I am not sure what is up with this peach tree in the back yard. I threatened to dig it up like I did it's twin last year since they have not produced any edibles in at least 5 years. Peach borers have been a problem and I have gone organic so I avoid chemicals. Before I left to spend a month in Missouri I decided to give it a spray of H2o2. Thinking that a simple oxygen boost wouldn't be enough I threw in 4 drops of "oil of oreganol", a powerful essential oil that has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, anti-spasmodic and anti-oxidant properties. That is it, 4 drops in a gallon of mild H2o2. I doused every bud and every inch of bark, even a large circle of earth at the base of the tree.
What I found a month later still amazes me! Normally these fruits would be much smaller and falling off already, usually each would be pierced with gel from the borer bubbling out a bit. But very few have it so far, so I made the mix up and sprayed again. Hoping for a miracle, but will settle for a good reason to not tear this tree out!
yep those are peaches!
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The Peroxide Phenomenon-Gardening Miracle
UPDATE MAY 31: I have removed at least 150 peaches(small) leaving at least twice that still growing nicely. Seems to be a natural thinning going on now as some seem to be shriveling a bit then falling off. Not at alarming rates yet. I did clear out all weeds under the tree, watered well, put coffee and leaf compost down with a couple hundred worms and then cardboard and mulch over that. All this and I would be happy with a handful of fruit! Gardeners are nuts, huh?
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