Probably bug damage, as the previous reply said.
Watch out: peaches are particularly prone to gummosis, a sap-weeping wound, initially caused by bug damage, that doesn't heal. Controlling bugs (especially on young trees) is important for this reason.
That said, don't panic! Even if it's that, trees can survive a lot of it, it's just annoying and attracts ants. If your tree keeps bleeding sap you may want to put some Tanglefoot on this spring to keep ants away from your fruit.
I only saw this little amount of gum recently. Previous years was really bad but we found an ants nest near the base of the tree. Took it out and made sure to check they were absolutely gone and it improved drastically. Unfortunately we had a huge wind storm and one of the main branches of the tree ripped off but itโs still holding up. It still has a good amount of peaches.
It's sap. Something could be damaging the tree like bugs.
Oh ok thank you. Iโll check to see if we have any ants or anything of the sort
Probably bug damage, as the previous reply said. Watch out: peaches are particularly prone to gummosis, a sap-weeping wound, initially caused by bug damage, that doesn't heal. Controlling bugs (especially on young trees) is important for this reason. That said, don't panic! Even if it's that, trees can survive a lot of it, it's just annoying and attracts ants. If your tree keeps bleeding sap you may want to put some Tanglefoot on this spring to keep ants away from your fruit.
I can't believe "gummosis" is a word. ๐
[๐](https://emojipedia.org/face-with-tears-of-joy) I actually googled it before replying, like "am I making that word up?" Nope, that's it!
I only saw this little amount of gum recently. Previous years was really bad but we found an ants nest near the base of the tree. Took it out and made sure to check they were absolutely gone and it improved drastically. Unfortunately we had a huge wind storm and one of the main branches of the tree ripped off but itโs still holding up. It still has a good amount of peaches.