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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    January 14, 2011
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    During the growing cycle, they will need 6-8 hours of sun a day. During the dormant season, they really don't need any sun at all. The sun is used by the leaves and if they don't have leaves, they can't use the sun.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    February 25, 2011
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    The best time to prune is in late winter so that you can cut away wood injured by low temperatures. cut back the tall-growing limbs and 1/3 of all new growth. Cut out all dead, broken, diseased branches. Remove old wood that previously produced fruit (it will not produce again) as well as crossing or rubbing branches. Aim for a funnel-like shape with fruiting branches about 1 foot apart over the top of the tree. Once blooming has begun, it may also help to pinch off some of the buds to induce more productive fruit.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    March 30, 2011
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    No, you do not need another tree nearby for pollination to occur in peaches. The blossoms will pollinate each other on one tree.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    April 12, 2011
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    Peach and nectarines are actually the same fruit, but there is a 1 gene difference that causes nectarine fruit to not have fuzz. There are a few possibilities here. One is that the plant was mislabled when you bought it. Another is that the nectarine was grafted onto peach rootstock and the peach rootstock grew and pushed out the nectarine graft (did the tree have problems early on? This is common if grafted trees have problems early). It is also possible that you have a sport nectarine, meaning a nectarine whose 1 non-fuzzy gene has mutated and the skin is now fuzzy.

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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    April 27, 2011
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    These are grubs. It sounds like the grubs of one of the many kinds of scarab beetles that plague gardeners (japanese beetles being among them). These articles will help:
    http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/lh037
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/june-bug-beetles.htm

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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    May 8, 2011
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    As long as the trees are not girdled (where the bark is removed around the circumference of the trunk) then the trees will be fine. As an extra precaution, pain the damaged area with a fungicide but nothing else. The fungicide will keep disease out of the wound. Any "wound" paint other than this will actually trap disease in the wound and can make matters worse. This article will help:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/repairing-tree-bark-damage.htm

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    May 31, 2011
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    The container should be at least 2 inches larger than the root ball on the plants.

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