Posted by KEH on June 26, 2012 at 15:51:05 from (209.213.31.66):
In Reply to: Peaches posted by Daryl in PA on June 26, 2012 at 05:55:34:
That orchard in PA is not much behind us here in SC. SC is the second largest peach producer in the US, with CA being first and GA third. Years ago, it was said that the county I live in, Spartanburg, produced more peaches than the state of GA. Don't know if it was true or not and I'm sure it's not true now. A huge amount of orchards are now housing developments.
A series of late frosts got a lot of people out of the peach business a few years ago. The productive life of a peach tree is less than 10 years, I think, at any rate it's short. Peaches have to be expensively sprayed for various pests. After peach trees die and are pulled up, there has to be a waiting period of several years before the land can be pl;anted back in peaches due to diseases in the soil. Growing peaches is not for people with shallow pockets.
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