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    My peach trees have developed a leaf problem, where they are curling up, turning a reddish colour, and then drying out and dropping off. Can anyone shed any light on what the problem may be?

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    It sounds like Peach Leaf Curl you can get some information about it here
    http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville.../omplfcrl.html
    We had this on a tree in our garden and in the end we got rid of the tree because it was impossible to spray a large tree in an ordinary garden without huge disruption and expense. Come to think of it my husband was very keen to get rid of the tree, maybe it was because it overhung the drive and the birds settled in the tree and 'targeted' his car!

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    There are many diseases that can affect peach trees. I will list these below and then you can have a look at google for them.
    BROWN ROT
    PEACH SCAB
    BACTERIAL SPOT
    PEACH LEAF CURL (To be honest this is what it sounds like)
    GUMMOSIS
    POWDERY MILDEW
    CROWN GALL
    PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT AND CROWN ROT
    OAK ROOT ROT
    PEACH TREE SHORT LIFE

    Hope that this helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by justontime View Post
    It sounds like Peach Leaf Curl you can get some information about it here
    http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville.../omplfcrl.html
    We had this on a tree in our garden and in the end we got rid of the tree because it was impossible to spray a large tree in an ordinary garden without huge disruption and expense. Come to think of it my husband was very keen to get rid of the tree, maybe it was because it overhung the drive and the birds settled in the tree and 'targeted' his car!
    I have lived in homes where peach trees produced great fruit, but squirrels would ruin most of it! I wonder how he would have felt if partially eaten fruit had been on his car?

    LOL

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    Thanks for the information.I would definitely take care of my peach trees and would see that it does'nt get ruined.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SageMother View Post
    I have lived in homes where peach trees produced great fruit, but squirrels would ruin most of it! I wonder how he would have felt if partially eaten fruit had been on his car?

    LOL
    He would have been impossible, he took took it as a personal insult every time a bird targeted the car, so if he had found rotting fruit on the car he would have declared war on the squirrels and bought a season ticket for the car wash!

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    LOL Justintime. I hate bird poo as much as the next person, but I just hate the idea of cutting down a tree that produces food!

    By the way, I was reading an article this week that says peach and nectarine trees (anything in that family) are one of the easiest trees to grow from seed. The seed germinate well in a jar full of dirt placed in the refrigerator! Once your seedling is established you can grow it in a pot until spring and the transplant to the yard. Other fruit trees, don't germ as well and sometimes don't produce fruit once established. Peach and nectarine trees to suprisingly well from seed.

    Just thought I'd throw that in since this is the "Peach Tree" thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mom2manyboyz View Post
    LOL Justintime. I hate bird poo as much as the next person, but I just hate the idea of cutting down a tree that produces food!
    I guess we may have felt differently if it actually produced food, but peach trees don't grow well enough here to produce edible fruit. It was here before we moved in, personally I prefer to grow trees and plants that are well adapted to our climate

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    Well that is such a good advice mom.... I never new u could grow a peach tree that way...here in India it grows pretty well and gives delicious fruits....I will surely try growing one now...

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    Quote Originally Posted by justontime View Post
    I guess we may have felt differently if it actually produced food, but peach trees don't grow well enough here to produce edible fruit. It was here before we moved in, personally I prefer to grow trees and plants that are well adapted to our climate
    Absolutely, I didn't realize that peaches didn't grow well there. I assumed, since you had a tree.... Well, I wonder if pruning it or fertilizing the soil around it would have helped?
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