How to Treat and Prevent Sunburn on Your Peach Tree

🌞 Is Sunburn Killing Your Peach Trees? Here's How to Spot It and Save Them!
In this video, Farmer Richard explains what sunburn looks like on peach trees, how it develops, and what you can do to protect your fruit trees from sun damage — especially in hot, dry climates like the desert west. Learn how poor pruning, pests like peach tree borers, and exposure can compound stress on your orchard and reduce your harvest. We compare a severely sunburned ‘Lemon Elberta’ peach tree with a healthier ‘Red Haven’ to show how tree care, canopy structure, watering, and proper pruning make all the difference.

✅ How to identify sunburn on fruit trees
✅ How peach borer infestations weaken trees
✅ When to prune and how to promote healing
✅ White trunk paint — does it help?
✅ Why “open center” pruning is often misunderstood
✅ Tips for better fruit tree structure and longevity

🌳 Also applies to apple trees, nectarines, apricots, and other fruit trees! Whether you’re a backyard gardener, hobby orchardist, or small farm grower, these practical strategies will help you prevent sunburn and boost your orchard’s long-term health and yield.

📩 Let us know in the comments what struggles you’ve had with sun damage or bark loss in your area — we'd love to hear how it's going in your climate. And learn more about Peach Borer Pest Control here:    • How to Find & Remove Peach Tree Borers  

0:10 Introduction
0:25 Two Tree Comparison
0:40 Severe Sunburn
1:52 Bark is the Tree's Skin Layer
3:08 How Did It Happen?
5:05 Sunburn Can Heal
6:28 The Answer to Preventing Sunburn
7:00 One Technique to Protect Tree
7:53 Another Technique to Increase Leafage
8:11 Misunderstanding the Open Center Pruning Method
9:26 Improving General Tree Health
10:07 Thank you

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