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I have a white peach tree that I planted about two years ago. Last year, I found that the tree had many little dead branches so I pruned them off. After pruning, the tree now has only several long thin branches left. Then, this spring, I wished that I would see the growth of more new branches and leaves. But, there is no sign of new twigs coming out either from the trunk and the existing branches and the leaves are coming out only from the tip of the branches (not from the middle part).

Does this tree look OK? Is there anything I can do to make the tree grow more branches and leaves?

picture of the peach tree

dakab
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DSKim
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This is the main problem of peaches, they will not create new twigs, so you should really prune heavily the tree, so that the bottom twigs are always healthy (and not overpowered by higher branches).

The plants is already going too much in height. I would remove (after you have some peaches) the higher branches, so that the lower branches could expand.

Giacomo Catenazzi
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