Peach tree leaves under attack.

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    Hi all: we live in Wis. and two yrs ago we planted 2 peach trees. Last year we didn't get any fruit but figured they were to young.
    This year we have a few peaches but one of our trees has been attacked by something that causes the leaves to curl and get bumpy and yucky looking.
    I can get some pic's if that would help. Could it be a virus of some sort? :rolleyes:
     
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    Hi tooty2shoes,

    Did you spray your tree with a fungicide in the late winter or early spring? If not you should spray with lime-sulfur spray to prevent peach leaf curl, which is what it sounds like you have. It is a fungal disease and most fruit trees need sprayed for a fungus of one kind or another regularly, also for insects all summer long, such as mites and aphids.

    If you don't have a regular spray schedule I encourage you to start one, otherwise you most likely won't get any kind of a crop off your tree. You should be able to get an agricultural fruit tree guide for your region from your local state extention office. they aren't expensive and are a very good investment, containing a wealth of information. (there is a charge for them here).

    I don't know of anywhere where you can grow fruit without spraying even if you are trying to stay organic, you will still need to spray insecticides and fungicides to make having the tree worth the space they take up. The organic sprays are available, but they can be cost prohibitive. My husband checked on something where we but a lot of supplies and the GALLON was 537.00. :( :( way beyond reasonable for us.

    We spray every 14 days or after every rain. Having fruit trees is time consuming.
     
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    Carolyn: Yup, that is exactly what the one has. It looks terrible. I'll have to see what our next course of action will be. We only have 6 fruit trees so it isn't to much work right now. We will have to contact our Ag. extension and see what they suggest. Thank you :D
     
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    Good luck. I would also encourage you to get a fruit tree book of some kind, that identifies problems and gives you some options on how to control or at least maintain you small orchard. I bought a miracle-grow "complete guide to Vegetable, fruits and herbs" it has great pictures for identification and also planting, growing, harvesting and a pest section for each crop. The list price on it was 19.95. I'm sure I didn't pay that for it, but it's not that much money, either. I might have picked it up at lowes in the garden dept.
     



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    Carolyn: I Will have to get one of those books.I probably can find one pretty cheap online at a used book site. I have a Encyclopedia of organic gardening. But I get lost in trying to find the right article to look for. Thanks again, Patti :stew2:
     
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    You are welcome. Ortho makes a nice big book also, lots of great pictures, but no organic control methods. Everything is a chemical control.(I mix lots of book information to come up with a solution for my problem). so don't hesitate to use a couple different books for your needs.
     
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