peaches

[angmf2233]

Did not do real well again this year, last year had scab and I got none. At least this year had a few managed to can 13 qts!!!!!!!!!!!!Yea!!!!!!!Next the pears will be ready and there are tons of them!!!Work Work Work!

[trudy]

better than I have, I haven't put up any peaches this year. I don't care much for pears so not worrying about those.

[ok_nurse]

Our dwarf Peach had about 50 full sized peaches and we ate every last one of them! Hey, does anyone know how to grow the pits?

[Sunny_1]

I enjoy freezing peaches and like them better than canned. I used to can a lot of peaches before I started freezing. I find the free stone are the easiest. I just bought a bushel real cheap because the birds had pecked the heck out of them. Everything we put up now tastes 10x better this winter. Your 13 qts are good as gold!
ASA more tomatoes ripen I am making catsup....boy, does the house smell good when making catsup!

[angmf2233]

my grandpa used to let them dry and stick pits in the dirt it seemed to work for him. I have not tried, I really don't want another fruit tree as we get so many beetles and I work lots it seems to much trouble. I saved a handful of pits though and they are drying out back, I wanted to send some with no guarantee attached. It will take a pit a few years to get going. I had dug a piece up from a pear tree it was a shoot from the tree and I put it in a bucket in dirt it died, I don't no if it would have produced though. I think Alpha dog wanted some fruit trees, so I need to see if he would like to try a pit. Got about 20 pits I saved so if ya want to try let me know.

[unicorn2564]

Peach pits I read baout it on line the other day that you have to stick them in the fridge for 60-90 days before they will sprout. Uggg.

[angmf2233]

It may say that but I will tell ya my pop pop never did anything by the book and he had great results. He kept his eyes on heaven and all he would touch grew, so so much for books.

[Pushin-up-Daisies]

Thats the way the older folks did it, my mom has a very green thumb she can grow everything, They just stuck it in the dirt & walla a plant grew.They didn't have rooting hormone,fancy pottin soil or such, they just stuck it in the dirt. we can learn a lot from our fore fathers & mothers. My Grandparents went by the signs of the moon 2 do theyre plantin & I do that now 2. If it worked for them it works still today.Happy plantin & harvesting u guys.

[unicorn2564]

I have heard from my hair dresser that some people with longer hair will only trim there hair the night before or night of a full moon because it will grow faster

[diana]

That 60 to 90 days in the fridge is probably just to simulate the winter conditions outdoors. Our grandparents knew what they were doing--why simulate something when you can have the real thing? I feel the same way--cheese-food, cheese product, vanilla flavored, etc. Why bother? Gimme the real thing!

Diana

[Pushin-up-Daisies]

I agree Diana Its got 2 be the real deal or no deal.

[treehuggers]

You say your peaches had scab last year? mine had it this year. How do you get rid of it for next year? Or do you have to re- invest in more trees? About a dozen of mine have it! The rest are okay, but 12 trees is a lot of peaches down the drain.

[unicorn2564]

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3020.html
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