Calgary peach / nectarine growing
mattpf (zone4)
7 years ago
Featured Answer
Comments (43)
mattpf (zone4)
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agoRelated Discussions
Questions about dwarf peach/nectarine trees
Comments (2)Augustina, your rootstock will define the size of your tree. So, pick varieties that do well in your area, then try to find those trees on more dwarfing rootstocks. Pumiselect is very dwarfing rootstock often used for peaches/nectarines/apricots/plums. I have two trees on Pumiselect, a Weeping Santa Rosa plum and a Blenheim apricot. The apricot is going into it's 3rd year in the ground, and it is still quite small. If you can't find trees on Pumiselect, then the next best choice would be Citation rootstock. So, I would find a nursery that has the option of putting their stone fruits on very dwarfing rootstocks, then pick a good variety of peach or necatarine for your area. They can adapt well to container culture, we have one forum member (fruitnut) who has done phenomenal things with container stone fruits. I believe most of his trees are on Citation. Patty S....See MoreRooting Peach and Nectarine cuttings
Comments (25)I want to share the following story ,hoping that it may be useful . I had planted peaches :Summergiant, Earlybelle & a Nectarine : Sunlight 20 feet apart, in this order after a year or so there were 7 seedlings up under Smgt. which I planted out .in their first fruiting I noticed that one's fruit was ripe on 31 oct. Next tree had small grassgreen fruit I checked the mother tree, finding that her fruit was even smaller yet. another two of the trees have been bearing Nectarines, moderately, the peaches heavy crops.I soon found that crosspollination had resulted in this: 1st tree 31 oct first fruit, then 2nd tree 1 Dec. then mothertree 28 Dec. giving a three month season overall . Stone fruit propagation :Pips have a brown kernel like an almond inside, remove this by scratching the side with a fingernail , removing the cover to the white inside carefully .you should see a thin clear skin or film. this usually stays in the covering, if you find it on the white pip remove it gently this removes the need for stratification ( Refrigerating etc ) .I planted pips once a couple years ago in march and picked the first peaches in November the same year, . East London. South Africa....See MoreMidwest Heirloom Peaches/Nectarines
Comments (4)I don't know all the answers, but let me take a stab at this. First, as far as the Extension Services sheets go. A lot of these things are more geared toward farmers than home gardeners, even the ones that are supposed to be for home gardeners. I've lived in a number of different states, Indiana among them, and the quality of what you get from Extension services varies. If I believed everything I read, I'd never have given fruit trees a try at all. I've read that you can't grow them in your lawn, that they have to be sprayed repeatedly, etc. etc. I think part of the problem is that what might be an issue for a farmer is not for the home gardener. If I grow my fruit tree in the lawn (which I have, repeatedly), maybe I don't get as high a yield as I might otherwise have, but I don't need to have maximum yield. I just want to get a decent amount of tree-ripened fruit. The same goes for insecticides. I don't use those. Some of my fruit has bugs in it. There are several ways to handle this. One is just to cut out the part with the bug and eat the rest. Another is to have more than one kind of each tree, with different ripening times. When I lived in Fullerton, CA, I had one kind of peach tree that always had a lot of damage from bugs--so much so, in fact, that I didn't really ever get much usable fruit from it. But another kind of peach tree, whose fruit ripened a couple of weeks later, rarely had much damage. Another issue is that if you use too many chemicals, you kill off the good bugs that would have attacked the bad ones. One example of this is something I noticed on my roses. The aphids always seem to damage the first roses of the season, in whatever state I'm living in. But after that first bunch, the good bugs that like to eat aphids put in their appearance and help out bigtime. I imagine the same thing happens with the bugs that attack fruit trees. There is a website that you might find useful, http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/BOC_explained.html They show you how to plant a lot of fruit trees in a small amount of space, so that you get an extended harvest. Basically, it involves planting dwarf trees close together and pruning them in the summer, not just the winter, to keep their size manageable. That will help you to fit in more kinds of trees and hopefully get good fruit. I've gotten fruit trees from a lot of sources, including Bay Laurel Nursery, Raintree Nursery, Stark Bros., Miller Nursery, and One Green World. There's a certain amount of trial and error involved. I suppose there was for our ancestors, too. I've found some of my most useful information from various forums on gardenweb. Good luck to you, and happy gardening. Jennifer...See MorePeaches, Apricots, Nectarines, in Zone 5b
Comments (5)Like Jemmalix said, potted peach would be a way to go for zone 5 or 4. I'd choose Madison or Veteran over Reliance for better tasting fruit. I've not heard much about Golden Glory or Empress. Move your potted into an unheated garage in late fall. Pot needs to be big enough so soil won't be frozen out easily....See MoreVioletjune Zone 3
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agostew_4a
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agomattpf (zone4)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agokatie77q
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoubro
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoyanli( Edmonton zone3B)
6 years agoubro
6 years agoPyrus Ussuriensis (z3)
6 years agoPyrus Ussuriensis (z3)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoPyrus Ussuriensis (z3)
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
6 years agomattpf (zone4)
6 years agoPyrus Ussuriensis (z3)
5 years agolookintomyeyes83
3 years ago
Related Stories
EDIBLE GARDENSHow to Grow Your Own Peaches and Nectarines
Make gardening a little sweeter with these juicy fruits, which you can eat after plucking or preserve for later
Full StoryEDIBLE GARDENSGrow Plum Hybrids for Your Favorite Fruit Flavors
Plums are cozying up with apricots, peaches and even cherries — here’s how to grow these hybrids for the best aspects of each
Full StoryEDIBLE GARDENSHow to Grow Your Own Luscious Cherries
Nope, they’re not the easiest fruit to grow. But with spectacular blossoms and pies as possibilities, cherries are sure worth a try
Full StoryEDIBLE GARDENSHow to Grow 10 Favorite Fruit Trees at Home
Plant a mini orchard in fall, winter or early spring to enjoy fresh-off-the-tree fruit the following year
Full StoryFARM YOUR YARDTo Get the Food They Believe In, These Urbanites Grow Their Own
Home gardeners farming on their city lots find that local, organic food isn’t the only reward
Full StoryGARDENING AND LANDSCAPINGUnexpected Edible Gardens
How to grow your own herbs and vegetables almost anywhere
Full StoryHOUZZ TOURSMy Houzz: Midcentury Modern Style Transforms a Vineyard Bungalow
Spectacular surroundings and iconic design inspiration meet in a major overhaul of a 1960s Ontario home
Full StoryFARM YOUR YARDIf You Have Room for Only One Fruit Tree ...
Juice up a small garden with one of these easier-care or worth-the-effort fruit trees for a mild climate
Full StoryGARDENING AND LANDSCAPINGVertical Gardens Raise the Limits for Landscapes
Turn a small garden space into a towering success with an upward-bound collection of edible delights
Full StoryFARMHOUSESWorld of Design: See How 9 Families Live and Farm on Their Land
Join us as we visit the homes and farms of passionate food producers and hear about rural life around the globe
Full StorySponsored
mattpf (zone4)Original Author