When to pick peaches

rover79, Mar 14, 10:13am
When is the best time to pick blackboy peaches?
They've grown in size quite a bit in the last week.
Will they be better tasting if left till dropping?

redden39, Mar 14, 10:17am
We are eating them in Napier now. One of my students has been brining in big bags of them. they are falling on the ground.

lythande1, Mar 14, 11:49am
No. Pick and they ripen anyway

junie2, Mar 14, 1:03pm
I like them off the ground, but we've just had friends around who picked two buckets from the tree as they do most years. They reckon they ripen in a day or two. Beautiful peaches this year here in Chch, and lighter in colour than usual.

gaspodetwd, Mar 15, 8:21am
Huge peaches which are ripe now in Chch. Delicious.

malcovy, Mar 5, 6:42pm
My aren't quite ready and if they drop to the ground the chickens would be in heaven. I picked one last week and cut some to eat and it was still a few weeks off being ripe. I would like to try them fully ripened by the tree.