Peach Leaf Curl & How to Improve Fruit Quality
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- Опубліковано 24 кві 2014
- Peach Leaf Curl is a common disease of peaches and nectarines. This video is intended to show what the disease looks like, how it spreads and the impact of the disease on the tree. This video does not discuss how to treat peach leaf curl.
Inspecting your fruit tree for this disease takes a few minutes. While you can not do anything about the disease after the tree is infected, it's important to make a note so in late fall, when you can treat the trees, you know it had PLC.
While you are at it, look for the fruit set on your peaches, pears, plums and apples. We had an exceptional spring and there is far more fruit on the trees than the trees can carry. Watch video below to learn why fruit thinning improves the quality of your fruit and how to do it.
• 5 Reason to Thin Fruit...
Happy spring
If it's a fungus, a 1% dilution of hydrogen peroxide mixed with baking soda and water will treat peach leaf curl. Use a hose end sprayer and treat the tree, ground and immediate surrounding area. Spot treat with a spray bottle for regular maintenance. A pump spray bottle will do. Add some clear non detergent dish soap. Half a bottle of 3% peroxide,1 tablespoon of baking soda, quarter teaspoon dish soap per gallon of water.
Thanks for sharing information about the fruit tree Disease
I just planted a nectarine tree last month and believe it's developed this disease. I was FREAKING OUT thinking the tree was going to die and there was nothing I could do to fix it. Unfortunately, it's been very wet in my area and I think the dampness is getting to the tree. You've eased my fears by saying I can treat it when it goes dormant. Thank you. I really hope my little tree survives that long.
It has been 4 years, it survive ?
I’ll be watching for this disease on my Peach tree!
I love your 2D pruning approach! awesome idea
Great information thank you
I have just started to grow peach trees they are 2 years now
In winter of 2016-17, I bought a bare root peach tree at a local grocery store. Yeah, I know, I should buy trees from a reputable dealer. The tree is a 'Summerset' which I'd never heard of. In summer of 2017, it had a few peaches on it but also PLC. I noticed one fruit that looked ripe. I was afraid the birds would get it, and I was going to put netting on the tree but the fruit fell off. I rescued it from the soil. It was the most beautiful peach I had ever seen: about the size of a softball and a lovely golden color. I took it indoors and washed it; then I cut a piece of it. It was the best peach I've ever eaten! I am going to spray the tree, as you recommended, in November. Maybe I can get some more fruit from this tree. I certainly hope so, since it was sooooo good. Incidentally, I live in WA state about 20 miles south of Seattle, in zone 8b.
Cache didn't teach a thing about treatment
Thanks for the great info ☺
Thank you for your time and information.
Thank you
How do I treat leaf curl? what should I use as treatment in November? this is the second year I have this problem ,please advice, thank you for your time.
November copper spray "liqui-cop" in spring promote health of tree with kelp foliar spray.
Thanks from Chico Cali. Got my sub.
Hello neighbor! Shasta county here.
Wow, thank you so much for this vid. Very informative:)
+Dyane Downs Thank you for watching. My peach trees have developed Peach Leaf Curl again this year. I will be treating the trees and make a video. Be sure to subscribe for an update.
Sidney Godman an Australian wrote an article in which he uses trichoderma mixture successfully to treat established curl. I ordered trichoderma inoculum from Kelp4Less in ID. I am happy to say the trichoderma works very well in the northern hemisphere as well. I keep the inoculum frozen. To use I mix 2 tsp per gallon of water. This mixture will not keep so you have to use it the same day. I spray the entire tree including the trunk and branches, affected as well as not affected leaves. By the following day you will see the changes when the lesions begin to lose their shininess and stop spreading. This way you will not lose the tree. I repeat the treatment between 2 and 7 days depending on the results and severity. Trichoderma is fungicidal fungus that is present everywhere and virtually eats the Taphrina deformans, the affecting agent. There are no environmental concerns. Try you'll like it.
Thank you for your note Marissa. I did not know about trichoderma mixture, and searched for Sidney Godman's paper as well as several university sites to see if there is any scientific research that backs up your experience. I could not find anything to read. Do you have any references to articles? In any case I am glad it's working for you.
I do not have any double blind studies to support my observations. All I can do is give you the specifics of what I did and my results over the last 2 years, which supported what Godman described. You can easily try it and see for yourself. Since there are no other promising treatments I thought I share what I have experienced. Maybe somebody else can verify or debunk what I said. I have not looked for anybody else selling the powder. The trichoderma itself is innocuous anyhow.
No double blind studies needed :-) I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. I just thought the with size and importance of fruit industry there might be other sources that examined the issue. As you mentioned it might be useful for anyone who gets PLC next year to try your approach and share their outcome. Thanks again.
I have had a chance to look at my old emails when I communicated with the right person. His name is Lloyd Godman. If you google him and look under permacultureglobal.org you will find where I found his original info regarding trichoderma. I just want to correct the record for anybody else who might be interested in saving their peach trees. There is no doubt that it saved 3 out of the 5 we have.
I have had similar results with trichoderma, beneficial fungus that predates on the fungus that causes curl. Organic, beneficial and you don’t need to get your timing just right as with chemical treatments. I’ve only been growing fruit trees a few seasons and found trichoderma because I was so concerned about not getting chemical treatments right that I was led to search for an alternative.
I am in Australia and there are a couple of excellent manufacturers of trichoderma products down here. I use Nutri-life trichoshield.
Hi, thanks for addressing the issue. can you please tell me how to treat the problem? im in Australia and i can see those red spots on my nectarine tree. when i should take the action to prevent this and how. Thanks
I noticed u handled infected leaves and then went to other trees without disinfecting. Doesn't that spread the fungus?
Hi, you can use neem oil, its organic and spray it during dormant period especially in Januwary . I live in northern California and it works for me.
How do I treat leaf curl? Please share your advice. Thanks. Also I find that the trunk emits glue & I believe it indicates infection in the root that travels up. I will eagerly wait your reply.
I'm in the UK and I have a nectarine tree I planted in the winter, it's currently flowering but the leaves that are imerging look as though the have peach leaf curl. What can I do?
Ok, it's the end of March in Illinois. I have a peach and nectarine tree. My trees have been in the ground for two years. When I planted them they had fruit on them. Last year no fruit at all. When do I start treating them and what should I use?
THANKS FOR THE TREATMENT LOL
I'm in the California central valley. I would like to send a photo of my necurine tree and the problem I'm having.
My peach tree has the disease you were talking about. What type of treatment would I need to do to my peach and nectarine. Your expertise would be appreciated.
when do I fertilize my Nectarine tree and with what? I live in san diego county
Nice talk. I notice the tree is pained with whit color, what is it ? Please tell me the material and where to buy. Thank you.
Hello, thank you for your video, I'm in southerN California and have noticed severe peach leaf curl. My peach tree is 2 years old in the ground. Was just wondering, being that I am in so cal, would i treat this in November as well or earlier? do you have any other recommendations for now? TIA
Hello! I have a question, I planted a red heaven peach this year without checking the chill hours needed, I live in zone 10b. Do you think that it should be better to pull it up now? I don't wan to to invest time and money in a tree that will not produce?
Will my peach tree still produce the fruit? I regrettably have the curl disease. I checked my tree daily.Thursday nothing then boom Friday many sightings.
Hi ...
Very nice .... Just want to know ...how to prune citrus ...and what to do if the curls appears on citrus leaves ... Thanks
Thank you for your excellent description of the illness, but what is the name of the product(s)I have to spray and when should I do it?
victor espinal liquid copper sprayed 3x when the tree is dormant, right before bud break, there are many brands just follow manufacturer instructions.
Hi, I have three peach trees and two of them have peach leaf curl and before the flower turns into fruits, I felt like the flower is damaged. And in this time, in Chicago, it is very cold. Did it happen from the cold or something else? The third tree is nectarine. I don’t have any flowers on it. Do you think it will grow flowers this year or not? Thank you.
Get to the point please!!
Ha ha ha I sat in front my laptop and said the same thing then saw your comment Thumbs up
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He forgot it.
1 It took you longer to write that message than it would for you to simply 'Fast Forward' the video a few minutes
2 Watch another video that's shorter [there are hundreds]
3 Search for and read some articles, you can quickly skip to the information you want such as how to treat, or causes
4 Buy peaches at the store
I was yelling that before looking at comments
Good afternoon. I discovered I have Peach Leaf Curl. Sprayed my tree last year, but back again. My tree is going on 4 years and this is the first year it is covered with peaches. Does this disease make the peaches inedible? Thank you.
I found a wild peach tree and it has fruit which is not ripe . Is there anything i can do so it doesnt get fruit fly
Hi im in Melbourne, ive this issue with my nectarine and peach trees, when and how should i deal with this please??? thanks in advance
I have a question about a nectarine/peach (grafted with both). There is something that makes like a road map just under the skin on the nectarine. This area is sort of brown, I doesn't seem to make the fruit taste bad just looks bad and they are on the small side. I try my best to raise my fruit trees organically. Thank you so much for your help and GREAT videos.
Sounds like a leaf miner
I used 2 things to get rid of leaf curl, first i took some milk kaffir got water and sugar let it ferment to grow the microbes, and sprayed it on a rainy week. The rain keeps the microbes alive the sun and dry air will kill the microbes, the microbes will kill the fungus, 2nd thing I did was because last year we didn't have 3 goodays of rain. I spayed my peach tree with chlorine. 25% chlorine with 75% water. Had great peaches.
Mario Piazza` when did you do the chlorine spray? Is that sufficient by itself? Thanks
@@joelaroche7667 for me it was sufficient i did it in the spring after the leaves were heavily contaminated. I had already lost 2 trees, i sprayed it 2 or 3 times killed the leaf curl completely, had a great crop of peaches. The infected leaves dried up and fell off. This year i am going to spay it with chlorine as soon as i see the leaf curl. Really worked for me. Wish you the best. Chlorine dosent seem to hurt green leaves, if your worried take some chlorine full strength and try it on a couple of leaves, i found that it did nothing to the healthy leaves. Also be careful when spraying chlorine not to breathe it in or get it on your good coloured clothes. Spray only when there is no sun, sunlight destroys chlorine.
I got surprised by PLC a few seasons ago on one of my peach trees. 50% leaf drop that season. Had not been aware of it and I was surprised that my local nursery was uninformed about it. I had to educate myself on the disease and prevention. Now I takes steps each year to prevent it. As you said, if it hits you are stuck with it for the season. However, one can give the tree some nitrogen to promote some new, healthy leaf growth. This disease taught me that tree care does not end with harvest.
You are right about fertilizing to help the tree grow replacement leaves. Another option is to drastically thin the fruit so the tree does not have to spend energy on the fruit.
Thats what iv just done myself gave her just a little nitro
Please tell me more about the bag on a peach to deter squirrels. I have not seen squirrel damage in the last few years, even though, there are squirrels in the oak trees behind our house. My tree is beautiful with almost NO PLC after battling it for several years. I have been able to keep it at bay but this year is an exception. I found only a few leaves effected. I must have sprayed at the perfect time this past winter. Thank you for your video. I have been thinning my peaches (which kills me) but after watching your video I need to do more.
Kacy Curran Congratulations Kacy. No PLC, despite the general belief that's easy to treat, is an important accomplishment for backyard gardner.
In general it's best to not solve problems you don't have. If squirrels become a problem (besides nibbling on a few peaches) then the best solution is to cover the tree (assuming your tree is down to size) with netting. For large tree you can place each of the peaches in a "footie". Yes the same nylon stocking that you wear when trying shoes. It's a lot of work and effects the color (not the taste) of your fruit.
Thank you for teaching me about leaf curl. and the song at the end was beautiful what is the name of it?
+Rebecca Matiesen Thanks for watching and listening. I wish I knew the creator of that song, I would have included a reference to it in the comment section. That segment that you heard is all that I have. It's recording I made at a meditation center and no one there knew who sang it. I have used Shazam, so far with no luck. I'm hoping someone will recognize the song and let both of us know.
My peaches stay very small. I pruned heavily and no luck last season. I hope this year will be better. Trees are about 10 years old. What should I do? Ty
I have a nectarine plant, in its first year of fruiting. I am based in melbourne. But its leaves are curled. Would it be safe to eat the fruit? And how do I treat this problem after I harvest the fruit abd before next spring. Thabks
how do I treat this leaf curl ? I have it on my peach trees ...thanks
Hello Sir why did you pluck peach fruits? I have also peach plant big container .first flowers but no fruits why?? I dont no kindly explain.. 4 years above but no peach fruits.
New gardener. I moved to a home that has a peach tree in its yard. Every year the peaches come and go without being eaten, this is because I now believe the tree has this disease. Can I treat the peach tree now in February to prepare it for spring? If so, how do I treat it?
Thanks in advance!
I have a tree with this, so in Nov how do you treat it?
I believe Bordeaux mixture is the best. I have tried alternate fungicide and none work like Bordeaux. Unfortunately they don't sell it anymore in the US...but you can easily make your own. Just start planning well before late Spring. I made that mistake and suffered my peach crop that year. It is used after leaf fall in Fall and a couple more times before bud burst.
Thank you for the info, My peach tree does not have this disease but the fruit never gets big enough to eat, they all stay tiny and I do not know why?
This may help ua-cam.com/video/E4Fi1CU3YAA/v-deo.html
Nice video. Thank you. Doesn't touching the leaves and going from one tree to another spread the disease?
Good eye Julie. The fungus that causes PLC (Taphrina deformans), eventually breaks out onto the surface of deformed leaves and spreads by wind and moisture. So if I had a magic camera that would only show the fungi, We’d see a thin film of spores all over the infected trees. You are right that I moved some of fungi by touching the leaves. I would not think of touching an infected leaf and then move to a healthy tree.
If you are still reading, here as interesting tidbit about PLC. The fungus stays on the surface of the tree and grows new members when the conditions are right. The right conditions includes temperatures between 50 and 85 (68 is best) and prolonged periods of wetness, like 2 or 3 days of damp rain (the minimum is 12.5 hours of wetness - don’t forget the half hour) Once that happens, where temperatures are right and there is a layer of water on the leaves, the PLC fungi babies start popping up everywhere.
The disese is caused by a fungus and can be treated by an application of a fungicide.The problem is what the chemical industry wants you to do, versus what you should do.
If you listen to the nursery people, they will tell you to spray your tree three times every year during dormancy. This sells a lot of chemicals and kills a lot of beneficial organisms in your soil.
My advice is to wait until the leaves are off the tree (in Main probably in November in California as late as January) and spray your tree with a copper fungicide. Look on the label for the active ingredient listed as MCE “metallic copper equivalent,”.
Mix the copper fungicide according to manufacturer's recommendation, then add 1% horticultural oil. We want this mixture to stick to surface of the tree. Look for copper fungicide solutions that include a "sticker" or "spreader" (usually it comes as an external container to be added to the final solution right before application.)
Spray this solution and cover every nook and cranny of the tree until it is dripping.
IMPORTANT
Copper is a natural product and has been used for centuries.Both people and trees need trace levels of copper. However this copper dripping from your spray/tree and falling on your soil will kill a lot of beneficial organisms, if it goes into the water system will harm the fish and over multiple years of use, the copper levels will build up and make your soil toxic.
To avoid all this, cover the soil under your tree with a tarp before spraying.
Since you might be new to spraying your trees, read about the process:
1- Use safety equipment and cover your nose, eyes, and hands
2- Spray in a clam (not windy) day when there is no rain in forecast for several days.
3- In high humidity areas you may have to spray again in spring.
4- Once you treat PLC you may not get it for several years.
Good luck.
+The Urban Farmers +1. A treatment of Bordeaux mixture in dormancy and lime sulfur (though a bit "tough"), maybe on late dormancy does the job, at least here in Hellenic climate, central Macedonia. Great & informative video. Keep up!
+Chris Karayannidis The State of California, has not banned but has severely restricted the sale and use of lime sulfur - no reasonable explanation. Do you believe it? Bordeaux mix is my favorite treatment. It works well here too.
The Urban Farmers
The Urban Farmers
can we use fungicide that is copper and it said ready to use n safe for garden
Yes you can use copper (a heavy metal) I recommend you cover yourself and the ground below the tree to prevent copper from falling on you or your soil (newspaper, cardboard, plastic tarp,...)
Copper kills beneficial microbes and if you have to spray the tree every year, the copper can build up and in extreme cases poison your soil.
can you grow in nyc ? what happen i winter ?
which spray can do if this kind of disease
Unfortunately, my peach trees have lost most of their leaves due to leaf curl. Is there anyway I can save the trees for next year?
OK. So what do you treat your tree with?? What fungicide ???
Thank you for the video, very informative. My peach tree is getting a ton of little peach babies, but some of the leaves are turning yellow, is it still healthy? Do I need to do something about it? Thank you :)
Be sure to thin the fruit. Watch this ua-cam.com/video/E4Fi1CU3YAA/v-deo.html
I'm a first time fruit tree grower. One of my peach trees I planted a year ago had many tiny peaches and lots of new leafs. By the time I noticed my peach tree had a disease and the whole tree was infected, red spots, leafs curling etc. all the leafs fell off as did all the fruit. I was told to use Daconil it is a Fungicide from Home Depot. I was also informed that the tree is not dead ( it looks like it ) and it will come back. Daconil was applied the end of July 2016.
Questions, will Daconil work, will my peach tree come back and will it spread to apple trees? love your videos thanks much.
Hi
Did Daconil work? Did your peach tree yield fruit
You just answered 3 of my questions. Right on! Definitely a new gardener here. Having problems with a peach tree I planted two years ago. I'm desperate to learn all can. Last year, squirrels got all my fruit. This year, all my small young fruit (dime to quarter size) have sap coming out of them. I'm sick about it. Anything that I could do about it now? Have I lost all the fruit for this year? What can I do to prevent it from happening again?
The sap is from bugs boring their way into the fruit. They say to spray before or after the blooms. Fungicide with bug killer seems to work. This year a have only a few pieces of fruit with sap leaking. Those get pulled off.
@@crazyman1750 Thank you! I appreciate the time spent doing the video and answering my questions. I'm already excited about next year!
Hi and thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a sapodilla tree with leaf curl. I unfolded and the leaves. They have little black bugs inside. I have looked all over the net and have not found anything on this. Have you seen this? do you know how to treat it. I have cut them all off and used neem and soapy water, but it just doesn't work. Please help. Thanks.
Hi this is Francisco I have two peach trees I have the same sickness that you show on this video please let me know how I can take care it
I planted my nectarin tree in the ground and it started to yellow, now all the leaves are yellow, brown, red like fall colors...what might that be?
Sir, am in Trinidad & Tobago. Grew peach tree from seed in a pot. New growth starting to turn yellow. Thos leaves fall or drop off. Maybe some curl but not sure. No "red" blotches but one or two leaves with "pockets". What can be done please?
Hi,thank you for this video,my peach tree had alot of fruits last Dec.was disappointed that once the fruit gets ripe it is rotten inside,what should I do that next time I don't through my fruits away?please help
It might be insects or not enough calcium. Google it. The Google helps everybody.
How do you tree it?
I just bought a nectarine tree. The leaves are curled, but no red or brown blemishes, and not deformed. What should I do?
I live in the Chicago area. I have a Red Haven 4-5 year old Peach tree about 9 ft tall with the base trunk around 2" diameter. I bought last year, in May. Too me it was an abundant harvest, around 100 peaches and the tastiest peach I have ever eaten. The early peaches were small and had a split nut seed. Last May and this May we have had record breaking rains. In addition I think I might have over fertilized. I did see some Red Fungus type - Leaf Curl on a some of the branch leaves. I did not do anything at end of harvest. I am a relatively experienced gardener. This my first Fruit Tree. Since my second season, this tree is my Baby. I want knowledge and success. Please help.
Thanks for the video! My tree is three years old and has a pretty bad case of leaf curl. It also has a ton of fruit on it. Will the leaf curl affect the fruit? I have lost my crop the last two years (one year to a squirrel and one to a late freeze), so I was really hoping this would be the year I could finally taste a peach from my tree!
Lisa Adams Yes, let's hope you get to taste your peach this year. The disease should not affect your tree this year. But be sure to spray next year.
\If you have a lot of squirrels, you may want to wrap a few of the peaches in a cloth or place them in a paper bag and staple the bay shut. I know it's a lot of work, but better than losing your entire crop to them.
+The Urban F
Thank you for the video! Can we eat the peaches from the infected peach tree! Will they be safe!
you can but you use a lot of otherwise useful flesh.
My peach tree flowers every year but does not have fruits.All the flowers fall off.What can i do.The tree is now three years old.
What should I do with my Japanese Plum tree, I plant it last summer but now it start to turn brown in the middle of the branch and now it is all dry up? would that help if I cut all the branch down?
Peach Leaf Curl does not cause your branches to turn brown and dry up. Most likely you have a case of fireblight. Hard to tell without looking. Can you send me a picture? If it's fireblight, then yes cutting the branches a foot below where the branches have dried up is required.
When dealing with fireblight be careful that you disinfect your tools after pruning or else you can spread the disease to other trees.
I have the same problem. and have two questions. how do you prevent it and can this disease spread to other fruit trees like apples and apricots or it is just a peach tree disease.. and thanks for the video
You are welcome. Peach Leaf Curl effect peaches (including flowering peach) and nectarine. It does not spread to any other fruit tree.
If you live in an urban area, it is difficult to completely avoid the highly mobile air-born fungus, especially in wet years. For example if your neighbor has a tree with the disease untreated, your tree will be exposed to the fungus year in, year out.
The best prevention is to spray your trees during dormancy. Spray formulas are changing and the issue is more complex than it should be. Check back in late fall (or subscribe) for a then current update.
Meanwhile practice good hygiene. Every leaf and twig of that tree should be picked up and discarded. Other than clean up, nothing to do but enjoy the fruit this summer.
Looking at leafs here and mine she is deff sick can see just lookn at her....smh...only got yesterday to was all they had left....the leafs are kinda bumpy creased almost but green....im hopeing iv corrected a couple issues....but sure theres leaf curl 🤔 positive smh...
They raised it in seed raising muxture thats very moist with lot of tiny crystals....mabye i need to get a more suited soil & balanced PH? Only given her small dose of sulphate of ammonia & magnese thus far...
But a second opinion would be nice....or 3rd lol....im allways open to learning as much as i can
Hi. I'm a first time fruit tree grower. One of my trees is a Long Beach Peach, which I planted a year ago around March. It had tons of tiny peaches this year and, I thought I had thinned it out pretty good. I must have taken off a good 25 to 35 tiny peaches, which was hard for me to do. Before they could get much bigger than about the size of a golf ball, they started falling off the tree. Every day, a good 12 to 20 peaches were on the ground. Why is this? How can I prevent it from happening next year? Thanks ever so much!
Patricia
Increase watering
Thank you, now we can treat our trees of 3 years from this in November. Also could you email us if you know the answer to the following. My peaches last year looked as though something bored into them and out came a clear jelly like substance from the peaches them selves. Started treating with neem oil this year in hopes of treating, but when we just walked the trees we found young fruits with the jelly substance again.
Almost any time you see a circle of oozing frass (the larvae’s excreted waste) on the trunk of a fruit tree, it's a borer destroying the tree from inside out.
Borers were here in U.S. and Canada living in wild cherry and plum trees before peaches, nectarines, and apricots were brought over.
The peach tree borer (Synanthedon exitiosa) burrows into fruit tree's trunk near (sometimes below ground) and eats its way into the living cambium layer of the tree.
Peach Borer can easily kill young trees and older trees that survive the borer attack will show less vigor and produce low quality fruit.
Look for white to beige and brown larva. They are around an inch (or more) and if you see them crush them. It won't solve the problem but will make you feel better.
Look for borer holes and make them larger with a sharp knife. Spray neem oil at highest concentration allowed from the ground up to 12' above ground (and into the holes)
If you have a severe infestation, paint all exposed roots and the trunk with a paste of Surround WP. This powder is made of kaolin clay and irritates the pest.
Google peach borer. This is a serious problem. Don't ignore it.
I know I'm late but also sounds like thrips. My nectarine has this problem. When the tree flowers you can check for thrips by shaking the flower onto a piece of paper. The thrips should be visible like tiny moving sticks
So wene do you treat it
looking at your trees I see the same problems as in Michigan. The inside of a tree is not supposed to be showing or hardend. All the branches you cut should sap over with in a yr. of cutting. Our towers and satellites stop/block the natural way sap travels through the trees by at least 50%. I made orgone pucks and placed them around my yard and my trees sapped over and starting growing faster. one trees diameter of the trunk grew 10 " in one yr.
A tree has no mechanical ability to draw up sap it depends on the sun, I believe that the satellites are interfering with sun ability to grab the water.
How does one treat the peach leaf curl, please?
Hi, my Peach tree is currently full of fruit and I noticed this on the leaves. Is there anything that can be done to save the fruit/tree at this point?
Same question for me! I just started using copper fungicide and for the first year have tons of peaches. 😭
@@kita-1116 I just clipped off the leaves that had the curl and hoped for the best. I haven't seen any more, thankfully. Good luck.
cynthia dixon Did the same yesterday! Wishing you (and your tree) well too!
@@kita-1116 Thanks, we got this .. hopefully the cacadias will keep if the trees. I had to net my trees, a few still manage to get through, I am fighting them every chance I get😂😂
cynthia dixon Keep fighting those cicadas! 💪🏾 All the work put into trying to maintain a garden and we deserve the literal fruits of our labor. Lol. My issue will be the squirrels. Ugh! I am determined to bake a peach cobbler this summer so these tree rats are going to have to stand down. 🤣 Be well!
Hello , nice video. I have black spots on my peaches can you suggest any cure please. I live in New York, Long Island. Thanks
Thanks for telling me where you live. Are some of the leaves turning yellow? Here are the top two candidates for black spots on peaches. Unfortunately they are very similar and difficult to distinguish.
Bacterial Spot - is a common disease of peach caused by a bacteria. Google “peach bacterial spot cornell” and see if that sounds like what you have.
Peach scab - looks very similar to bacterial spot but is caused by a fungus. Google “peach scab university georgia” and see if that’s matches your problem.
Based on my experience (unscientific) bacterial spots usually begin on the lower part of the peach, and are darker in color. Peach scab often starts at the top of the peach near the stem, then spreads downward. Hope this helps.
sorry to bother u my peaches r little but i notice some gum looking stuff on them sticky the peaches last year had alot on the tree but still little and i dont know what kind of peach tree we got when we bought it when it blooms it has white fowers i think
what do i need to do about the gummy stuff on the peaches
and some on the tree
Please read the reply that I posted for Matt Krueger two days ago.
When do you treat for peach curl in Michigan? My peach tree is 3 years old and producing plenty of peaches along with plenty of peach curl. If my trees are lacking I spray with epsom salt. What is the best organic spray to use?
If the leaves are out and the tree is infected the only thing you can do is to "nurse" the tree until dormancy. Make sure the tree is watered during dry periods, is insect free and basically reduce stress on the tree until fall. During dormancy (around November) treat the tree with copper-based fungicide or if your state allows with lime-sulfur.
Thank you for the quick response. Will do this in the fall
Nice relaxing video. Two questions, as we move into spring and our peach trees are starting to blossom here in the SF Bay Area. 1) I've heard some people don't wait for the tree to fruit to thin, but remove the excess blossoms. If you have any experience with that, how early would you do that? 2) What are you using as weed suppression underneath your trees? What is under that mulch? I'm thinking about using cardboard, but I'm concerned about reducing the amount the amount of water the tree roots get.
Removing blossoms are easier than removing fruit. Do it only if you are sure of what you are doing. I prefer to remove the fruit. It's easier to see the quality of the fruit set and how far they are from each other. For weed suppression, I use my fingers and once the weeds are gone put down a thick layer of mulch. There is no easy way out of this one :-)
I live in Maine and have a dwarf peach tree that is 4 years old. It developed PLC in it's second year. A local nursery said to strip all the leaves off of the tree in May and dispose of them. I just couldn't do it. I learned that the diseased leaves fall off and, as you said, new ones will regrow that show no signs of the disease. I have not treated PLC because I was told that there really was nothing I could do about this disease. You indicated that there was something I could do in the fall and if left untreated this would eventually kill the tree. It is hard enough to keep a peach tree alive in Maine. What can I do to get rid of PLC and save the tree?
Jim Donahue Sorry instead of replying to your question here, I posted it by mistake as a comment above.
hi. my peach is really old (25 years) now it stop produce food (i spot 8 this years) is the tree dying? i recently spot this kinda problem as well. my friend told me tree life around 20-30 years after that it will die out.
Replace it. Peach farmers replace their trees every 10 years. Your 25-year-old tree is struggling to survive.
The Urban Farmers I had not considered the lifespan of trees, nor did I have any idea that fruit farmers replaced their trees regularly. How interesting! This is good information to have as I plan and design my future homestead. Now I will know to keep in mind the age of my trees and grow replacements well in advance. There would have surely been some very sad, peachless summers in my family's future!
How do I get your contact information? I have citrus, apple, plum, pomegranate trees and grape vines. Do you have information about keeping these healthy as well?
I noticed a mention of squirrels in the comments.... Last year my white peach tree was invaded by a family of Racoons... ALL my fruit was gone in a matter of days. Is there a way to prevent this? or Protect the tree? Any suggestions? (in 20 years, this was a first last year)
poison
I heard food grade peroxide in distilled water will fix the fungus
I planted a nectarine back in July. I used cow manure when I planted and it hadn't grown not even an inch. The leaves are turning kind of yellow now with some brown spots. Any idea what should I do to help my tree?
Replace it.You planted the tree at the wrong time and the tree will not last much longer. The time to plant a fruit tree is in the middle of winter when the trees are dormant.
Holy. Where I am at in the middle of winter the ground is frozen like concrete 4 feet deep. How am I gonna plant a tree in that? Get a jackhammer?
my nactarine have curry leag and inside the fruit have maggoet how to get rid of that in my plan
Where do you live? Country and state.
HI I have sprayed my peach tree for Leaf curl, obviously to late as the tree has leaf curl how can I help the peaches that are growing on the tree or will they all drop off because of the leaf curl???
Thanks Margaret im in Auckland New Zealand
peaches r going to ready in 15 days ......should I need any spray
What treat
So I don't do anything about the trees right now I just wait until Nov
Can you eat the peaches with the blotchy spots on it from leaf curl?
Yes you can, By the time your peaches are ripe all the blotchy leaves will be gone and replaced with new growth. You may not even remember you had a problem. The fruit is fine.
Anything ripe right now in your garden?
Three fruits. Mayflower an extremely early white fleshed clingstone peach. Fruits are small, highly aromatic and sweet. White Mulberry, mildly sweet berries on a large tree and a very light crop of cherries.
I have leaf curl I need to treat. One tree now has fruit for the first year, But looks like its dying. Their is cleat gel coming from fruit and limbs? How do I make it healthy again or is it too late
Don't worry about it because there is nothing you can do that will make a big difference. If you want to do something read Marissa Fontanes comment below. I have not done what she recommends but you can try. I will make a video at the end of summer and into next spring how to treat PLC. Be sure to subscribe.
Hi, any reason why the 2018 yellow clingstone crop is so bad? Work at Del Monte plant in Modesto, California...peach production is way down....are peaches going extinct? One of my co-workers thought so...know global warming is being blamed for many crop problems around the world...coffee beans, bananas, avocados....not to sound apocalyptic, it is what it is.
Google geo engineering
They have to take the blame away from what they’re doing. Spraying Chem trails... filled with life killing chemicals.
Why would you leave that insect on the tree after finding it?
Guide me to treat the curl leaves disease in November my 2 peach trees are suffering from 3 years and the third one since one year, i desperately wanna rescue them and let go my agony too, Thanks sir, i am writing from Pakistan in the subcontinent
being in N CA are we more vunerable
And treatment is ???!
I planted my peach tree 3 years ago and not peach has grown. Can you help what should I do
I would replace the tree.
Graft your trees
Just give it sometime. It has taken 6 years for my tree to produce. Trim out the middle to allow sunlight in. Fertilize in the spring and once in the summer, but not too late. Spray for bugs after the blooms. Good luck.
treat this mess in late fall spray with daconil and or copper i mix both go by direction on lable per gal.this a funguside that takes care of many problems with tree leaves peaches, pecans , black walnut,cherry among othersi never spray the fruit or the leaves soray after leaf drop so it dont reappear next spring