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Peach question
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05/16/15 10:48 PM
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bill oxner
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My neighbor's peaches are in and he has invited me to help myself. They taste fine but are pretty small. Can you scald and skin peaches the way you do tomatoes?
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Re: Peach question
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05/16/15 11:01 PM
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Yes Sir, just doesn't take quite as long to blanch ripe peaches.
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Re: Peach question
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05/16/15 11:34 PM
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Yes Sir, like Rockinmyshoe said it's quick. We put them in boiling water for 1 minute and remove.
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Re: Peach question
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05/16/15 11:41 PM
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Thanks a bunch. We peeled them when I was growing up, but scalding and skinning would have been more trouble back then. Peach dump cake is on the way I have a coupon for free Kroger brand ice cream.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Peach question
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05/17/15 01:34 AM
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It's a shame there is no blue bell to go with it. Just doesn't seem right eating cobbler/ dump cake with any other brand.
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Re: Peach question
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05/18/15 09:40 PM
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one of my peach trees (my little one that almost broke the limbs off 2 years ago) are starting to turn pretty colors, is there some way to know when they are ripe other than squeezing them for softness? and before the birds wreck havoc ... this was about a week ago.
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Re: Peach question
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05/18/15 10:52 PM
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That one in the upper left of the picture looks about ready. They will continue to ripen after you pick them.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Peach question
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05/19/15 11:05 PM
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Remember that the red color has nothing to do with their ripeness. It is the orange/yellow color, and absence of green.
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Re: Peach question
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05/20/15 01:37 PM
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I went out last night and took the below picture. I lightly squeezed a couple of the redder ones but they are hard as a rock still... and yes, this little tree is loaded down again, guess the halogen light and tarp must have worked during those last couple of freezes in late January thru the end of Feb.
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Re: Peach question
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05/20/15 02:20 PM
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I walked around with a peach seed in my mouth a when I was growing up. I have one in there now. My first scald was a little too short and I had to peel part of the peaches. I got a good scald on my second batch. I have them stewing now and will do my dump cake after I run to Kroger. I'll be toping it with native pecans from my trees. I like to put a pinch of salt over them before I bake them.
I won't get anymore off that particular tree. The peaches are cling peaches, rather than freestone peaches. I had to leave some meat on the seed. About a third of them got brown rot and had to be thrown out.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Peach question
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05/20/15 02:26 PM
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I went out last night and took the below picture. I lightly squeezed a couple of the redder ones but they are hard as a rock still... and yes, this little tree is loaded down again, guess the halogen light and tarp must have worked during those last couple of freezes in late January thru the end of Feb. Poor branches always get tested about this time of year
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Re: Peach question
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05/20/15 03:45 PM
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I went out last night and took the below picture. I lightly squeezed a couple of the redder ones but they are hard as a rock still... and yes, this little tree is loaded down again, guess the halogen light and tarp must have worked during those last couple of freezes in late January thru the end of Feb. Poor branches always get tested about this time of year You should have thinned them. Google it. Peaches should br 6 to 8 inches apart. You can prop the limbs up but you will still have small peaches.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Peach question
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05/20/15 05:39 PM
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ha, this is thinned ... we removed about 1/3 of the peaches when the blooms dropped and started showing as little peaches. I guess we should haven't done more like 1/2.
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Re: Peach question
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06/01/15 03:23 PM
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picked about 80% yesterday ... made up some peach preserves ... and the wife tried a new cobbler recipe, that I thought turned out pretty good ... she didn't care for the crust or the way the crust turned out.
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Re: Peach question
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06/01/15 03:32 PM
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Re: Peach question
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06/03/15 07:49 PM
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hmmm after we got all done, I realized the recipe we were using that we doubled said it should yield 7 quarts (which would actually be 14 quarts since we doubled the recipe) ... ummmm, 6 quarts and 1 pint, WTHeck??? 8 cups of cut up peaches and 11 cups of sugar along with two boxes of Sure-Gel and it only gave us 6.5 quarts ... where did the rest go????
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Re: Peach question
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06/04/15 02:04 PM
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hmmm after we got all done, I realized the recipe we were using that we doubled said it should yield 7 quarts (which would actually be 14 quarts since we doubled the recipe) ... ummmm, 6 quarts and 1 pint, WTHeck??? 8 cups of cut up peaches and 11 cups of sugar along with two boxes of Sure-Gel and it only gave us 6.5 quarts ... where did the rest go???? That's about how cookie baking goes at our house
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Re: Peach question
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06/04/15 05:50 PM
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LOL ... I could easily see that happening with cookies ... but not with jelly/jam/preserves.
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Re: Peach question
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06/05/15 05:51 AM
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hmmm after we got all done, I realized the recipe we were using that we doubled said it should yield 7 quarts (which would actually be 14 quarts since we doubled the recipe) ... ummmm, 6 quarts and 1 pint, WTHeck??? 8 cups of cut up peaches and 11 cups of sugar along with two boxes of Sure-Gel and it only gave us 6.5 quarts ... where did the rest go???? Surprised you got 6.5 quarts. 8 CUPS of peaches is only 2 quarts. Must have 4 quarts of sugar in the mix??
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Re: Peach question
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06/06/15 11:04 AM
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you can finish ripening off by putting under a bed (in a shallow pan) in a brown paper sack
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Peach question
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06/10/15 08:33 PM
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What type of peach tree is that PMK. I just bought a Sam Houston peach tree 2 weeks ago. Im hoping in 3 years Ill have some peaches.
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Re: Peach question
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06/11/15 03:14 PM
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I will have to check on what type it is. We planted that little thing in November 2012, it was covered in peaches by the following spring and produced a bunch of peaches (we didn't remove any of the fruit early spring) that almost broke the limbs off the tree. Yes, 3 months in the ground it was covered in blooms and 7 months later produced lots of peaches. Winter of 2013/2014 we got hit with a cold snap and hung incandescent shop drop cords throughout the tree to help keep it warm enough but virtually no fruit made it to spring '14. With the cooler winter this past year, I built a 6'x6' x ~10' tall frame, when it started blooming, I wrapped the frame with a large garden cloth (bought at Home Depot) and put a dual halogen shop light on a stand that was turned on any time the temps were to drop below about 34 degrees ... we left that shop light out with the wrap in place until early March after the last possible chance of a freeze.
Sam Houston might be what it is ... it has a very low chill rate compared to other varieties sold in our area and puts blooms on way early based off how cold the earlier winter is. This one had fully bloomed by mid-late January this year and I was scared of loosing all the blooms/fruit due to later cold spells.
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Re: Peach question
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06/12/15 05:22 PM
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I will have to check on what type it is. We planted that little thing in November 2012, it was covered in peaches by the following spring and produced a bunch of peaches (we didn't remove any of the fruit early spring) that almost broke the limbs off the tree. Yes, 3 months in the ground it was covered in blooms and 7 months later produced lots of peaches. Winter of 2013/2014 we got hit with a cold snap and hung incandescent shop drop cords throughout the tree to help keep it warm enough but virtually no fruit made it to spring '14. With the cooler winter this past year, I built a 6'x6' x ~10' tall frame, when it started blooming, I wrapped the frame with a large garden cloth (bought at Home Depot) and put a dual halogen shop light on a stand that was turned on any time the temps were to drop below about 34 degrees ... we left that shop light out with the wrap in place until early March after the last possible chance of a freeze.
Sam Houston might be what it is ... it has a very low chill rate compared to other varieties sold in our area and puts blooms on way early based off how cold the earlier winter is. This one had fully bloomed by mid-late January this year and I was scared of loosing all the blooms/fruit due to later cold spells. Sounds just like the 2 my dad planted 2 yeas ago. He didn't remove any the first year and he had all kinds of contraptions supporting the limbs. The golf course people where he lives are always drive by his place and shaking there head. He got a huge blow up snake like 6 feet long he keeps it hung in the tree and says it keeps the birds and squirrels away. He moves it around every few days.
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Re: Peach question
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06/12/15 05:58 PM
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I will have to check on what type it is. We planted that little thing in November 2012, it was covered in peaches by the following spring and produced a bunch of peaches (we didn't remove any of the fruit early spring) that almost broke the limbs off the tree. Yes, 3 months in the ground it was covered in blooms and 7 months later produced lots of peaches. Winter of 2013/2014 we got hit with a cold snap and hung incandescent shop drop cords throughout the tree to help keep it warm enough but virtually no fruit made it to spring '14. With the cooler winter this past year, I built a 6'x6' x ~10' tall frame, when it started blooming, I wrapped the frame with a large garden cloth (bought at Home Depot) and put a dual halogen shop light on a stand that was turned on any time the temps were to drop below about 34 degrees ... we left that shop light out with the wrap in place until early March after the last possible chance of a freeze.
Sam Houston might be what it is ... it has a very low chill rate compared to other varieties sold in our area and puts blooms on way early based off how cold the earlier winter is. This one had fully bloomed by mid-late January this year and I was scared of loosing all the blooms/fruit due to later cold spells. Sounds just like the 2 my dad planted 2 yeas ago. He didn't remove any the first year and he had all kinds of contraptions supporting the limbs. The golf course people where he lives are always drive by his place and shaking there head. He got a huge blow up snake like 6 feet long he keeps it hung in the tree and says it keeps the birds and squirrels away. He moves it around every few days. They should have been thinned to 6 to 8 inches apart.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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