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Can some kind soul look at these pics and offer their opinion as to what
is
wrong with my Peach trees, and what I can do about it? I planted them
winter
before last, and last year they grew great. This year they look pretty
bad,
and they are barely starting to grow:

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Peach leaf curl. this batch of leaves will fall off, and another
batch will come on later in the year.

Better story here than I can tell

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r602100311.html

Yeah, I see that. They say to spray in the fall or spring before it starts
to grow. Is there anything that I can do now, or is it too late?


Just clean up the leaves that fall now, destroy them. Somewhere in my
memory it seems like you can spray now, which will kill the leaves
that are out, but it's been many years and I can't find my books.

I found a copper based fungicide, but it says to not use once leafs start to
grow. I have some calcium polysulfide which can be used in a dilute form
once leafs bloom. sigh...guess I'll watch and see what happens.

Well, as far as making a sweeping generalization from a random sample, I
can tell you I had peach leaf curl (curly leaves anyway) last year on my
dwarf peach and, had a bumper crop. Go figure. Maybe I get an exemption
for living in the land of fruits and nuts. Given up on figuring-out who
is who though.

Another warm day in Sonoma County, 82 F. Butter flies all over the
verbenas.

- Bill
Cloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

- Bill
Cloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)