AusBonsai

G'day all,
Ive had this dwarf peach a few years and would like any advice/info about when to prune and if I should defoliate now to reduce leaf size and for ramification. Any advice would be much appreciated. I would love to see any pics of dwarf peach members may own too.

Greg

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Maybe a clearer photo in winter, when we can see the framework, might be the way to go. I haven't heard of defoliating dwarf peach - it may work, but might compromise the flowers and fruit for next year. The leaves are always going to be large-ish - you'd mostly grow it for the flowers.

Good luck,

Gavin

Dwarf peaches always seem to have thick, coarse branching so ramification is difficult. They tend to produce clusters of buds so you'll need to thin excess buds from any clusters that appear. You can prune any time through spring and summer. Shortening long new shoots will make new buds sprout.
All peaches are prone to gummosis infections so avoid pruning in autumn and winter where possible.

Leaves may reduce a little but I've never seen any really small. As Gavin says they'll always be largish.