Hello all,

I have a dwarf peach bonanza tree which is forming sprouts close to the base of the trunk. See photo below . My question is shall I allow these sprouts to grow or remove? I believe this tree is naturally dwarf so I can't imagine it is grafted, but I could be wrong as I have no previous experience with peach trees. Any insite is welcome.

While 'Bonanza' is a natural genetic dwarf, it's often grafted to Lovell understock because of Lovell's ability to adapt to a wider variety of soils. Since the top is clearly viable, I would rub off any/all branch buds as they occur on the trunk proximal to the lowest conspicuous branches, just to be safe and to prevent the understock from sapping resources from the scion or taking off on it's own, to the demise of the scion.
Al

tapla said: While 'Bonanza' is a natural genetic dwarf, it's often grafted to Lovell understock because of Lovell's ability to adapt to a wider variety of soils. Since the top is clearly viable, I would rub off any/all branch buds as they occur on the trunk proximal to the lowest conspicuous branches, just to be safe and to prevent the understock from sapping resources from the scion or taking off on it's own, to the demise of the scion.
Al

Thank you I will do that