Aging of a peach tree

I’d be very happy to send out cuttings IF I lived ANYWHERE else other than northwest Denver. Gentrification has ruined the place and there’s more people than the actual area can hold. The post office always has a 25 minute wait in line. The McDonald’s drive thru has 12 cars ahead of me every time. The grocery store has a line that stretches to the back of the store. There’s no parking in the 711 parking lot because it’s full. Everywhere I go! I’m sorry but even the thought of going to the post office :neutral_face::expressionless: … Lol

Thats the entire reason I’m moving to a little town in Wyoming with a population of 14,000 …

uhm, Sounds like the same idea people had when they moved to NW Denver, move to a little town. Actualy thats a lounge topic. Anyway, I’ll set a reminder for winter things are less time critical.

I was born in Denver and I’ve only lived in 2 houses in my whole life, both in NW Denver, one of which my grandparents willed to me and I live in today. I feel terrible selling, most of all because I hate to abandon the old peach trees my grandmother and I planted when I was 5. But they didn’t live to see Denver after 1998. I think they would understand if they could see this place.

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Don’t corrupt your Peach post. Start one in the Lounge.

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Mmkay I won’t
Take care

I can understand your issue about (not) going to the post office. It is unfortunately because many of us would love to pay you for scionwood of this unique variety and help keep your grandmother’s legacy going.

Maybe, some members who live within a driving distance from you could volunteer to collect scionwood and share with us. I just cannot remeber who live in Colorado. But we can wish.:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@ColoradoWhitePeach - I’m all over it if you are still up for members coming to collect scionwood. I’m in S Denver and can make a trip in the upcoming weeks to harvest some wood from the grandmother tree and others. I’ll send you a PM and we can go from there.

@mamuang and others - If I’m able to get scionwood I’ll update this post and you all can contact me directly and I’ll send it out.

My only question - do I need to do anything special when mailing non-dormant scionwood for budding?

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For budding, you need to wait until buds are formed, usually by mid summer. This is too early to harvest scionwood for budding.

Thank you for volunteering. I definitely would like to get budwood.

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Makes sense - I’ll hold off then and check back in later.

What zone are you and @ColoradoWhitePeach in, please? We can tell you when buds will be ready by your zone.

Thanks so much @Scooter! If you do get some scions, please put me in the list!

In the city Denver’s going to be 5B/6A. If there’s any other reference points I can provide let me know.

That should give us an idea when buds on peach trees will be viable/mature. I am in zone 6a so once my peach buds are ready to be harvested, peach trees in your area should be right behind.

@mamuang , @Scooter , @ColoradoWhitePeach

I just wanted to check in to see if it might be bud wood collecting time yet for the giant white peach in Denver? Sorry to bug y’all about it, but I’m so intrigued by this variety! And I love the story of Grandma’s peaches, and would love to keep them going.

I’m ready to collect whenever. That said, I checked my own peaches and didn’t see very clear bud development. Then again, I don’t know much about bud wood collection - If you all think it’s time though I’m ready.

Thanks for checking your trees! I’m in a warmer zone, so my timing is a little ahead of yours.

They also each have texture unlike any other fruit most Americans are familiar with, and totally different from one another.

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And I like them both very much.

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Just posting to follow this and @ColoradoWhitePeach’s tree

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I think also grafted peaches senesce more quickly and readily than seedling peaches. Most of those old peaches are almost surely seedlings.

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