Peaches Need to Get Enough ‘Chill’ Time

Clint Thompson Fruits

Peach tree with ripe fruit in Okanagan valley, British Columbia Canada. Peach trees need chill hours to produce a crop every year.

Chill hours are important for good peach tree production, but across the Southeast we’ve not seen a lot of those type of conditions this winter. Stephanie Ho reports that peaches need that chill time to produce a good crop.