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California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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were we lucky? ours were viable more like 15 and then the tree split in half. we had so many on that one damn tree we just gave them away.
Yeah typically backyard trees can infact produce for much longer, I don't know why. At one point I was interested in having a peach orchard... then I looked into it. Quickly changed my mind.
i just want to get me a tree's worth of peach wood for smoking but the local orchard is not selling
Huh, is peach good for smoking? Little did I know. New to the smoking thing. Also it could be to prevent the spread of diseases. Peaches have all of them and are stupidly susceptible to them.
I have no idea, I just want to try it
@HugeNerd@lemmy.ca this ⬆ is how random people can keep 420000 peach trees going.
yeah. ours probably would've kept producing had she not split in half. we brought our arborist neighbor (best kind of neighbor to have) over and he wept with us because our tree was his tree's pollenation buddy. spouse if you will.