Gardening Articles: Edibles :: Fruit & Nut Trees by National
Gardening Association Editors Never plant peaches in low areas
that can become frost pockets. To delay bloom in an area with
frequent spring frosts, plant on the north side of a one- or
two-story building. This will shade the tree in late winter,
retarding the bloom, but allowing the tree to receive needed sun
in the summer. Peaches do best in well-drained, sandy soils.
Plant in the spring so the tree will be well established by
winter. Space trees 15 to 20 feet apart. Peach Tree Fertilizing
Fertilize the young tree with a nitrogen containing fertilizer
such as 1 pound of 10-10-10 or its equivalent about 6 weeks
after planting. In the second year, add 3/4 pound of the
fertilizer in the spring and another 3/4 pound in early summer.
Seeding the lawn around the tree with white clover as well as
grass, or with bird's-foot trefoil or crimson clover, will
provide extra nitrogen. (Clover and trefoil are nitrogen-fixing
legumes.) Once the tree starts bearin