Where did you buy your peach trees, and what size were they when you planted
them? How deep and wide was the hole for planting, and did you plant with
any additives? Our soil is extremely alkaline, and I think fruit trees need
acid, don't they?

We have raccoons, possums, squirrels and deer, not to mention the blue jays!
How do you protect the young trees from these "critters" until they are
strong enough to make it on their own?

Many thanks!

Scarlett

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"animaux" wrote in message
news | On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:19:03 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M.
| Martinez) wrote:
|
| I've never seen a peach variety that was available as "standard" and
dwarf.
| But you can prune the peaches to be quite short. What is your controlling
| variable?
| BTW, avoid fruit trees from Park Place, they've had the same trees in the
| sand for a couple of years now.
|
| Yeah, I know that and noticed it a few years ago. I don't like to rag on
the
| local garden centers, but at least one of the employees there gave such
horrible
| information to a customer that I had to follow the customer out to the
parking
| lot and give him another explanation.
|
| They do have a good selection of salvia's and some harder to find herbs,
but I
| don't buy anything from them unless it's in a 4" pot and I can see no root
bound
| signals.
|
| V