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Get a Good Peach Harvest by Keeping Your Peach Tree Healthy

Maintaining healthy peach trees in the home orchard will help insure a good peach harvest. Peaches are very susceptible to several diseases and insects that can spoil the harvest or even kill the tree.  Both proper pruning and spraying on a schedule will help keep a peach tree healthy.   Follow the links below to learn more about peach tree care.

Related How-to and Information Videos:
Pruning Nectarines, Peaches, and Plums
Spraying Peach Trees
Thinning Peaches
Canning Peaches
Common Peach Diseases and Insects and How to Prevent Them
Peach Tree Borer

Related Resource:
University of Tennessee Home orchard spray guide:
https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Redbook/Home%20fruit%20spray%20guide%20PB1622.pdf

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