Hi,
I bought this fruit tree from Lowe’s in Nov. 2019. Though the tree label said it was a nectarine tree, its fruit is more like a peach to me.
The tree trunk is about 2 inches in diameter now.
This year it had a total of 6 or 7 small peaches, but all dropped. This is the biggest and last one:
Do you think it is normal for the dropping? Is it a nectarine or a peach?
I live in middle of Texas, zone 8b.
Thanks,
Robert
It is a peach. Mislabeled happened even with reputable nurseries.
Your peachlets got bug damage resulting in fruit drops.
Likely plum curculio.Here the info
http://counties.agrilife.org/wise/files/2020/02/Most-Common-Fruit-Tree-Problems-in-Texas.pdf.
Re. Sevin that the article recommend, is a new Sevin with Zeta cypermethrin as the main ingredient, not carbaryl. Imidan is not really for backyard growers. It has restrictions.
