How to Protect Peach Trees from Bugs | The Plum Curculio

[@hopemorrison2367]

Set out some food and water for the squirrels so they wont bother ur fruit

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Hope!!! Thanks for the advice. I will definitely keep an eye out for them and use your tip if I see them.

[@Robie1canobie]

Don’t feed and water the pests, unless you want more pests! This is a universal truth.

[@TheDreamHaven]

lol @ Christmas ornaments. I had to get some of those bags too.. these bugs here in Alabama are savage lol 😂

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

They are the worst.🤣

[@TheDreamHaven]

@@GrowSomethingTasty right!! Quick question! I have watermelons growing. Do you recommend covering those or I don’t have to worry about pests so much? They are hanging so not on the ground

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

@TheDreamHaven I don't cover them. I just let them go. Now I know competitive growers cover their melons because they are so big. If I get one over 100 pounds, I will cover it like them. I am in a competition but these voles are killing me. I would not worry about unless you see something going on that troubling.

[@stevemcmullen4100]

It's good to see a man enjoying the fruits of his labour.Im In tropical north Australia, and i net the tree as soon as the fruit is set. Otherwise, i would lose all the fruit to fruit fly.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Steve!!! You are right. I will be watching next season time I start seeing them form, and I will be baking them for sure. I did not know I had peaches on the tree until weeks into the spring.

[@gardening_today]

I purchased a 5 pound bag for $11 because I didn't want a 50 pound bag. I just got it in last week tho and yet to put it out. Kinda been watching the weather. The rain has been coming and going. All though my peach tree is very young I do plan on using the clay on it. Tfs T

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Gardening_today!!! Cool. How old is your tree? I planted that tree in 2021. It has turned into a giant. I used the chilly dog method yesterday so hopefully, in 30 days I have more trees.

[@gardening_today]

@@GrowSomethingTasty I purchased the tree last year and finally put it into the ground this year. It's a very young tree. I didn't buy it from a big box store. It was from a local farmer that sells to the big box stores.

[@saintmig1101]

Thank you Bear! My peach finally fruited this year and I'm going to use the net bags...wish me luck?!

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, saintmig!!! You are welcome. Please cover them as soon as you can. That bug is no joke. I wish you luck and let me know how your peaches turn out.

[@blknblue77]

That peach looks fire!!! What variety of peach is that?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, blknblue77!!! It is a Baby Crawford Peach. I had to go check the tag. I planted that tree in 2021 and it has grown into a monster. Yesterday I performed surgery on the tree using the chilly dog method to make more trees. I videoed it and will release it next week or the week after.

[@KetoRitas]

Oh yeah home grown taste is the best God Bless thanks for advice now I have a plan for next year my NW Ga peaches and plums all were bug food this year

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY KetoRitas!!! I agree with you. Those bugs are the worst messing up our food. I will be ready next year too. God Bless

[@johnplatt4848]

Don't the bags block the clay from coating the fruit?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY John!!! Yes, if I get the bags on them early, I won't spray them with the clay. Those bags are the truth, they work. When I run out of bags I will use the clay. I was giving two options for saving the fruit.

[@s.f.morris7331]

how do you get this stuff on the bottom of your leaves

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY @s.f.morris!!! If you are talking about spray. I turn the sprayer to the back side of the leaves and spray behind the leaves.

[@s.f.morris7331]

@@GrowSomethingTasty well that sounds easy enough. lol

[@taylorladson8642]

Hi, do you remove the bags every time you reapply the clay?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Talyor!!! No, if I got the bags on before the bugs come, that will keep them out. Some of them i sprayed, and then my bags came, so I covered them. Both techniques are great. I just ordered 200 more bags, so I will be ready next season.

[@kblackfoxx69]

We have a peach that make a lot of fruit. How many peaches can be on a branch. Seems like they not making it to maturity.

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Kblackfoxx!!! It's not a number I can give you, but you have to be careful because branches could break. Your peaches are not making it to maturity because you need to thin them. If you don't take some off, they will never get big. It's hard to do but you have to.

[@TheDreamHaven]

Heyyy! Where did you get your peach tree? I need to get one to add to my garden

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Toni!!! I got that tree online at Raintree Nursery. The trees cost a lot more now. I went out there to do the Chilly dog method to make more peach trees. Hopefully, that will be my video for tomorrow.

[@TheDreamHaven]

@@GrowSomethingTasty thank you!! I’ll be waiting on the video to see

[@troyheald77]

AAA+++Bedford, Texas=====Thanks======

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY Troy!!! You are welcome.

[@curlykiki8]

4:22 ooh! 🍑

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY CURLYKIKI!!! It's a nice peach.

[@GameOver-jq1cu]

I don’t have any PEACHES ON MY TREE THIS YEAR.. IT HAS PRODUCED WONDERFULLY PAST 3 years… anyone know why it might not be producing ?

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY @GameOver!!! It could be a few things. If you had a frost during the spring that could have damaged the blossoms. I read that over-fertilizing could have that effect. Over-pruning or pruning the wrong way could have an effect on the fruit production. Is there a disease on the plant that stops the fruit from growing? I am new to getting fruit from my fruit trees, they just started fruiting this year. I'm learning as I go so I don't know if this was helpful.

[@blackyardgardens8266]

Nice 🍑🍑🍑🎉

[@GrowSomethingTasty]

HEY, Blackyardgardens!!! Thanks, I performed surgery on that tree yesterday using the chilly dog method, so hopefully, in 30 days, I will have more peach trees.