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Message: [QUOTE="evian, post: 86795, member: 3918"] We have a peach tree that was grown from a pit. For the past few years it has flowered and has tried to bear fruit but the fruit would only grow to the size of an olive and would fall off. Last year it had a bad case of red leaf curl. But with fungicide and cutting away the diseased parts this year the tree has only a few infected leaves. I just started my hand in gardening and trying to help the peach tree to bear fruit. I read pruning would help with the fruit bearing process. Someone had pruned the tree before. I pruned more this spring. Also there a lots of ants running up and down the tree and not sure if they add to the fruit bearing problem. I tried applying vaseline at the base of the tree (see on image below) to discourage them. It helped to reduce the number of ants but it is time consuming to reapply vaseline every few days. Please advise what are the next steps I need to do (or not do or do better at) to encourage the peaches to grow to full size (like the ones in supermarkets) next year. As of now the tree is pretty with pink flowers in the spring and lush green tree in the summer (see image 3847 below). Hope someone can help the tree (and me) out. Thank you Evian from New Jersey attachment=0]IMG_3847.jpg[/attachment] [URL='http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15855&mode=view'][IMG]http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/images/spacer.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15855&t=1[/IMG][/URL] side view 2016 ATTACHMENTS [URL='http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15856&mode=view'][IMG]http://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/download/file.php?id=15856&t=1[/IMG][/URL] below view 2016 [/QUOTE]

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