Imagine a sweetest, most aromatic peach you ever had. Now, add a handful of raspberries, juice from a slice of Meyer lemon, and you would be close in recreating an exquisite flavor of Indian Free peach.
Yesterday I ordered an Indian free peach tree for my backyard for 2023. Can't wait! It's on Bailey rootstock. Which rootstock is yours on? And you have issues with Japanese beetles? I planted another peach called, Frost which is also leaf curl resistant variety...I wonder how much space should I leave between them... Hopefully they both can do well together in my backyard
My Indian free is on a St. Julian rootstock, but will need to confirm that. As long as the blooming of Frost is not too later than Indian free, it would be fine for pollination. i would recommend at least 10'-12' distance. I rarely have any problem with Japanese beetles, biggest pest is the plum curculio, and brown rot for fungal disease, but both drastically declined since I had reduced number of the trees. Lately, I have been practicing one sulfur or copper spray before bud breaks.
@@backyardfigswhat brand of sprays do you use? Are these safe if your trying to be as organic as possible? I am mature trees here in Michigan also. Only for personal use. Last year I didn’t get one peach due to rot and I had a ton of peaches.
@@backyardfigsalso are you using either sulfur or copper spray or both? Im sorry just trying to clarify. Are you spraying now? And in one of your post you mention if you grow a peach tree from seed you have a hybrid. Is that good or bad? Thank you for responding. I really appreciate it.
Seriously considering this peach but I have a few questions. On average when do they ripen for you? We start getting some frosts in september. Do you have to pick them before a frost or will they continue to ripen if left on the tree? Lastly, we can get some late spring frosts, how does it do with late frosts compared to your other varieties? Thanks. I also planted a baby crawford this spring and am look forward to trying some in the next year or two.
You will have a great combo of peaches! They should be compatible to pollinate each other, they are blooming at about same time, and usually escaping late frosts, but with oscillation in weather in recent years, nothing is for sure. This year was extremely late, almost a month for both varieties. Indian peach is hardy to zone 5, I am in 6a. Our first frost is around mid October, so even with this late season would not be a problem, only late spring frosts present a problem for me. I like this peach so much, would kept it even if produces once every five years!
@@backyardfigs I also grow Reliance which has been great, and I added an Elberta this spring. Those, along with a Harko nectarine and I should get plenty of pollination. Thanks!
According to One Green World it's a self fruitful variety, and Raintree nursery says it needs a pollinator. Most peaches are self fertile. You should be fine with those two planted near by.
Hi Spencer, I got my tree from Raintree Nursery. Your zone is on the border of this peach hardiness 5-9, not sure about 4b. As far as comparison to Elberta, it has much better taste, in fact it is always at the top in blind test contests at Dave Wilson Nursery.
