I plead with anyone here who have access to bare-rooted Peach Guardian Rootstock, or any cheap bare-rooted peach tree that are on Peach Guardian Rootstock. These are available in Tennessee and Texas, as well as other eastern states. Been trying to get one since five years ago. I'll refund the cost and shipping or do exchange. PM me if you are willing, please, please, please!!!

Thanks for reading this desperate plea for help.

Hi Joe. I did a search & can not find any here. Problem is most peach trees here do name the rootstock on the tags. You may want to try the contact info here :

Thomas G. Beckman is at the USDA-ARS Southeast Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, 21 Dunbar Rd., Byron, GA 31008; phone (912) 956-6436, fax (912) 956-2929, e-mail a03tbeckman@attmail.com

Thanks Laaz. I tried contacting people there in the USDA-ARS and they played me phone-tag. Ended up with someone who told me to call someone and that someone told me to call someone else... I also have the emails that ended nowhere. So no wonder I've been frustrated on this.

I've had a wonderful peach tree that succumed to PTSL. If it happened in my yard, chances are, it will happen to other of my trees. I wanted long lived peaches, nectarines and apricots, not dying after 5 productive years. So am planning to switch over to these rootstocks, or do an inarch with these rootstocks to my existing trees.

I will have a look at the local nurseries & see if I can find anything tagged with this rootstock.

Thank you so much! Just PM the cost of acquisition and shipping.

Joe, I looked at a PA nursery webpage for you that supplies the Amish in this area, to see if they indicated rootstock. I did not find that info, but did come across a message that you will find disappointing. It indicates that no stone fruit trees are allowed to be shipped to CA. Here is the link, I hope that the information is old, but it seems to be a CA restriction.

www.acnursery.com/acn_peach.php

I hope you find what you need, or can at least use this information to ask the right questions. Best regards, Barbara

I know this is a old post but has anyone found a source for guardian peach rootstock? If I could just buy a tree that is on guardian i could mound dirt around the suckers and propagate them that way. Guardian is said to sucker alot.

I just did a extensive search on the internet and read from another forum that Cumberland Valley Nurseries in Tennessee has tree on Guardian. Justfruitandexotics is saying they have trees on guardian too.

After talking with Tom Beckman from USDA here is some info he sent me.
Nurseries Serving the Southeast Peach Industry


Cumberland Valley Nursery *
Phil Pelham and Charles Stanton
P.O. Box 471
394 Shaffie Lane (Shipping)
McMinnville, TN 37111
Phone: (800) 492-0022 or (931) 668-4153; Fax: (931) 668-7251;
email: fruitrus@blomand.net

Haley Nursery Co., Inc.
Paul Haley
1207 Haley Rd.
Rte 5, Box 137
Smithville, TN 37166
Phone: (615) 597-7333; Fax: (615) 597-1838

Freedom Tree Farms *
Dale Bryan
#69 Highway 41 South (Shipping)
P.O. Box 68
Pelham, TN 37366
Phone: (800) 222-3026 or (931) 467-3600; Fax: (931) 467-3062
email: info@freedomtreefarms.com

Terry’s Tree Farm
551 Slatton Drive
McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: (931) 668-2792
email: tcvaughn@blomand.net

Vaughn Nursery *
Mike Vaughn and J.D. Spencer
678 Smithville Hwy.
McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: (931) 934-2715 or 934-2427; Fax: (931) 934-2724
email: peachy@blomand.net


* Licensed to Propagate on GuardianTM (BY520-9) Peach Rootstock

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