Winter peach tree damage

mhayes8655 zone4mn

10 years ago

Planted 4 varieties of peach last year, all appear dead. Anyone have success getting any peach trees thru the winter?

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AmyInMN
10 years ago
I'm suspicious that the two I planted last spring didn't make it. But I got a newsletter from the company I bought from that says not all trees come out of dormancy at the same time. They suggested scratching off a bit of bark on the trunk to look for living tissue (you'll see a layer of green if the tree is alive).

I don't want to do that, so I'm just going to wait a few more weeks and see what happens. The buds don't look alive to me, though. Bummer!
mhayes8655 zone4mn
Original Author
10 years ago
Sounds like you got your trees from Stark Bros also. We've had great luck with all their stuff. Coldest winter since '78 was pretty tough on peach trees tho. You might want to do the scratch test or cut into a couple branches with pruning shears (should be bright green) so that if they are dead you can get your new trees in the ground. They guarantee their product for a year. Mine are on the way right now.
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this is the main reason I'm not sure the tree can be saved. the bark is completely gone all the way around the lower part of the tree for about six inches. i think i've gotten all the borers off the tree (either by hand or spraying). I looked at the other peach tree a lot closer and saw one small place that it looked like borers might be (many that they could be but weren't) and sprayed that tree as well. what i'm not sure of is if it's lost so much bark that there's no way for it to recover. I've never seen any borers or damage (other than a few rabbit marks two years ago) on these tree before so this is the first year it's had them. it looks like there may also be some lesser peach tree borers on a couple branches a little further up. I wasn't able to find those borers just evidence of them being there. My spray times through my extension office are the beginning of july, the third week of july and august. if i try to save it should I spray it with something else as well to prevent any fungus or disease from taking advantage of the borer damage?
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I only have 2nd leaf peach trees, and it looks like any possible fruit buds were killed. Not a big deal as I was going to remove all but one or two fruit anyway. One that might have fruit is Indian Free, which is ironic since it needs a pollinator. It's possible my nectaplum has viable buds, and could pollinate. If that happens, I'm keeping the seeds, And Indian Nectaplum sounds like a cool tree! Both trees are starting to show some bud growth. My other peaches are leafing out. Which concerns me in the future. I may need a late blooming peach to pollinate Indian Free. A strange year, so hard to tell, young plants too, so time of blooming may adjust as they figure out the local climate. I have seen that with other plants. My cherries are at my cottage and I have no idea as ferry services are late due to lake ice. I have not been up there yet. During the last 10 years I would have the place open and running by now! I'm going Thursday to connect the water, and other opening procedures.
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AmyInMN
10 years ago
Yes, from Stark Bros. It didn't occur to me that they'd replace them. I just figured I was out of luck...thanks for the info!
mhayes8655 zone4mn
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9 years ago
Well I got my trees today, I'm going to do a couple things different. 1st I'm going to pot 2 in half whiskey barrels so I can garage them over the winter. The other 2 plus a Starkcrimson cherry hardy to Z5 I'm going to plant close together so I can tent them and even give them a bit of heat on below zero nights and protect the blossoms from late spring frosts. Another thing I know I did wrong last year was fertilize and water too much, too late into the season. This discourages the trees from going into dormancy and makes them much more susceptible to winter damage. So no fertilizer (Stark Bros treprep) after Aug. 1 and really cut back on the water once the worst of the summer heat is over. If these guys don't make it I'll have to stick to apples and berries for fruit. Good luck with yours!
sma_gal
9 years ago
The peach tree we planted last summer, doesn't look too promising. Thanks for the idea to scratch the bark, maybe I will try it if I get too curious and impatient.
mhayes8655 zone4mn
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9 years ago
Any signs of leafing out? If it hasn't started yet its likely dead. What variety did you plant?
ginkgonut
9 years ago
Mine is dead.

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