I am looking for peach varieties that don’t require huge amounts of thinning. Coralstar, Intrepid, Desiree are three that come to mind as low thin. What varieties do you think are low thin?
I hate thinning peaches and would love to find some varieties that constantly produce fruit but do not require so much thinning.
Seems like the peach varieties with the lowest chill hours require the least amount of thinning in my area because they are more likely to be thinned by the frost. In some years the frost thins most of these peaches. My high chill hour peaches like Contender bloom later and normally require a lot of thinning.
Interesting that Intrepid has low to mid thinning in your area since its a high chill hour peach.
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O’Henry requires the least thinning for me. PF24C requires the most.
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I had to thin my 3 year old Intrepid tree very heavily this year. It’s my only peach so I’ve only got experience with that variety.
I just finished my 2nd round of thinning this weekend, so I 100% understand this question!. All the varieties I have either need 95% of the fruit thinned, or they lose everything to late frost.
My Intrepid has not been vigorous, could just be a one off.