When Do You Prune Peach Trees?

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Peach trees should be pruned in late winter, just before blooming is due to begin. Remove about 40 percent of the branches starting with suckers and old shoots.

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Jenn Mercer is a Writer, Poet, and Translator (French > English) living in Raleigh, NC. She has Bachelors degrees in both English (Creative Writing) and French from NC State University. Mercer has been published in the Grapevine, Astropoetica, Talkin Blues, Nth Degree, the CATI Quarterly, The Fix, and Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids.

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