As much as I hate bird netting it is absolutely vital if you want your fruit to ripen on the tree. The main reason to grow it yourself is because you can get it fully ripe. So much better than store bought.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm on one of your other videos I read like two dozen comments that you just need to put water out but unfortunately that is just an old wives tale. I literally have a giant canal of moving water behind my house and they will eat everything not in a net. Tomatoes, peaches, everything. I even have tried doing sacrifice crops like sunflowers and they definitely eat the sunflowers but they still eat everything else too. 😂
@@TheFatTheist we take it with a grain of salt at this point. Folks are convinced of something until you can prove it wrong....and sometimes it's not worth trying to prove wrong. Funny, I remember well how close that canal is to your trees. Especially that mulberry out back!
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5:40 says it all. The reaction was incredible! Birds got my prince peaches good this year, too but they have touched any other varieties like my favorite tropical snow peach.. It was so neat to see you cut the vid over to when you planted them. I remember that video and the growth is stellar! You deserve to get that much satisfaction from biting in to what God rewarded you for your hard work and Character as a man.
Hey Jonny. That first bite into a peach is unlike anything else. Especially going a few years since having one fresh off the tree. I'm sorry to hear about those peaches! We know just how you feel and it's just so frustrating to deal with. We're having the same issues now with a couple of our other varieties that are ripening behind the FL. Prince. Here's to a wonderful harvest on those Tropic Snow peaches. They are a wonderful piece of fruit as well!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks Brother! I actually watched your reaction 3 times. 😆 I'm thinking it's got to be worse in the desert with nothing around to keep the birds occupied on something else. Like they spot that color from a mile away. Was smart to cut off the bad stuff and freeze the rest. I'm very happy you got to eat one fresh off the tree again. Was worth plucking the first set off last year.
For an early freestone variety, I've had great success with Early Alberta here in Las Vegas. They are ripen in June, so they come off the tree before we get the scorching temps. Baseball sized and great flavor on them too! I also use really small netting...also is easier to get back off the tree because fewer leaves/branches grow through the holes while it's on the tree. I used 3/4 at one point and when I took it off, I ripped off a lot of new growth at the tips...so smaller solved both problems :) BTW, love the rooster audio bombs at the end ... hilarious!
Hey Kevin! Haven't tried the Early Alberta, but it sounds fantastic. Those Roos can't seem to keep their mouth shut, especially when the camera is rolling...little showboaters!
In peach varieties in this Lebanese mountains village its the Babcock Giant,Babcock, Redhaven, Alberta, and our latest variety September snow or Tardibelle. The Babcock was first planted in village in 1860 as it all began with a specific family that got that variety from California. I found a rare variety in a garden,studied it as its name is Blackboy peach. Its discovered in France in between grape vineyards the history of that variety, a seedling. Its the ONLY peach variety that can be grown directly from seeds. I have both seedling and scion now in bud breakage.
Nothing like a fresh tree ripened peach. Next to interspecifics, peaches are probably the second most abundant at my place. I graft them onto everything, lol.
Oh my! You made me want to have taste of peach! Haha! I live n Malaysia. We are in the equator. We get imported peaches in the supermarkets. I don’t usually go shop for peaches. They just don’t look as juicy as what you are eating. They look kinda dry. I had one or 2 before but my reaction was nowhere near yours lol. Thanks for sharing this.
I imagine fresh peaches are pretty hard to come by in Malaysia. They need a certain amount of chill hours during the Winter, so a cold winter is the key!
I'm sharing an orange with the dog and that peach looks juicer! My mother used to wonder at my sanity because I don't care what color is on the inside, as long as the peach it ripe. She preferred nectarines. I like either. I'm ready to run the 45 miles to Tucson just to see if I can get a bushel of peaches, LOL. That's a little closer than Penna orchards. Hastas, kids, I love this one!
Hey Martin! I'm right there with you in not caring what it looks like as long as it tastes good! A peck here or a bruise there, nothing to worry about when it tastes so good!
I'm almost a neighbor but in Surprise, the net that you have from experience doesn't work, birds get in however they want and then they can't get out and they die. Organza bags don't work either, they break them. I went to GoodWill and bought curtains that are thin and semi-transparent, they let in light, but not as strong and no birds pass through and they have ventilation anyway. I look for them when they are at 50%, throughout the year I look for them and I have bought them for up to 1 to 3 dlls. That your wife buy a sew machine right there that costs 10 dlls and take measurements and make her own bags. It's work, but you work much harder keeping our fruit trees healthy so that they spoil your harvest. Mine are already 3 years old and they are like new. Another thing, insects do not enter to bite them.
Hey neighbor! I'm not sure what netting you're using, but the 1/2" netting has worked well for us for the last 10 years or so. We have yet to have a bird tangled in it (or get stuck and die) and it keeps them out just fine (3/4" netting does not work!). That being said, something that has smaller spacing that can keep the bugs out as well is something worth trying, so I like the curtain idea!
Love that, bite into a peach and it squirts all over your face. You can't get that in a store bought peach. Thats why I like to support small farmers, you get great quality fruit.
Hey Kelly! You know just what that's like from the looks of those flats of peaches. It was great meeting you guys yesterday. Looks like you arrived safely back home!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yes, we did get safely home, thank you. I left some of those Indian Blood Peachs with Lori. I guess you both can fight over the socks I left you, lol. We were so tied by the time we made it out to you guys. I wish I would have called you from the Orchard first to warn you, oops. Maybe next time we can buy peach's off of you guys?
Glad you guys are enjoying the content! I picked that hat up from my work (an industrial supply company, so landscapers buy them), but it's commonly referred to as a lifeguard hat or lifeguard sun hat. I'll link to one on Amazon that's really close; amzn.to/38bFI3O
cling peaches are canning peaches...florda prince is not a cling peach, it is considered a 'semi free stone'...peaches are classified as free stone, semi free stone or cling...florda prince is a very good peach for the desert south west, ripening in late april into middle of may with very low chill hours...
Good to know Timothy. I assumed because the pit does not come free it was cling, but I'm not a peach expert, so I'll defer to you on this one! Now I need to find out the difference between semi and cling. Off to Google I go!!....
Thank you for your videos, finaly youtube's algorithm understood what i searched for. I just subscribed a few days ago and i don't regret it :) I have just a question/suggestion, since you have a lot of wind and you are in the desert why don't plant some big tree like in oasis ( palm tree) they give shadow, break the wind and there roots can go down to 30 feet or more and don't need a lot of water
Glad you found us are are enjoying the content! You're making a great suggestion on the wind blocks and they would make a difference. Technically our fruit trees are doing that for us now on either side of the property (it's why our in-ground beds, etc are in the center) and we would need to run irrigation to additional trees in order to accomplish that. Either way, it's a solid suggestion and worth considering as we move onto other areas of the property.
I live in Phoenix as well and wasn't able to catch the names of the the 2 nurseries you recommended to buy these peach trees, also, which brand of netting are you using?
We buy all of our peach trees from RSI Growers. Honestly, I wouldn't bother with getting them from any other nursery. He grows and grafts his own root stock in Glendale and to my knowledge, nobody else does! Here's his website, but I would call to see what he has in stock; rsigrowers.com/ The netting we buy from Amazon. I'll link that here for you; amzn.to/4605vnC
At your recommendation I got 5 trees from RSI last spring. They are my strongest growing trees, so I second your recommendation of RSI to others. Quick question through, my "Florida Prince" peaches are free stone. Not perfectly clean, but pretty close. Because they are free stone, is it possible they are not Florida Prince? I only care so that I buy more of the correct tree. I've NEVER tasted a peach as good as what this tree gave me this year so I'd like to plant 2 more of the same variety. I thought the desert gold's I harvested last year were the best peach I ever tasted, then I got 18 Florida Princes. I almost collapsed when I took my first bite they were so amazing!
Really glad to hear you're having success with these trees and we're right there with you in how incredible they taste. Technically FlordaPrince peaches are semi-clingstone, so it may be that you're getting them at just the right time for them to easily break free. Reid is pretty good at getting the varieties correct, so I'm guessing that's what you're experiencing.
Hey Rosa! We plan on starting that next year beginning with our mulberries. Those we'll sell through our customer email list which you can join through our website that I'll link for you here; www.edgeofnowherefarm.com/
Have you by any chance tried Babcock peaches? That was my first fruit tree I planted a few years ago, and I haven't let it fruit yet (trying to get some size to it first), but I'm wondering how it compares. Ill probably pick up a Florida prince anyways because you really cant have too many peaches lol.
We did try a Babcock a few years ago, but it wasn't a fair test. We had it in a pot and it died the first Summer! If you have the space you simply can't go wrong with the Florida Prince. It fruits nice and early and the fruit is second to none. The only challenge is the cling stone if that's an issue.
Not a peach picker, grabbed it correctly, full palm grip, then slightly pull, at same time a twist, when you pick by the bin, it needs not to have the skin tear, stem end.
Any fruit set on your nectarine trees? Are you able to get peaches, nectarines or other stone fruits to ripen for you in July-August? By the way, lately I increased my spacing distance for nectarines to ~10” (which is essentially 1 fruit/ branch), and the result is amazing in terms of size and flavor! I encourage you to try that on one of your Florida Prince trees next year, since you have multiple trees of it and hence can have a good comparison. Plums and apricots, I do 6” as they are naturally smaller fruits.
Hey there Ahmad. We only have a couple of fruit set on our nectarine this year and they did not make it to the ripening stage. Most of our varieties we have on this farm ripen by mid-June, but we had fruit ripen into early July on the old farm. The main problem we had there was with the heavy bird pressure from some of the migratory birds that arrive in early Summer. They are VERY aggressive towards fruit and it becomes a problem. I like your idea on spacing. We usually go with 6" spacing on the peaches (a bit closer on apricots and plums), but have not tried thinning to 10". As you said, it's worth trying with our multiple plantings. Especially if you're seeing a good impact on fruit size and quality!
Can I ask you something? I understand peaches do not like to be over-watered, or fertilized that much. How do you know when to water and fertilize peach trees. I have 2 Contender peach trees that are just now starting to bear fruit at 3 years old, but I truly do not know how to tend to them properly. Thank you. Great video by the way.
You are spot on with your assessment on both watering and fertilizing. It's actually true for nearly all fruit trees. We keep all of our full size, in-ground trees on the same watering schedule which is typically once/week. If we get really hot and dry (above 115 for many days in a row) we'll move that to twice a week. We don't water much at all during the dormant season (Winter). We also fertilize with composted chicken and/or pig manure and do that 3x/year (Feb, May and September). All that being said. We have a potted apple tree (in the pot almost 5 years) that we water almost daily from late Spring - Fall and 3x/week during the dormant season (sometimes less if we get any rain). It's fertilized with the rest of the trees 3x/year. One note on fertilizer, phosphorus is key for both flower and fruit set, so make sure it's a fruit tree specific fertilizer. Hope this helps!!
My 2 cents, if it helps you ... fertilize with 10-10-10 three times a year ... Valentines day, Memorial day and Labor day. Read the label on how much fertilizer. It's usually based on the size of the tree. For water, irrigate at the dripline of the tree, not at the trunk. How much really depends on the soil you have, and your local climate (ocean areas vs low desert vs mountian, etc). I live in the desert and water quite a lot. When you do water, it's far better to water less frequently and more deeply so you entice deep root growth. Hope that helps some :)
Hey Michele! I will link the bird netting for you below. Right now we are only netting peaches and grapes. We have done blackberries in the past, but this year surprisingly we didn't have to. We have been fine without netting on our apricots as well. And nectarines we don't know yet, never got fruit set at the old property and this year we only had 2 fruits that didn't make it. I would assume we would have to net them when we get a good fruit set. amzn.to/3yPzFN4
Warm ok .. can it tackle humid, rain and Frost ... 5-45 degree .. Heavy rain .. Climate like west bengal, Bangladesh, asam ... I want to do peach .. but climate ??
Great question and yes, they should do just fine. The name of this variety is FlordaPrince and is sometimes written as Florida Prince and is a common peach found in most areas of Florida. That being said, peaches do need some chill hours (time below 45 degrees F or 7 Celsius) in order to set fruit. It sounds like you may have that, so this should do well for you.
@@avijitgoswami3082 I don't think you'll be able to grow these from seeds. From what I understand, the seeds from this fruit will not make the same kind of fruit, because they are grafted trees.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm is it this self pollinating tree ? Can you tell me which species will be better with that species in same climate ? Is satsuma orange production good in Florida ?? Can you suggest me some species which will suits same weather ... 1) kiwi 2) vanila ( using under shade ) 3) apple variety ( sweet ) 4 ) sweet cherry variety .. 5 ) plum variety .. Dried plum had huge role in some costly indian cuisine .. like biriyani .. plum chatney ... The market is huge .... Also plum, apple, cherry, peach give you blossoms beauty which is price less ... Also with rope or poll i can do this farming with low place .. close upward trees ... Land are so costly here .... Huge costly ... Also i spend near all money in medical problems and pain management ... Going towards painfully handicapped ... So i want to make organic garden before that ... So atleast i can get some peace ... Also .. i have a pomelo, guava, 2 moringa tree in my home .. Pure moringa .. not gmo .. little low production but organic and tasty drumstick ... Also i don't know it will good decision or not i aslo want to put some snake fruit, acai berry in mix firm permaculture .. I don't want to use chemical ....
@@avijitgoswami3082 My understanding is Satsuma does better in humid climates like Florida than it does here in the desert. We have not grown kiwi, so I don't know on that one, same goes for vanilla and sweet cherry. Our favorite plum variety is the Santa Rosa plum and that should do well in your climate. I haven't heard of a snake fruit before, but I wish we were able to grow Acai.
Hey Michael. We've had a few folks reach out and ask us to ship scions, but we haven't settled on whether or not it's something we're wanting to get into. Right now we donate a lot of our viable cuttings to our local nursery for propagation and he comes and picks them up after pruning season.
Great question Valerie and I wouldn't be able to say for sure. We've always had great success with the FlordaPrince, so we stick with what we know does well.
Great suggestion and we do plan on getting that accomplished once we're past our Spring chores and get into Summer slowdown. We're really wanting to make sure we have all of the trees and other plants fully green for that!
Hmm, I'm not sure on that one. We purchase all of our trees from RSI Growers located in Glendale, AZ in the US. However, you can usually find this variety on many online retailers. I'm just not sure if they will ship internationally.
