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?
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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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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