Peach

Prunus persica

Plant family

Rose family (Rosaceae)

Season Overview

Planting

Harvest

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1ST YEAR

FROM YEAR 3

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Light germinator

Germination temperature

2 - 6 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

450 cm

Row spacing

450 cm

Seeding depth

1.5 cm

Instructions

Description

Peaches are stone fruits and grow on trees that are usually between 4 and 6 meters high. The fruit is round to slightly oval and is covered by a velvety skin. The flesh can be white, yellow or red, depending on the variety. Peaches thrive in temperate to warm climates and prefer a sunny location. They need to be cold in winter for optimum fruiting. The peach originally comes from China, from where it was brought to Europe along the Silk Road.

Origin:

China

Growing tips

For sowing, the seeds must be stratified, which means that your seeds need a cold phase for successful germination (at 1 - 5 °C/34-41 °F for 6 - 8 weeks). The germination of peach seeds is usually irregular and can take several weeks to months. Trees from seed also take considerably longer to bear their first fruit (5 - 7 years). Grafted trees, on the other hand, produce their first crop after just 2 - 4 years.

Companion Plants

Antagonistic Plants

Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard

Aubergine / Eggplant

Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)

Bean (Runner bean)

Bergenias

Blackberry / Brambles

Blueberry

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage (Cabbage)

Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)

Cabbage (red cabbage)

Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)

Cauliflower

Chili

Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli

Collard greens

Collard greens (Kale)

Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)

Comfrey

Common mugwort

Corn / Maize

Courgette / Zucchini

Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)

Cucumber (Caigua)

Cucumber (Melothria)

Cucumber / Gherkin

Currant

Elderberry

Fennel

Florence fennel / Finocchio

Funk

Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash

Gooseberry

Grasses - Bamboos

Grasses - reeds, cattails, bulrushes

Hair cucumbers / snake gourds

Hazelnut

Hellebores

horse chestnut

Hydrangea / Hortensia

Ivy

Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur

Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage

Lovage

Lung herbs

Lupine / Bluebonnet

Make

Maples

Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens

Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage

Ornamental pumpkin

Pak Choi

Pepper / Paprika

Potato

Privet

Pumpkin / Squash

Purple bellflower, silver bellflower

Quadriceps

Rapeseed

Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage

Rapini / Broccoli rabe

Raspberry

Rhododendron

Rutabaga / Swedish turnip

Sea coal

Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa

Spruce trees

Sunflower

Sweet potato

Sweet woodruff / Sweetscented bedstraw

Tomato (Bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)

Tomato (Stake tomato)

Turnip

Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage

Turnip greens - Mizuna

Turnip greens - Tatsoi

Turnips - Oilseed turnips

Turnips - Wild turnips

Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage

Walnut family

Wild Cherry / Bird Cherry / Sweet Cherry

Wild garlic

Willows

Yalta tomatoes

Diseases

Powdery mildews

Root Rot

Pests

Schildläuse

Spider mites

Aphids