Fruits and Nuts: Help Pruning Peach Tree, 1 by Aslan89

Aslan89 wrote:
First of all, when exactly should I prune my peach tree? I live in deep south Texas so its going to be hot hot hot for quite some time but I do have my new trees hooked up to a watering system.

It was only planted a few months ago, January I think, and it has probably gotten a good foot or two taller since it was planted. Currently it is about 10-11 feet tall. I had never grown peach trees myself before and like a dummy I purchased the one tree that had the usual 'tree' shape (straight and tall, non-forked trunk) only to learn that this is not the most desired shape for peach trees. Most of what I have read seems to say that an open centered tree is much better for peaches since you can keep the fruit within easy reach.

I know lots of people probably ask this same question but instead of just best-guessing this I thought I would ask for others opinions on how to prune it. Should I cut part of that tall center piece back and train it to be more open centered? The lower portions of the tree seem to be doing fine, I won't worry about that until the tree goes dormant and maybe thin it out a little but the top concerns me because it is already getting fairly tall.

The picture below is of the tree in question: