Peachy

This year is the second year my Red Haven peach tree has had peaches on it, It is around 4years old. however it appears to be the first year that they have stopped on the tree.

Last year I had 3 small peaches appear but they fell off before they really started to grow.

These are three close ups of small peaches. It is raining an awful lot here today so they are dripping with water. A good thing as we have had some quite good weather this last few weeks and this rain will water everything

small Red Haven Peach

small Red Haven Peach with a droplet of water

 I have noticed on the peach that the bark has great colour and texture

Red Haven Peach tree bark

There are one or two old branches that have been cut back previous years that really could have done with cutting back even further.

Red Haven Peach tree stem

There are loads of small peaches on here. I will have to remove a considerable amount of them before they reach any size other wise non of them will get very big. If I pick 5 or 6 of the best ones, they will hopefully make a nice peach size, otherwise if I leave them all on, none will amount to anything at all

Red Haven Peach tree

Weather today in Wakefield, England is cool and wet. It has been raining all day

Red Haven Peach produces in third year!!!

The title is a little bit over the top. I have two small peaches appearing so far. (I counted 5 flowers a month or so back). this is the first time any fruit has appeared on the tree since purchase (acquired from either aldi or lidl)

The peach is a red haven and is still in a 15litre ex paint bucket. It is kept very well watered and this is a picture of a baby red haven peach

This next shot is of the family frog. Last year we had two in the half barrel pond in the back garden, so far this year we only have one (and no frog spawn seen earlier in the year either) but there is always next year.

The strawberry plants are all in flower. In the rear garden I have some June bearers and a perpetual (or ever bearer) called Albion. This is a shot of Albion. In the front garden there is also the June bearers growing, the ones at the front only get sun till 11am in the morning but these are also in flower and produce nice strawberries. My short guide here on staking strawberry runners

the weather in Wakefield in the words of Bernard Matthews... "beautiful" or is it "booooootyful"

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Peach Pruning and Autumn Cherry chip bud grafts

The peach tree "Red Haven" has been stood outside in its 15 litre ex paint tub all Winter, it grew an awful lot in Summer after having only 1 flower on in Spring. It is the time of year for a prune, so it got the snip this afternoon. cutting away a lot of last years growth. I have also moved the tree in to the greenhouse because  peaches flower early and late frost can damage the flowers. I am hoping it will have more than 1 flower on this year and they will set and become fruit

In the Autumn, I did some chip bud grafting. This shot is the root stock with a bud grafted on. The graft variety was Stella, The root stock was home grown from a seed, thanks to the local supermarket. click here for some links on how to chip bid, This is today before taking off the tape. I know it has united because the bud is starting to break

Once the tape was removed, this is the greeting I got, a lovely looking union between host and graft.

A side shot. 

 

When I graft I clean the bark area with alcohol rub and the tape I use is florists tape. Both available from Ebay.


The weather in Wakefield today is cold and dry.

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Goose gogs and Peaches

The apple mint as always is going bananas!!! it quickly grows and looks fantastic this time of year. I will shortly be cutting it back otherwise is goes a little to long and spindly

The gooseberries are coming along nicely. I have 2 varieties. a green cooker, which I have no idea what the variety is and a variety called Red Desert courtesy of Aldi. Red desert has some very nice plump berries growing and a green cooker has lots and lots of berries but they are still small

I think you tell the size difference from the photographs

And lastly my peach tree. The variety is Red Haven and it is grown in a 15 litre paint tub. It had one flower on earlier on in the year and is kept in the green house for the moment. It will be coming outside shortly as I want the greenhouse for other things.

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