How to grow peach

Growing peach for the first time

Difficulty: Hard · Sun: full sun · Ready in: about 130 days

1. Choose the spot

Pick a sunny spot (6+ hours of sun). It does best in loam soil with a pH of 6.0–7.0. Avoid clay soil, or improve it with compost.

2. Sow or plant

Sow outdoors in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb. Space plants about 400 cm apart.

3. Look after it

• Water roughly every 7 days, more in hot or dry weather. Water the soil, not the leaves.
• Feed every 30 days once it is growing strongly.
• Keep weeds down, and add a daily note and photo to your BeAgric grow diary so you can spot problems early.

4. Watch for problems

Common problems: Peach leaf curl, Bacterial spot. Take a photo with Check a plant if leaves look spotted, yellow or wilted.

5. Organic tip

Cover with a rain shelter from winter to late spring against leaf curl.

6. Harvest

Expect your first harvest about 130 days after planting. Record it in Harvests and list any spare on the marketplace.