Thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two to three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing larger and higher-quality peache ...

Do you have a nectarine tree that has a history of producing scarred misshapen fruit? If so, the damage to the fruit is probably caused by western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and ...

Master Gardener Laura Simpson says peach, plum, apricot, nectarine, apple and pear trees require thinning to produce good fruit.

It's going to be a good idea to thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two or three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing ...

Peaches and nectarines fruit on one-year old shoots, so the goal of pruning is to force part of the tree into new shoots every year. Do this by cutting back branches that fruited last year to a ...

“I have all kinds of fruit trees here, including peach, apricot, nectarine, plum, pomegranate and apple,” he said. “They are in 5- and 15-gallon containers.

Peaches and nectarines fruit on new wood grown last year. For these trees, try to remove inward‐growing branches and keep the strongest of the outward‐growing fruiting branches.

Protection of nectarine fruit from scarring due to Western flower thrips begins with applications of the organic spray Spinosad as soon as flowers drop their petals and tiny fruit can be seen.

I have never thinned fruit before, can you tell me when and how I should go about thinning the fruit? Most stone fruit trees, peaches, nectarines and apricots, require some thinning.

Answer: It is a good bet your nectarine tree has lost a lot of its leaves, which often encourage flowering of deciduous fruit trees that require a little cold to open their blooms.

Do you have a nectarine tree that has a history of producing scarred misshapen fruit? If so, the damage to the fruit is probably caused by Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and ...