Peaches bear fruit for about 7 years in South then decline starts your best thing to do pick new spot and new tree to plant. If know what de-horn tree looks like that may work cut all limbs cut back to 12 stub on trunk old peach orchard do make out doing this not all.

Southernliving, sap oozing out of any fruiting tree is usually not a good sign. Either your tree has borers, gummosis,or bacterial canker. All of which are horrible. Since your tree is so old, I agree with gator rider, it is best to chop it down and buy a new peach. Your tree is very old. The amber ooze is sap. Is it all over the tree or just on a select limb? If it is just on a limb, prune it. Peach trees grow very quickly and bear fruit early. Mrs. G

I'd do something like what Gator says, cut the tree way back and hope it still has some life in it. I have renewed several fading peaches that way. They seem to get stuck in a cycle of less and less growth that they need to be slapped out of. The sap problem can just be a symptom of an overall weak tree and not the root of the problem. Do check around the base for borer damage, read up on peach tree borer to know what you are looking for. Borers cause a huge amount of sap at the base and can kill a tree.

Scott

Its on a lot of the limbs, like in the joints of the limbs. Its down at the base of the tree too. I think it could be borers, but could a trauma to the tree cause something like this?
Last summer it wasn't like this, then my father in law hit the tree while cutting the grass and took a large branch off. Thats when it started with the sap, it wasn't like that until this year.

I would prefer not to cut it down. It doesn't bother me that it doesn't produce peaches, I just like the tree itself. So I think I'll try to cut it back as far as I can, then I read something that said the if you rake around the tree to the drip line then fertilize then cover with mulch, it could help?

The last time it was pruned, it looks to be about 10 years ago, judging by the growth. I've only been here for 2 years, and I haven't pruned since I've been here.

My own experience has shown that severe pruning improves the health and extends the life of peach trees. I suggest that you remove the majority of branches with oozing sap as soon as possible.