096 O'Henry Peach. Downsizing Fruit Trees. Why Thin Fruit.

04/23/21 • 29 min

The O’Henry Peach has been popular since its introduction in 1968. It’s a sweet, juicy, long lasting, easy peach tree to grow. A perfect candidate for today’s Fabulous Fruit Friday. Fruit tree expert Ed Laivo of Tomorrow's Harvest tells us all about it. Plus, Ed has step by step instructions for reducing the height of an overgrown fruit tree, taking it down to a more manageable six or seven feet tall.

A frequent question new gardeners have: which way should I position my fruit trees or raised beds? North to South or East to West? Good question. Our favorite retired college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, has some ideas on that.

Plus, this is the time to be thinning the fruit from your deciduous fruit trees, while the fruit is still small. The advantages of removing fruit so that there’s six inches of space between the remaining pieces of fruit? Bigger, healthier fruit. And fewer broken branches this summer.

It’s all on episode 96 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Tomorrow's Harvest.

And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!
Pictured:
O’Henry Peach

Links:
O’Henry Peach at Tomorrows Harvest
Pruning Overgrown Deciduous Fruit Trees (pdf from UCANR)
Smart Pots
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It’s all on episode 96 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Tomorrow's Harvest.

And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!
Pictured:
O’Henry Peach

Links:
O’Henry Peach at Tomorrows Harvest
Pruning Overgrown Deciduous Fruit Trees (pdf from UCANR)
Smart Pots
More episodes and info available at Garden Basics with Farmer Fred

Got a garden question? There are several ways to get in touch:

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The flower of the okra plant.
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Garden Basics with Farmer Fred - 096 O'Henry Peach. Downsizing Fruit Trees. Why Thin Fruit.

Transcript

GB 096 FFF O'Henry Peach. Reducing Fruit Tree Size. Thinning Fruit.

29:54

SPEAKERS

Debbie Flower, Ed Laivo, Farmer Fred

Farmer Fred 00:00

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