peach
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From our crop reference
Peach is a fruit crop, a perennial. Sow it in Dec–Jan (planting) and expect to harvest in 3–4 years to bear. It wants a pH of 6.0–7.0 (close to neutral) and 12–26°C. Plant at 5 × 5 m. A good crop returns around 10–15 t. Watch for leaf curl, fruit fly.
Growing Peach6 sentences from our guides, quoted exactly
High-Chill Zones (Hills): Traditional peach-growing areas like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand naturally provide 800-1200+ chilling hours.
Traditional peach varieties require 600-900 chill hours to break dormancy and produce flowers.
Yield and Profitability Peach trees begin to bear a small crop in their 3rd year.
This belt receives just enough 'chilling hours'—the critical period of cold temperatures below 7°C during winter—to successfully cultivate low-chill peach varieties.
Renewal pruning: Because peaches fruit on 1-year-old wood, remove some older wood each year to renew productive shoots and avoid decline in fruit size and quality.
Introduction Peach (commonly called aadoo locally) can be a profitable and quick-bearing fruit tree for Purvanchal when grown with the right site, varieties and management.
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