How to prune peach reliance

Late spring to early summer (May–June) for thinning new growth; after harvest (late summer) for renewal cuts. Use the three-shoot system: on each fruiting branch, keep a basal replacement shoot, a mid-shoot for backup, and the fruiting extension. After harvest, remove the spent fruiting shoot back to the basal replacement, which becomes next year's fruiting wood. Disinfect tools between trees.

Annually. Peach Reliance, like all peaches, fruits on one-year-old wood and therefore needs annual renewal pruning to keep productive. Each summer after harvest, remove two-thirds of shoots that have fruited, retaining strong new growth to carry next year's crop. Without annual renewal, fruiting wood moves steadily further from the main framework.

Use the three-shoot system: on each fruiting branch, keep a basal replacement shoot, a mid-shoot for backup, and the fruiting extension. After harvest, remove the spent fruiting shoot back to the basal replacement, which becomes next year's fruiting wood. Disinfect tools between trees.