I live in Clanton Alabama, home of the massive peach water tower, whole town is know for growing peaches. I have 60 peach pits from these local peaches, all saved jusr from a month and a half of me and my nieces and nephews eating them this summer.

Ive read some about growing them, but I learn best from direct anecdotal info, first my gardening background, in a small backyard in the “ghetto” in Birmingham AL, over the last 4 years I grew 1500 plus tomatoes, 20lbs of green beans, 12 watermelon, 16 ear of corn, hundred of squash and zucchini, and probably a thousand peppers, so I am pretty good at gardening I’d think

Ive read a little that said to dry them on the counter, then freeze for 8-12 weeks, then plant in late February, does that sound right? Should I crack them open before I freeze or before I put in soil, I plan to plant two orchards of 20-30 trees each at my moms house, and my dads house,and maybe a dozen in large pots to gift.

I am 31 and have a 7 year old, but I’m the oldest of 9 and a lot of us have little ones, I want this to be something great that they all remember growing up:)

Any and all advice please and thank you! I’m eating about a dozen of these a weekend with the kids so I’ll have close to 100 pits by the end of October.

Now the perry pear trees have blossomed I thought it would be worth taking a look at the journey the pollen takes from the stigma to fertilise the ovule.
After being brushed off the bumblebee coat and trapped by the sticky fluid on the stigma, it rehydrates using the stigmatic fluids. The inner wall (intine) of the pollen swells and pushes through a thin spot in the outer wall (exine) allowing the vegetative cell to form the pollen tube. While it starts as just one cell in a microscopic pollen grain the pollen tube can grow up to several centimetres long to reach the plant's ovary, making it one of the longest single cells in the plant kingdom. Inside this single, stretching cell, there is a moving stream of cytoplasm that carries three structures down toward the ovule. The vegetative nucleus which controls the growth and metabolism of the tube. And two sperm cells. These are distinct cells and carried inside the vegetative cell.
Because it is a single cell growing only at its forward point, it relies entirely on the precise tip-growth mechanics mediated by pectin dynamics to elongate without breaking.
As the tube extends blockades called callose plugs form behind it to keep the contents pushing forward. The pollen tube enters the ovary locule and makes a sharp turn over the obturator, an outgrowth of the funiculus tissue near the ovule. The obturator provides both physical direction and chemical signals to help the pollen tube successfully locate and penetrate the micropyle or opening of the ovule.
Once guided to the micropyle, specialized cells inside the female ovule called synergids take over the final short-range attraction of the pollen tube. The tube then penetrates a synergid cell which then degenerates and bursts open to release the two sperm nuclei, setting up the double fertilisation. The fertilised ovule then rapid grows and the surrounding ovary and hypanthium as seen here.

Any help is appreciated!

I planted this tree a few weeks ago and well…it looks like this now.

I know it’s fungal. I bought some myclobutanil, but everything I’m reading says not to spray this time of year? Should I spray or will it just take care of itself over the winter and I spray in the spring?

Hi everyone! I’m a newly certified gardener and expanded my vegetable garden this past year. As I move toward more food independence, I want to plant more fruit trees and fruiting shrubs. I have identified a very sunny spot of lawn (8-10 hours of sun per day in summer) that I have covered in cardboard and woodchips to prepare for planting next spring. It’s roughly 30x30 feet on a very gentle slope on the North East side of my front yard.

I definitely want to grow apple trees, and use strawberries as ground cover. I’m also interested in raspberries, grapes, blackberries, and additional fruit trees (I also have 6 blueberry bushes in pots). What varieties do you recommend? What resources (books, YouTube channels, etc) do you recommend I study for care? I do organic gardening, but I assume I will need to spray trees, so what treatments do you recommend? I also have deer to contend with and can’t build higher than a 4 foot fence, so also welcome tips for deterring them.

I’ve been lurking in this subreddit for a while, but I haven’t found any direct advice on how to get started, so forgive me if I missed that thread and please direct me to it. I live in NJ, Zone 6b/7a depending on the year.

Here is one of roughly 4 apple/peach trees. I would say it and the rest are 8 to 9 feet tall

From my understanding, the knee high technique is more so for whips and might not be a good idea for trees so tall already

Would you knee high cut these newly planted trees? If so, when timing wise?

I have a standard size apple tree that I planted in 2019. I believe it was a 2 yo tree at that point. It has never flowered.

I've pretty much only planted dwarfs before. Should I keep waiting? Why doesn't it flower?