Two pictures are one tree and the other two are the second tree. The main trunk of both trees above these branches is not showing any signs of life. Trying to decide if these new branches are coming from the graft or the root stock.
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I’m almost certain that the dogleg is the graft union. I can see a seam that looks like a graft scar. I’m sorry to say, your peaches may have bit it. At least you have some healthy looking rootstocks if you can find budwood this summer!
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Really doesnt matter where they are coming from. Anything that low to the ground needs to come off. Right now.
It looked to me like they were all coming from below the graft. If they weren’t my plan was to pick one to be the new central leader and remove the rest. If below the graft then pick one or two to keep and graft a good variety to them. These are trees I bought last year for my daughter in Utah
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You can keep one of those shoots and train it as a main trunk. Grafting peach is more challenging than most other fruit trees in my experience. But you or your daughter can give it a try.
I am more interested in finding out why the named varieties died. You could prevent future death of future grafts if you know.
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One was a Hale Haven and the other was Allstar. She planted them last May and they never showed any signs of life above the graft last year or this spring. The only growth are the shoots below the graft. I ordered her 2 Red Havens and told her she can either plant them in new locations if she has room and we can try grafting to the originals or she can dig up the originals and replace them with the Red Havens. She is in Heber, Utah and I am in Texas. With things the way they are in the country right now, who knows when I will be able to get up there and attempt grafting. I’d like to try since it seems the root stocks have established themselves and are doing well.