Peach Growing Guide
Peach is a great next step in your growing journey. Follow this guide from planting to harvest and you'll do great.
At a Glance
Difficulty
Moderate
Category
Tree Fruit
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Frost Tolerance
Frost Hardy
Cold Hardiness
Survives to -23°C
Plant Family
Rosaceae
Growing Season
Warm Season
Plant Lifecycle
Perennial
Also grows well as
How to Start It
★ Recommended for beginners
Plant a bare-root grafted tree while dormant. Pick a variety with enough winter chill for your area and, in leaf-curl regions, a resistant one. Dwarf rootstocks suit pots and small gardens.
A self-fertile stone fruit, so a single tree crops on its own. It blossoms early (frost can wipe out the flowers) and fruits on last year's wood, so prune yearly to keep new wood coming. Its main headache is peach leaf curl — choose a resistant variety or shelter the tree from spring rain.
When To Start
First Chance to Plant
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Last Chance to Plant
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Your Peach Planting Window
Start planting
May 15, 2026
Last chance
Sep 10, 2026
The Journey Ahead
Peach's Lifecycle
Seedling
Mature Plant
Seed Production
Step 1
Prepare Your Space
400 cm
Plant Spacing
500 cm
Row Spacing
Vertical Growing
Yes – Fan.
Succession Planting
No.
Good Companions
Bad Companions
Step 2
Planting & Sprouting
Growing Tips
- 1Peaches need full sun, shelter from late frosts (they bloom early), and a yearly winter prune to renew the fruiting wood.
- 2Thin the young fruit to a hand-span apart for bigger peaches.
- 3In wet-spring areas, manage leaf curl with a resistant variety or a rain cover.
Seedling Phase
Step 3
Growth & Maturity
400 cm
Mature Height
400 cm
Mature Width
Pests to Watch For
Diseases to Watch For
Mature Plant
Step 4
Harvesting
Harvest Window
21 days
When to Pick
Pick when fully coloured, fragrant and giving slightly to a gentle squeeze
How to Harvest
- 1Pick when the background colour has turned from green to gold/cream, the fruit smells peachy, and it gives slightly with a gentle cupped twist.
- 2Tree-ripened peaches bruise easily and don't keep, so eat or preserve quickly.
Step 5
Saving Seeds
Seed Production
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