leaves under fruit trees
Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to
decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. |
leaves under fruit trees
On Mar 22, 1:59 pm, "esti" wrote:
Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. Clean them up and compost them as they provide a source of innoculum for diseases especially fungal , remove any mummied fruit as well. |
leaves under fruit trees
esti wrote:
Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. Not only do I leave them, but I also include leaves from my ash tree throughout my garden in back. In front, most of the leaves are from my oak, liquidambar, and zelkova. In my climate -- which includes hot, dry summers -- the mulch is valuable for keeping the soil cool and moist without wasting water. This winter, we had record-breaking cold. To a large extent, it was the leaf mulch that kept my ground cover alive through the freeze. Of the trees you list, I have only peach in the ground. Through the leaf mulch, I have primroses and grape hyacenth growing under the peach. My dwarf orange is in a large pot, with a soil level too close to the top to hold a leaf mulch. Instead, I use white crushed rocks. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
leaves under fruit trees
It depends if the leaves indicate some problem, like fungus or some other
disease. If that is the case, I would not add these leaves to the compost pile, but dispose of them. If the leaves and the tree are healthy, no problem. Sherwin D. esti wrote: Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. |
leaves under fruit trees
g'day esti,
yeh leave 'em there that's what nature does, i'd go a step further and when the leaves have stopped falling i'd mulch over the top of them with mulch hay or the like. keep the nutrient cycle going. On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
leaves under fruit trees
Many suggestions. However, muclh instructions can be found he
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman/sub3.html Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. "esti" wrote in message ups.com... Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. |
leaves under fruit trees
You can remove them if you desire, however proper mulching would be goo.
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman/sub3.html -- Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. "esti" wrote in message ups.com... Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. |
leaves under fruit trees
When you say "nutrient Cycle" are you referring to essential elements or
carbohydrate based substances? Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Arborist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. "len garden" wrote in message ... g'day esti, yeh leave 'em there that's what nature does, i'd go a step further and when the leaves have stopped falling i'd mulch over the top of them with mulch hay or the like. keep the nutrient cycle going. On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
leaves under fruit trees
Probably better to gather them up and put them in a mulch pile for at least one
season of curing. Otherwise, these leaves can leach nitrogen out of the soil as they break down. It's also less messy. Sherwin D. len garden wrote: g'day esti, yeh leave 'em there that's what nature does, i'd go a step further and when the leaves have stopped falling i'd mulch over the top of them with mulch hay or the like. keep the nutrient cycle going. On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
leaves under fruit trees
On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote:
Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. My peach tree 'Dixieland' had brow rot last season. I didn't get one edible peach, where the year before I have 15 bushels from one tree. The practices of hygiene play a large part in fruit trees, unlike some information I see here. I make sure the foliage is raked up, along with the mushy peaches and I restore the mulch with a new layer of freshly shredded wood. Well, not fresh as in newly shredded. But that's my practice.k This year there are no bees to speak of. It's always something. |
leaves under fruit trees
Jangchub wrote:
On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote: Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. My peach tree 'Dixieland' had brow rot last season. I didn't get one edible peach, where the year before I have 15 bushels from one tree. The practices of hygiene play a large part in fruit trees, unlike some information I see here. I make sure the foliage is raked up, along with the mushy peaches and I restore the mulch with a new layer of freshly shredded wood. Well, not fresh as in newly shredded. But that's my practice.k This year there are no bees to speak of. It's always something. I find that, no matter what else I do, I will still get both leaf curl and brown rot unless I use a dormant spray on my peach tree. I use a mixture of dormant oil and copper sulfate, spraying once right after pruning and once again as the flower buds start to show color (just before they open). -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
leaves under fruit trees
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:24:39 -0800, "David E. Ross"
wrote: I find that, no matter what else I do, I will still get both leaf curl and brown rot unless I use a dormant spray on my peach tree. I use a mixture of dormant oil and copper sulfate, spraying once right after pruning and once again as the flower buds start to show color (just before they open). If I don't get enough fruit this year I will spray next year. I was tempted this year at pink bud stage, but decided against it. |
leaves under fruit trees
Many references tell me not to mix dormant oil with any sulfur compounds. They
recommend a 30 day interval after doing the dormant oil. Sherwin D. "David E. Ross" wrote: Jangchub wrote: On 22 Mar 2007 10:59:21 -0700, "esti" wrote: Is it better to remove leaves from under fruit trees or leave them to decay and serve as mulch? Trees in question are avocado, fig, orange, plum, peach, and apricot. My peach tree 'Dixieland' had brow rot last season. I didn't get one edible peach, where the year before I have 15 bushels from one tree. The practices of hygiene play a large part in fruit trees, unlike some information I see here. I make sure the foliage is raked up, along with the mushy peaches and I restore the mulch with a new layer of freshly shredded wood. Well, not fresh as in newly shredded. But that's my practice.k This year there are no bees to speak of. It's always something. I find that, no matter what else I do, I will still get both leaf curl and brown rot unless I use a dormant spray on my peach tree. I use a mixture of dormant oil and copper sulfate, spraying once right after pruning and once again as the flower buds start to show color (just before they open). -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
leaves under fruit trees
sherwindu wrote:
Many references tell me not to mix dormant oil with any sulfur compounds. They recommend a 30 day interval after doing the dormant oil. I find that, no matter what else I do, I will still get both leaf curl and brown rot unless I use a dormant spray on my peach tree. I use a mixture of dormant oil and copper sulfate, spraying once right after pruning and once again as the flower buds start to show color (just before they open). Actually, I use a commercial dormant spray that already has the oil and copper sulfate combined. I understand that this mixture is not available any more, but I have seen it in separate bottles -- oil in one and copper sulfate in the other -- packaged together with instructions on how to mix them. Copper sulfate is a fungicide that is usually classed as a copper compound, not as a sulfur compound. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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