If You Want Big, Delicious Fruit, You Have to Thin Them Thinning fruit trees can feel wrong — you're literally plucking off those tiny peaches! But trees set more fruit than they can handle, which leads to small, lower-quality harvests. Here’s what I do: • Thin early and leave about 4–6 inches between each peach. • If fruit is touching, it’s time to thin again. • Check back in a couple of weeks and thin once more. You’ll thank me at harvest when you’re picking big, juicy peaches instead of a bun
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Don't forget to thin your fruit trees 🍑 As painful as it may feel, it's best for the tree… and your harvest! Removing a lot of the small fruit (when it's about the size of almond or marble) will make the remaining fruit grow larger, juicer, sweeter, and overall better quality 👍🏼 . 🌳 Thinning also reduces the load and stress on trees and branches, especially small ones that can't bear so much weight! Leaving too much fruit on the tree can also lead to early fruit drop, or “alternate bearing”
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