For the first 3 years you don't even want peaches, you want all the energy making that tree trunk as fat and strong as possible. Pick those off, think of it as your training your tree for supporting those bigger crops. Each winter trim it up to make it look like a bowl. Your gone need some big branches to support those peaches, otherwise you will stress and break those flimsy branches.

Look here at the trees on the background I try to keep the trees short and squatty. No limbs straight out the middle, you want the morning sun drying the dew off of those peaches.

Are you guys covering up your plants with the cold weather coming in tonight?

Just water them heavy. They will be fine

Looks like my fears are coming to pass regarding my peach tree. That warm winter we just had causes my tree to not set any fruit. Had plenty of blossoms but they don't seem to be developing into fruit.I see a few tiny BB size fruit but I doubt they will amount to anything. Had over 200 peaches on that tree last year.Giant tasty ones.Thinking about digging it up and planting a low-chill hours variety.

Nah,they love it.My tomato and strawberry plants are going nuts.

I have 150 trees with over 10 varieties, some years it's nil. Some years its 90% yield. Its looking like 65% right now, here is a dilemma with a low chill hours variety, you can have a cold December, January and early February, then comes that warm late February 2 to 3 week span and they bloom, then comes that cold front at mid to late March and nips em all. It sounds like you got a good tree, you are not always gonna get a crop and the life span of a peach tree is only 20 years. I say stay the course.

I'll be covering mine, a light frost will stun the tomatoes for weeks. Went to Attwoods today on the way home from work and bought a bunch of 5 gallon buckets. If you loose them let me know, I'll let you know were you can get em real cheap to replace them. As in 36 plants for $14.50 - it's a long drive, but it's better than getting robbed at the two big box stores.

I'm gonna give the tree one more year.If it does it again next spring its coming down. It did the same thing about 3 years ago when we had a warm winter. Its a big tree about 8 years old.

Thanks guys. I took the safe route and covered mine last and tonight also. Looks like tomorrow night will be the worst as weathermen are saying a frost is possible in some areas. Hopefully I won’t lose any but 36 plants for $14.50 is a great deal. Definitely will be in touch if I lose them. Thanks for the advice.

Out of 16 years I've had peach trees I've had 3 years where I got zero, when I read up on them before I got into them there were some who said about every 3 years you won't have any peaches. That's why I went with different varieties, I bought from Freedom tree farms inTennesee and then from Womack Nursey in Deleon, Tx, I also chose them so that I start harvesting them in June with Texas Elbertas and then about every two weeks another variety come in all the way till late Sept with Fairtime Peaches. I started with 50 and planted 50 a year till I got to 200, i loose a few trees a year.

Cloud cover kept the temps up in the 40s last night, tonight is gonna be the cold one, and with the light winds its perfect for a frost.

Ok got a Homer bucket garden, maybe I'LL get lucky !

Nice! I'm interested. I still need to try this. How the rest of your garden looking?