Virginia Cooperative ExtensionMarini, Richard P.Sherif, Sherif M.Smith, Alson H.2020-10-112020-10-112020-08-17http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100445An orchard is a long-term investment and careful planning is essential to ensure economic success. Establishing and maintaining a peach planting to bearing age (three years) costs about $3,500 per acre. Mistakes made at planting often cannot be corrected; other mistakes that can be corrected could seriously jeopardize the economic success of the orchard. Because profit margins for commercial fruit plantings are small, orchards should be established only under the most favorable conditions for success. Discusses location, site selection, soil preparation, rootstocks, varieties, planting distance, tree quality and care, pollination, planting time, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pruning, bearing trees, fruit thinning, harvesting, pest control, longevity of trees, and avoiding winter injury.6 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Extension publicationhttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/422/422-019/SPES-232.pdfOrchardsPeachesnectarinesManagementTrees