit buds on it. It should should flower this year. The pic you show is all first year wood. Perhaps it was just too small last year to start flowering, although peach trees regularly flower second leaf here.

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Yes, I agree looks like there are a few fruiting buds this year. Rounded buds flowers, pointy buds leaves.

Eric

I can't really tell which are round and which are pointy. But since I have fruiting buds, does this mean I'll get peaches?

How many round buds do you see in my picture?

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I can't really tell which are round and which are pointy. But since I have fruiting buds, does this mean I'll get peaches?

How many round buds do you see in my picture?

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Laagarden,

Yes, in a manner of speaking fruiting buds means you'll get peaches, if the frost doesn't kill the blooms, insects don't tunnel in the fruit, fungus doesn't rot the fruit, squirrels don't take the fruit, etc. Once you get past the spring freezes, and the fruit sets, it's strictly a defensive game to protect your crop from nature.

Your picture shows shoots full of fruit buds. On the bottom left shoot alone, I count at least 10 fruit buds. There are some twins there (two fruit buds at one location). You can tell fruit buds because they are larger than leaf buds. Fruit buds also look sort of hairy when they start to swell. Most of the time there are two to three buds together spaced about every 2" along the shoot. Frequently , at each of these locations at least one of the buds is a fruit bud (if the peach tree is fruiting age). Once the fruit sets, you'll need to remove most of the fruitlets. This is called thinning, and it must be done to get decent sized and quality fruit. Leave one fruitlet about every 10" of branch space. Thin off the twins, or at least one of them.

For a bit of practical application, on the bottom left shoot, you'd only leave one, or at most, two fruit.

A few peach trees require a pollinator. They are usually the "Hal" or "Hale" varieties which are offspring of "J.H. Hale" a non-self fruitful variety. They tend to me planted in colder areas such as yours. (Z5 no?). You might borrow a bough of peach blossoms from a friend and put it in a vase near your tree during bloom time.

In your marginal climate, you may have had your buds or blooms killed by frost. It happens a lot.

Some varieties or perhaps individual trees just come into production later than others, particularly older cultivars of trees. If so, not to worry. Stunting by allowing premature fruit production is a real problem. Your tree has grown to a good size and will really produce now that it is a substantial tree. My best producer was a late bloomer.

Late freezes can be hard on peaches. Hopefully it is planted in a sunny location, they are really pretty when they bloom. 3 years isn't very old for a tree, especially if it is a full size one and not dwarf. I agree with olpea about pruning most of the fruit off if you do get some.

I bought a house with what I have been told is a peachn it blooms EVERY one of the 5 years we have ownes the place, no fruit, much to my GA born wife's disappointment.

I would very much like to make my lady happy.

Any ideas?