Re: Peach leaf curl
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- Subject: Re: Peach leaf curl
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- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 10:06:26 -0600
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Peach leaf curl has leaves with large red blisters that become white , then
brown and
fall prematurely.
The danger period is BEFORE buds open. You can treat with spray fungicide,
such
as Bordeaux mixture, chlorothalonil, dichlone, ferbam, lime sulfur, or zineb
after
leaf-fall in autumn or before budbreak in the spring.
I hope this helps you. I had the same problems here. Good luck!
Davis
San Antonio, Texas (zone ?)
muller@cs.bc.edu wrote:
> Hi all. Last year I planted two dwarf peach trees in Massachusetts. They
> soon got what I later learned was peach leaf curl. I got some advice on
> this forum that I need to treat them with copper sulfite (?) 3 times over
> the winter (once on Halloween, once on Christmas? and once on Valentine's
> day). When I found it at one of the local nurserys, the proprieter told
> me I was nuts and that such a treatment couldn't possibly do anything.
>
> So I didn't do it. Of course I now think he probably didn't know what he
> was talking about.
>
> Any advice from here on? Valentine's day wasn't too long ago.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob Muller
