Saturn Peach first bloom Zone 5

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Picture of the first bloom of the season here in Zone 5. Over all I’m happy. Tree is loaded!!

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Nice!

Its hard to tell exactly from the picture, but that peach tree looks like it needs a lot of shoot thinning.

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Lol… look at this picture from about 2 weeks ago… this is what i had to take out from my grouping

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Congratulations, Sean! The original Saturn Peach is one of my favorites.

Ditto: R.S. Martin p.63. :peach:

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My Saturn was loaded with flower buds going into fall but winter took out probably 95% of them. It really wasn’t that cold here this winter…-12F or so …-10F a few times. I’m disappointed. I might have to dig it up and put it back into a pot like the rest of them. Its in a south facing location so maybe that didn’t help either… The remaining flowers should bloom here any day. I butchered mine back hard.