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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: tricia on December 19, 2011, 23:08:25

Title: Peach tree protection
Post by: tricia on December 19, 2011, 23:08:25

I pruned my peach tree quite radically a few weeks ago but it has still not dropped its leaves. I want to spray and cover it for the winter, but the advice is to spray at leaf fall. The peach tree is the only one of all my fruit trees not to be 'winter bare'.  The weather has been so wet and windy these past few days I had hoped the foliage would finally give up! So - do I wait even longer or spray and cover the tree now?

Tricia

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: saddad on December 20, 2011, 07:51:47

I'd spray (against leaf curl presumably?) and cover it now... they will fall soon enough..  :)

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: goodlife on December 20, 2011, 09:34:56

Yes..spray now..with leaves on or not.

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: tricia on December 20, 2011, 17:39:52

Thanks goodlife and saddad - rain forecast for tomorrow but as soon as it's dry enough I shall spray and cover the tree and hope for less peach leaf curl next year.

Tricia

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: admjh1 on December 20, 2011, 22:56:06

May I ask what you spray and cover with please I get peach curl on my peach tree really badly and thought about digging up it has been on plot three years now and only produced 1 fruit!!!

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: hippydave on December 20, 2011, 23:10:47

i use Bordeaux Mix and cover with fleece

Title: Re: Peach tree protection
Post by: tricia on December 21, 2011, 00:04:21

That's what I plan on doing too, hippydave.

Tricia