The last of the polytunnel peaches, almost ready. Always got to remember to leave them a day longer than you think, wait for the smell, leave them another day, then a gentle twist in the palm of your hand – if they fall into it then you’re in, if not, another day it is.
Mr. D.,
Ever the nerd, but what variety are they (and no names packed with innuendo please) It may be the picture but they don't look very large (an observation not a criticism). Is the size a characteristic of the variety or the weather ?
For a few yers we've been growing nectarines outside (but protected from leaf curl by a canopy) which have done exceptionally well this year, more but smaller fruits than normal. I guess the number of viable fruits is more a consequence of a mild spring (& a paintbrush performing the role of the bees). The trick now is to pick them when they're ripe but before the birds (parakeets in this neck of the woods) get to them. One other thought; our biggest problem, apart from birds, has been snails, which seem to delight in stripping the fruits of their skins – do peaches suffer the same naked indignity ?
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Hi Si
it's a v young Peregrine peach, so small fruit but they get bigger as the tree does. Still got more yet to ripen outside, next to the barn. The peaches have no trouble from snails or slugs and that may be the hair on them that isnt on nectarines (just a single gene difference between the two, resulting in hair on one and not the other apparently). Parakeets not a problem here….but wasps can be, tedious little sods.
small but perfectly formed etc