On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:59:48 -0500,
(rosemarie face) wrote:

I have a couple of semi dwarf peach trees which are 4 years old and
which are in bloom at the moment . Today I noticed a couple of small
dead branches on them which I missed pruning in late winter . Can I
prune them off now or is it too late in the season for this ? I heard
not to prune when trees are in bloom . Also there might be a very light
frost next week (down to 32 degrees ) Will this hurt the blossoms and
if yes what can I do about it ??
Please help !!
Rosie z5 in IN


You can prune dead wood anytime it wont hurt the tree at
all. You dont want to prune a tree that has sap flowing.
Sorry but I cant help you on the lite frost part of the
question other than to say if I were you I would take an old
sheet out and lightly wrap it around the tree the night
before the expected frost and take it off as soon as it
warms up.



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