Thinning Peach Trees

My peach trees have so much fruit the branches are in danger of breaking.

In this video, I will explain my thoughts on thinning some of the peaches to protect the tree and my late spring/early summer peach harvest.

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[JessicaHolmes]

Thank you for making this video! I have a dwarf white peach tree that has SO many peaches on it! None are anywhere being ripe, but I’m going to do some serious thinning.

[SlackerU]

I'm having a similar issue but mine is storm-winds. I almost want to make some Texas-size fruit-tree cages out of electrical-conduit. I was even thinking of trying out those clamp style spot-welder that are used to make tomato-cages, they also can weld cage-wire or metal-screen to thick-metal so quite creative possibilities.
To keep the birds away you might be able to just play some hawk or eagle noises in the mornings & evenings, or you might need some rodent-hotels full of blood-thinning breakfast & dinner.

[AriSalsarii]

Try a red haven peach. They are extremely hardy and one of the most sweet peaches on earth.

[ericduncan]

I would personally remove 95% of the fruit from that tree. That tree needs to focus on development instead of fruit. Grafted fruit trees while they put on fruit fast, they really are not developed enough to support that fruit. Nice video, I'd suggest some bug /bird netting when things start to mature up.

[kingquesoIV]

why dont you thin all fruit off your tree until your tree grows some more structurally?