Peach Tree Pruning opinions

Hi Alex,
Those look like excellent young survivors!

Here are a few videos about how to prune peach trees to achieve the open vase shape.
Keep in mind that Peaches bear fruit and bloom on second year wood, so they need to grow well during the spring and summer to assure a bountiful crop for the following year. I would eliminate most of the lower limbs to give energy to the scaffolds you select near the top. You want only 3-4 scaffolds that span the 360 degree circle. Try to select scaffolds with only very strong crotch angles as they will be your strongest ones able to bear heavy fruit loads. On the scaffolds you keep go out towards the tip of each branch and tip prune about 1/3 off leaving an outward pointing bud. The below videos helped me. I would wait until buds start swelling in spring to do this so the wounds heal quicker.
Take care,
Dennis
Kent, Wa
Pruning a Young Peach Tree

Pruning a Two-Year Old Peach Tree

Pruning a Mature Peach Tree

Olpea’s pruning advice and video: Note pruning while in bloom!

Virginia’s illustrated Peach tree pruning based on age of tree, very good:

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