First Step: Admitting I Have a Problem

[aap]

You should not thin at all, tree ripened peaches? I would rather get sick from eating to many than sitting at home with a case of flu. Stomachache no problem.

[mamuang]

Bob,
If you had a big peach branch broke off the tree because of a heavy load two years in a row, I think you would be convinced that thinning off a large amount of peachlets is a way to produce good size, good quality peaches without seriously damaging your tree.

Ask me how I know

[marknmt]

Lost a good sized branch off of my frankenapple some years ago, and now I try to make sure I don’t have to be shown again!

:-)M

[marknmt]

And then there is this, my friend’s old, old tree:

[aap]

Ouch, that hurts. Guys I was just kidding, my pear trees did the same things, now I cut the tree’s in half, because they just were too tall.
My persimmon trees were loaded, didn’t brake.