a surprize peach tree

[motdaugrnds]

We found a peach tree apparently loaded (or was) with peaches. Trunk is about 8-12" in diameter. There are peach seeds around on the ground under it and seeds still attached to the tree itself.

Can anyone tell me what on earth has occurred here? We assume a bird or animal of some kind has destroyed the fruit; but have no idea what. Any information would be helpful.

[tyusclan]

Don't know where you're located, but here the peaches are long gone. They probably just ripened, and either fell off or dried up on the tree.

[greenhart]

Last year here in Kentucky I had a peach tree with several peaches on it.
A week later it was stripped of the peaches and all the pits was laying on the ground,except a few peaches was still hanging and the were covered with june bugs. Not Japanese Beetles but the big beetles we call june bugs. You don't want to know what I call them now.

[MarleneS]

greenhart - probably the same thing I call'em.

goatlady told me about a natural remedy for bugs, beetles, etc. for fruit trees. you've just reminded me that I need to ask her what it was again.

We have a grove of wild persimons down to the creek and up the next hill, on our property ... and I've yet to get there when they are ripe. The fury wild life love them. And they must know about that first frost thing too because if you wait until then when you get there they are pretty much all gone.

Good luck with your peaches,

Hugs
Marlene

[goatlady]

I watched a doe and a buck strip the low branches of my peach tree in less than an hour!!!.. MarleneS - that was Bt spray for the veggie garden - cabbage worms, etc. Have't used it on the fruit trees though. I take that back- I DID spray the gypsy moth webs full of creepy crawlies and it killed them dead.

[punkrockpilot]

GL, if you decide to havest one of those invaders invite me over for some butchering - been a long time since i've done a deer too.

[brownthumb]

The bees ate many of myy peaches but I got 2 bushels off one tree.