I was worried early this spring the Peaches would not make it. We got a cold snap after the flowers formed which usually does not bode well for the fruit to form.
Luckily some of them held up and continued to grow. Now we are a few weeks away from them being ready. Though I did come across some issues.
It does not appear all of them are suffering from this splitting. But many of them are, and I'm worries rot will take them over before harvest time.
Many of them are splitting on the stem where the tree connects to the fruit. I've never had this happen. And my research points to an over pruned tree. I bowl out my tree every late winter and have been doing that for years. Maybe I cut too much off this year.
The colors of the peaches are really showing up now, meaning they are close to harvest time.
This Peach tree has been hit or miss. About half the time the frosts kill the flowers before fruit can grow. And other times pests get into the crown of the tree, which I treat using "tanglefoot". And other times worms try to move into the fruits when they are just about ready. I'm using neem oil to try to keep them out of the fruit.
Hoping my Apple trees and Cherry trees will not have so many issues. Growing a Peach tree in North Georgia does not seem preferable.
