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Overgrown, lopsided peach with tons of fruit, prune?

 
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I moved onto property with severely-neglected fruit trees, a fig, avocado, peach, persimmon, apple. I don't know their ages. I hired pruners last winter, but did peach myself. Obviously not correctly. Now the peach has extremely long, ground-brushing branches, laden with young fruit.  I did not thin fruit.  Do I prune, thin, or just try to support.  And how do I support?

Thanks for your help.
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I'm not an expert on peaches, but I recall that they typically get pruned every year. They fruit on new wood. If you let them grow unchecked they get very long and leggy.

Personally I would prune back to preserve the frame of the tree - I don't like the look of those heavy side weighted branches. I wouldn't prioritise fruit this year, over structural issues next year.
 
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Yes, I decided to do that. Then thinned some of the rest. Still tons of fruit.
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Deb, welcome to the forum.

Now that you trimmed the tree, that tree looks so much better.

From the first picture I was going to say the tree might split.

Enjoy all those peaches.
 
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