Content
- Plant a peach tree and maintain it optimally
- Which location do peaches prefer?
- How do I plant or sow a peach tree?
- Do I prefer peaches?
- Can you transplant peaches?
- How can peaches be multiplied?
- When is the best time to plant?
- When do peaches bloom?
- When can I harvest the juicy fruits?
- What kind of soil do peaches prefer?
- Do you have to pour freely planted peaches?
- When and what should I fertilize?
- Good and bad neighbors
- Tips & Tricks
Plant a peach tree and maintain it optimally
The "Persian apple" or the "fruit of immortality" - the peach is known by many names and is popular all over the world. The lush flowering trees with the juicy and sweet fruits can also be cultivated at suitable locations in Germany.
Which location do peaches prefer?
Peaches love the sun and the warmth. Optimal is a full sun, but sheltered place in the garden. Small remaining varieties such. B. Rubira can also be kept in a pot.
How do I plant or sow a peach tree?
Commercially available peach trees are usually refined. They can simply be planted in a suitable place in the garden. Before, however, rooting should be done and the root ball should be vigorously watered. Peaches can also be sown directly if they are kernechte varieties.
Do I prefer peaches?
A preference is not absolutely necessary. However, to actually pull a plantlet out of the core, the observance of hibernation is essential. For this, keep the seed core in a cool and dark place, possibly in a box of wet sand.
Can you transplant peaches?
In fact, young peach trees should be transplanted at least once or twice, as it stimulates root growth. Older trees, however, no longer tolerate a move.
How can peaches be multiplied?
Peaches can be propagated both through cuttings and over the seed kernel. However, the latter is only possible with the core varieties.
When is the best time to plant?
Peaches should be planted best in the fall, so that the tree has the required hibernation and can finally drive out in the spring.
When do peaches bloom?
Peaches bloom very early in the year, most varieties already mid to late March. However, the time of flowering is on the one hand weather-dependent and, on the other hand, dependent on the variety. But beware: Most varieties have frost-sensitive flowers, which is why a protection (eg a fleece or a fleece blanket) is necessary in case of cold spells.
When can I harvest the juicy fruits?
There are early, mid-early and late maturing peach varieties. Early varieties such. B. Suncrest can be harvested in part already at the end of June / beginning of July. The main harvest time, however, are the months of August to September. Peaches do not all mature at the same time, so that the harvesting process can take over two to three weeks. Fully ripe fruits are not durable, but ripe immature peaches ripen.
What kind of soil do peaches prefer?
Peaches like a loose, humus-rich soil. Heavy and clayey or very sandy soils, however, are less suitable.
Do you have to pour freely planted peaches?
Especially in the time of fruit education peaches need a lot of water, but waterlogging should be avoided.
When and what should I fertilize?
Immediately at the planting should not be fertilized. The best fertilization time is between May and July when applying nitrogen and potassium rich fertilizer. In winter, no fertilization.
Good and bad neighbors
Peaches should be planted together with garlic, horseradish and / or nasturtium, as these plants help to stem the widespread ruffling disease. Otherwise, peaches, however, need a lot of distance to other plantings.
Tips & Tricks
Plant your peach tree best on a heat-emitting wall. This protects the tree from wind and drafts, but must not cast a shadow and so rob the plant the sun. Optimal is an orientation to the south.