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Summer Peach Tree Pruning Question

troman1973
15 years ago

I posted this question on another topic, but it really did belong on it. So I am going to post it on my own topic. I really need to know if anyone else does summertime pruning of peach trees to harden them off.

We had a very cold spring and my two year old peach trees had no flowers and alot of die back, but where it didnt die the growth again has been excellent. The growth didnt start til maybe the middle of May, but it has grown in some spots almost 3 feet in this short of time. Since I live in a shorter growing season should I be pruning the ends of this new growth now? I always hate pruning new growth, but I think to start hardening it off I probably should? I want to ensure peaches next year. So will the pruning make it harden off faster to ensure it goes dormant for our cold winters? Thanks for any help

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