We have had peaches on our peach tree for about 2 months. They are still in the early fruit stage. Will they develop more? If not, what can we do to prevent this problem next year?

-- David Seitz (sseitz4@juno.com), June 17, 2001

Answers

Expect your peaches to ripen in mid to late July and in Auguest, although a FEW do ripen sooner. It just takes awhile, that's all. If you want bigger peaches, pull off some, leaving one peach every 4- 6 inches for maximum size. Unless you've noticed any particular problems with your tree, I'd just say they aren't ready yet.

How old is your tree??

-- Marty (Mrs.Puck@Excite.com), June 17, 2001.

Peaches fruit seem to hang around in the small, hard, green stage for a long, long time. Rest assured they will finally ripen on time.

-- Steve Nelson (alpine1@prodigy.net), June 19, 2001.