Peach Trees

ScarletB10

Help! Anyone have experience taking care of peach trees?  We live in NC, bought a house with 2 young peach trees and no idea how to take care of them.  They did not fruit last year, they produced hard dark brown/black "pods' and not fruit.  I saw info that we are suppose to cut back the buds and not let them grow fruit for a couple years, not sure if this is accurate.  Also, they planted 2...is it necessary to have 2 to grow peaches? Like a male-female I'm guessing?? thanks! We plan on going to a nursery to ask but thought I would try here first. 

Trixeetrix

I too inherited two peach trees - they are from SC, however I live in NJ.   I am no expert on peach trees but I can tell you from experience that it takes several years for them to produce a fruit.  Mine is several years old and has just started producing apricot size peaches.  So perhaps the tree has to "mature"? 

~NB~

If the trees grew from seed, they produce fruit at maturity. If they were grafted, like MOST fruit trees and a huge number of ornamentals, they produce fruit right away. In either case, the fruit should look like a peach. Not a black pod.

Peaches are self pollinating, so you only need one to produce fruit.