🍑 Peach
Fruit Trees · growing reference
| To first harvest | ~2 years – ~3 years, by type |
|---|---|
| Spacing | 180″ in the row × 216″ between rows |
| Planted as | tree |
| Water | ~1–1.5 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant around Mar 4, while the stock is still dormant — bare-root wants to be in the ground before it leafs out.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | Apr 3 |
| Zone 4 | Mar 26 |
| Zone 5 | Mar 15 |
| Zone 6 | Mar 4 |
| Zone 7 | Feb 18 |
| Zone 8 | Feb 1 |
| Zone 9 | Jan 9 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Size Classs
- Dwarf · ~2 years · 30–60 lbs/plant — Genetic dwarf (Bonanza, El Dorado) — 5–8 ft, real fruit in a half-barrel.
- Semi-dwarf · ~3 years · 50–100 lbs/plant — Citation rootstock — 10–12 ft, the homestead default, prune it open-centre.
- Standard · ~3 years · 100–150 lbs/plant — Lovell/Nemaguard — 18–25 ft. Still bears in year 3; it just gets bigger.
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