Peach Tree (Redhaven)

📖 About This Plant

Peach Tree (Redhaven) is the benchmark freestone peach cultivar — the variety against which all others are measured — producing medium to large fruits with rich red-yellow skin, firm golden flesh, and an outstanding sweet-tart balance at the peak of summer. Maturing in mid-July in zones 5–8, Redhaven is one of the most reliable peaches for the home orchard, with excellent cold hardiness (surviving –25°F as a dormant tree) and a large chilling requirement of 950 hours that keeps buds safely dormant through false springs. The fruits separate cleanly from the stone when fully ripe, making them ideal for fresh eating, freezing, canning, and peach pies.

📊 Quick Facts

📅 When to Plant in Your Area

🌱 Care Tips

Plant Redhaven on well-drained, slightly acidic soil (pH 6.0–6.5) in full sun with excellent air circulation. Space trees 15–20 feet apart. Peaches need 950 hours of winter chilling (below 45°F) to break dormancy — check your local chill hours before planting. Prune to an open-center (vase) shape each late winter, removing about one-third of new growth annually; peaches fruit on one-year-old wood so annual pruning is non-negotiable for productivity. Thin fruits to 6–8 inches apart when marble-sized for large, sweet peaches. Water deeply during fruit development. Apply a balanced fertilizer in early spring. Watch for peach leaf curl and brown rot — both managed with a copper fungicide spray at bud swell.

🤝 Companion Plants

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