Re: Peach leaf curl

As Davis said, there are many fungicides that can be used for Peach Leaf
Curl. The main thing is the timing of the spray. Spray after the leaf fall
in the fall, then see if you can catch it just when the buds are starting
to open in the spring. This is the best time if you can only spray once,
but of course if its raining when they open, then you blew it, so most of
us spray twice just to be safe.

Ed

edwardt@sonic.net


On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, charles w davis wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
>
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