We have a peach tree in our yard. It is a small tree but last year it was loaded with about 50 peaches. This year there are no peaches. Can anyone explain this?

themouseman

1. if you had a frost around flowering time it will kill blossoms.

2. with a very heavy fruiting last year your tree may not produce the following year.

3. does your tree show and insect, or fungal problems that may cause tree to abort fruit production. check lighting these tree prefer full sun and if heavily shading is occurring it may abort fruit production.

4. fruit trees need insects to pollinate. did you apply a pesticide during flowering? if the temperatures dropped below 50 f insect do not function.
are you in an area with a large honey bee die off?

sinedo

Peaches are fairly reliable and not too fussy. They do need, as all stone fruit, cold weather prior to spring to go totally dormant. Not too cold, however. Cherries like it very cold to get a fruit set, but peaches always bloom. Were there flowers? You would remember; they come first before the leaves, and plenty of insects can pollinate them. If there were flowers, I'd bet some fruit would set. By July, anywhere, it would seem the fruit would have reached peak maturity and fell, if not harvested.
Denis

KeepItSimpleStupid

Nectarines are fussy and I'm sure they are related to peaches.

I might actually get some this year. I finally got leaf curl and fungus under control.

Now, I have to figure out why the fruit seems to be fragile and I loose a lot when it rains hard in the spring.

Plums aren't doing well this year.

The pears, apples, figs and grapes seem to be doing fine.

But the bugs have been a problem such as slugs, carpenter ants and regular ants.