Peach Cobbler
Juicy Peach
And Young have been most resistant to powdery mildew in my yard

With Fairchild getting the most it’s ever had but still going to have good crop

if you know what your doing you don’t need the ointment you prefer.

Transplanting is something I enjoy.   Took two days to dig out my Jabo and have moved a lot of plants both tropical and temperate.  Looks like I am better at it than you so need to be rude.

My dad grew up in depression era Alabama and grew or they didn’t eat

Best gardener I ever knew.

And with several of our towns people in the citrus hall of fame that is saying a lot.

I’m about to move an 8 foot Maha chanok 50 miles away with just a shovel.  It will be less than six when it gets there to fit in the pickup bed.   Piece of cake.

Have a bearing tree for about 14 years and in that time have removed the loquat and guava due to wormy fruit.  I have moved the Jabo to build a porch and recently  topped it without any bug problems.  Not a single worm, knock on wood.

Impossible to get a loquat or guava in the area due to fruit flys without poisons or labor intensive methods.

Jabo is a tasty choice without all that.

It has set fruit and will hang on too long slowing tree down and risk tearing too young limbs off.

Had to tie up the sweet tart as the flower load alone was risky.  Had Fairchild and Young lose a major limb same way.

Still about fifty fruit on and will only let about five mature.

Kathy is first spring in ground and had to cut panicles due to too many flowers on  too  small tree.

I added gypsum for the first time along with the  k mag that I have used for a couple years now.   Pretty happy with the results so far.

I use K-mag from diamond R

0 0 22 with 15 magnesium and a little sulfur to boot

Fifty pound bag around 15 dollars

Going to dig up my maha Chanok and give it to a friend for a prime spot in my yard to put in Orange Sherbet...

And yes I have tasted both.

Second the crossbow as way to bbq and not wake the neighbors you will invite to it ...

I planted some of the fan favorites recently and since then they have faced Irma and freezing temps to blooming.

I don’t spray or didn’t as for the first time I sprayed sulfur on the Lemon Zest.  I knew it was going to have PM problems and love the fruit.  The others I watched from blooms being frozen off to rebloom to weeks of perfect weather for PM.

So the winners

Fruit punch had a couple panicles get pm but I clipped those off.

Peach cobbler very clean. Juicy peach  Kathy , sweet tart, Phoenix, and honey kiss all clean.


Nam Doc Mai had the most for older tree and Providence for the younger.  Showing up for first time in Fairchild and a lesser  amount was the  Edgar and
Young. Light return on fruit punch.






 















Pics are

Fruit punch
Peach Cobbler blooms
Cotten Candy. The only one not to bloom
Phoenix
FP blooms
Honey Kiss
Juicy Peach

Alex had Lemon Zest on his do not buy list.  The problems are causing the discontinuation of newly grafted trees.

Juicy Peach would be my choice

Here is his do not buy list and his suggested list based on disease susceptibility.

Mine is shorter than Pickering planted about same time.  It has grown wider than tall.  It had a big bloom frozen off but I cut the dead out and it has since rebloomed through some cool and dry conditions. It looks to be quite precocious.

Shortest by far of my other new planting’s.

I’m cutting about 7/8 of  the panicle off on my younger trees.  That way it  won’t  waste time setting a large crop to be taken off anyhow.  After fruit set I will remove some, most or all of the fruit depending on tree.

If you cut it all off it blooms again wasting even more time.