If you get abundant flowers at the same time on both trees, you should be setting fruit. Assuming there are bees around to cross-pollinate. If the blooming times don't overlap, you may need another peach just for that purpose.

It's pretty easy to fertilize them. Just sprinkle a handfull of osmacote around each one out to the dripline. One treatment lasts all season.

I wouldn't bother spraying until you see fruits or insect damage. Of course the leaves can be damaged by both insects and diseases, and using a combination fruit tree spray (insecticide/fungicide) every two weeks is common practice.

As for drainage, 10 hours is not that bad, though well-drained soil is recommended for all fruit trees. Pears tolerate wet feet better than most. 72 hours submerged roots will kill peach and plum trees. If the trees are still small, you could dig them up and raise the bed. But likely not needed, IMO.

It's normal for some peach leaves to yellow and fall off in the Fall. Also you may need to remove up to 1/3 of the branches each year once you see normal growth.

I am not alarmed by no fruit on two year old trees. Pollination is also not a problem on those trees. Ten hours to drain is not acceptable, especially for your trees. I doubt if you can correct the drainage and can only raise the trees, which I would do next winter when they are dormant. I can only assume your landscaper chose trees with appropriate chilling requirements for your area. Dwarf fruit trees in most of California are going to need summer water and again I must assume you are providing it. Al

Al is right 10 hours to drain spells problems.

Eskota- You're right, pears take a lot of water, but will shed fruit if they stand in water. But you're info is wrong on plums. They will take a ton of water, if they are on a plum rootstock. 72 hours of submerged roots won't kill them. If they are on peach rootstock, that's a different story.

Thanks, everyone, for your input.

I have many pollinators (at least two different kinds of bees, butterflies, beetles (June bug) and hummingbirds) so I'm not worried about that.

However, it looks like I may be digging them up in the winter to plant them in containers or re-plant them differently.

Al, how does one tell how old a tree is? They've been in the ground two years but I'm sure they were at the nursery for some time until they were ready to sell.

In my opinion really bad clay soil like I have naturally dwarfs trees, so if you plant a dwarf it will hardly grow at all. From now on I am only planting standard non-dwarf trees if I can find them, which is hard to do since most places sell semi-dwarfs. The standard trees will grow like dwarfs because their roots have such a hard time getting through the rock hard clay.

Count the age of your tree from when you planted it, not from conception. Trees like the rest of us go through a juvenile period before becoming able to bear fruit. Peaches and Nectarines are self fruitful so pollinizers are not a problem. Lean soil, lacking in nutrients may slow the growth of the trees but would not cause them to not set fruit. Most peaches late in the year have pretty ratty looking foliage. Raising the trees so they are growing on a berm, spraying for insect and peach leaf curl, providing summer water, and just being patient should provide you with peaches. You will need to think about pruning SOON as peaches will require more than most trees. Al

Thanks Al. I guess I have juvenile trees out there - maybe they're just being stubborn. ;)

I found out from the nursery that I have a Nectazee nectarine and a Bonanza peach. Both have low-chill requirements and are right for all other conditions where I live *except* for the soil; Necta Zee needs sandy soil and Bonanza needs loam to little clay.......

For the drainage issues, you could try digging interceptor drains upslope and downslope of the trees which should help the area the trees are in from becoming too saturated for them.

Hi all. I see fruit on my trees!!!!!!!!!

All the talk must've shamed them into producing.

Keep your fingers crossed that there's actually a harvest this year.

~Stephanie