Fruit trees. We bought three fruit tress this year which are doing well except the black boy peach it is not doing as well as th

midnight42, Dec 22, 3:55pm
We bought three fruit tress this year which are doing well except the black boy peach, it is not doing as well as the others, what could I feed it with to encourage it along! I love the peaches, it is my favourite. Thanks.

kateley, Dec 22, 4:18pm
When you planted it did you mix some fertiliser with the soil!Have you been watering it enough! How long ago did you plant it!

Did you stake it when you planted it!If it's not staked then it could have damaged roots from being blown about, so tie it up firmly now (careful not to put the stake thru the roots)

As it's just a young tree you wont need to encourage it to fruit yet, so use your normal fertiliser, give it a good watering (at least a bucket full of water slowly round the root zone)then put a few inches of compost around.

mkbooks, Dec 22, 4:41pm
Chopped banana skins around the base- greatfree plant food

lythande1, Dec 26, 10:08am
Timaru huh. Wee bit cold for peaches there.should do better once it's big.