I stupidly somehow forgot to bring a potted nectarine tree inside for the winter, I only remembered when it started to bloom.
How long before signs of Leaf curl can be seen as the first few leaves opening look normal at the moment? If it's picked it up, will it always have/carry the disease and should it be kept away from other peach trees?
Bum, hope it will be OK, I don't really know anything about this but you could give it a belt with Bordeaux mixture the same way you would do your tomatoes and hope for the best.
Thanks Ellen, I think I have some blight spray left, though I'm not keen to use it these days.
Usually if the tree have 'it'...you soon see new leaves opening up it the puckering..though it can show signs on later on too.
It sounds awful disease but it is not necessary all doom and gloom and can be managed and cleared from their system...provided it is not allowed to spread and affected leaves cleared off accordingly.
Garden where I used to work had big outdoor peach, it didn't have proper rain covering so it had the 'curl'..but with some management it only puckered odd few leaves here and there...it never had any truly devastating affects and the tree cropped well. It did get sprayed with copper fungicide few times a year though.
I don't know if garlic spray would work as 'organic' option..it certainly has helped my pear trees against fungal diseases...maybe worth of trying?
Fingers crossed for the nectarine!
I'm interested in the idea of a garlic spray.
My two old sprawling pear trees have had rust the last two years. The first time both trees were badly affected and all the tiny pears blackened and fell off, and pretty much every leaf had orange patches. I didn't pick the affected leaves off as the internet advised me because the trees are too tall and I'd have had to basically denude them completely, which made me worried they wouldn't survive the winter.
Last year they produced a decent crop despite the rust (which wasn't as bad but still appeared on way more than half of the leaves), which makes me think they're maybe building up an immunity to it, or that losing all the fruit the year gave them extra energy to fight the fungus.
Anyway, this is a long-winded way of asking if garlic spray would be a good idea. My garden's organic and the orchard's as wildlife-friendly as I can get so I don't want to be doing anything that might adversely affect that. The blue tits keep my aphid numbers down, anyway!
Just over year ago I planted new quince tree and some of the new leaves that emerged in spring had some quince blight on>>>out came spray bottle and the new tree had some 'garlic'.. :icon_cheers: That's my first remedy for almost anything :sunny:
During the growing season I gave it another few lots of the spray and I didn't notice the problem advancing any further.. :icon_cheers:
I treat my pears against rust and apple trees against scab (those that need it) with it in similar 'regime' and although it doesn't clear it...it certainly reduce the problem so much that the tree can cope with the disease..produce new healthy growth and nice 'clean' fruits.
Although RHS say there is no 'treatment' or if there is, they only say the chemical that works...not wanting to go that route..GARLIC is concoction of my choice and I'm happy with it.....it certainly stinks so it must do something.. :drunken_smilie:
I have one peach that is growing in pot, left outside for being too big now for me to get in GH anymore....so I'll be testing garlic on that too if the 'curl' will show its ugly 'face'.. :icon_cheers:
I had high hopes for a new young quince in its second year, but its leaves developed brown blotches an crisped up, the whole tree looked dreadful, and no fruit set at all. Would you mind saying how you make your garlic spray? I'm sorry if you have told us before, but I can't remember.
Quote from: artichoke on March 30, 2014, 20:26:15
I had high hopes for a new young quince in its second year, but its leaves developed brown blotches an crisped up, the whole tree looked dreadful, and no fruit set at all. Would you mind saying how you make your garlic spray? I'm sorry if you have told us before, but I can't remember.
I don't mind at all...
few whole garlic bulbs chopped half or so > 2-3 litres of water in bucket or container you don't mind scarifying for stinky 'goo'> soak the garlic in water for 2-4 weeks..you might want to use lid of some sort to keep the whiff down > once the waster stinks to high heaven and has taken more of 'muddy' colour, take some..say cupful or two into sprayer and dilute it with couple of litres of water...DONE and ready to use :icon_cheers: There is no rush to take the garlic out and if you keep the stuff in shed or something like that you can carry on using it as and when you need it..it doesn't go 'off' as such.
The dilution rate is not exact..you can make it stronger or weaker..I never measure as such...'little bit of this and some of that, I might just put extra bit for sake of it' :icon_cheers:
I have been given commercially made garlic 'stuff'...the only difference to it is that it is much thicker..it has some sort of 'emulsifying' stuff added to make it more 'sticky'. I think you might be able to do something similar with corn/potato flour and boiling water to make it more of thicker 'paste' and add some of that to spray solution. I haven't tried that as yet but it is something I've been thinking about trying...though I've never needed it before as normal spray solution works just fine too.
My quince have already had two dozes this year..I have filled up spray bottle next to the tree so I can give it little squeeze when it court my eye and I'm in mood of picking it up...
And little tip to share too.... check the wind direction when you are spraying, or you will have fungal disease free face.....'been there and done that'...and the 'eau de allium' doesn't smell nice on you neither... :glasses9:
Quote from: Silverleaf on March 30, 2014, 08:42:00
Fingers crossed for the nectarine!
Well that seemed to work! My little tree is growing fine, perhaps it was the garlic spray or just lucky? No sign of red iffy leaves so far :happy7:
Quote from: Jayb on June 27, 2014, 16:24:44
Quote from: Silverleaf on March 30, 2014, 08:42:00
Fingers crossed for the nectarine!
Well that seemed to work! My little tree is growing fine, perhaps it was the garlic spray or just lucky? No sign of red iffy leaves so far :happy7:
Ooo, so you used garlic spray then? It worked on my quince...and then I stopped spraying it because I didn't see any signs of the 'blight' desease...and now... :BangHead: It has shown its ugly 'face' again.. :BangHead:
AAAND..my nectarine that did over winter outside too....did get hit, and HARD with curl! I thought it was dead and gone...until other day I noticed that there is new growth emerging :icon_cheers:
SO...I'm back with making some more garlic spray...this time BIG sprayer full and it will STAY next to the trees, ready for action...or I forget it again... :BangHead:
Quotethe only difference to it is that it is much thicker..it has some sort of 'emulsifying' stuff added to make it more 'sticky
I was thinking the reverse of that GL would a drop of detergent not do the same thing as this process is often used to get other sprays to adhere better.
Just a thought!!!
Quote from: Tee Gee on June 27, 2014, 18:48:19
Quotethe only difference to it is that it is much thicker..it has some sort of 'emulsifying' stuff added to make it more 'sticky
I was thinking the reverse of that GL would a drop of detergent not do the same thing as this process is often used to get other sprays to adhere better.
Just a thought!!!
Oh yes...didn't think of that...and much easier option too! Well..I shall test it soon :icon_thumleft: