Where's Cheapest Place to Buy Peach/Nectarine/Apricot/Almond Trees?

dogstarheaven

re. pollination with a paintbrush, i will do that, tho' i've read somewhere you can use a 'rabbit's tail' too!:o

do you think the peach and the nectarine will be fine if they weren't of the dwarfing variety that i could still prune the branches hard so that they can stay low enough for me to reach the flowers, farway? i wouldn't want to interfere with it's natural course of development if they're meant to be standard height trees tho'...

as i've said before, the 'red haven' peach is meant to have some resistance to peach curl. have you/or annie123 have had a variety that has resistance to it? i hope both trees won't be any trouble together re. the distance that they're planted. the apricot's planted on the N-S divide and the peach is on the E side, and they're both planted near hedges/trees for a more sheltered position.

atm, i am at the lottie about 3 x per week, so will it matter if i were to pollinate both trees thricely rather than daily?:cool:

thanks for both your help, farway and annie123

annie123

I have a Peregrine, its very tasty, but you should be better off with your choice of tree.
I have seen on our local lottie a guy who has a small tree, he made a slip over cover for out of plastic sheeting. He hand pollinates with a 1/2" paint brush. It doesn't take that long, he picks a dry sunny day and has a radio ear piece in whilst doing it. I'm sure he said he only did it twice a season, but I could be wrong, faraway may know more.
I was considering doing the same to mine, if I ever eradicated the leaf curl problem:mad:

Farway

dogstarheaven - You could train your peach to be low, look up "espalier" and "step over" trees

They have them at RHS Wisley [I was there again on Thursday] and I see them fruiting fine year after year trained like this

You can do same with apples / pears and I think most fruit trees, takes a bit more effort but if space or access is a problem it is ideal. They look pretty as well

You can start here

If you have not yet used RHS web site it is a good source to start with