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Can someone help please.
About 4 years ago I planted a plum tree in the garden it is now about 10'
and seems to be growing really well. but every year it seems to suffer with what I have been told is leaf curl. This mainly affects the new leaves attached to all the new growth. it is really bad and seems to send the affected leafs brown and kills them if left. if I un-role the leaf their seems to me some small green aphid bugs inside the curled up leaf (a little bit like green fly) but they are different. Are the bugs what are causing the leaf curl? if so can it be cured and if so how should I ensue it does not come back next year. last year I removed all the leaves and cut it right back and this year it is as bad as ever. Thanks in advance or help, I am not a gardener or green fingered so please keep it simple Regards Richard -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://www.giantcompany.com |
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Can someone help please.
I get leaf curl on my apples when the leaves are growing, though it's not
too bad this year. My experience is that it is aphids sucking the sap out of the growing leaves. You can buy stuff to kill aphids, but spraying them with soapy water seems to work too ( I believe it lowers the surface tension on their breathing spiracles and they suffocate or something ). The problem is getting the spray onto them as they tend to be well sheltered by the leaf. Andy "Rick" wrote in message ... About 4 years ago I planted a plum tree in the garden it is now about 10' and seems to be growing really well. but every year it seems to suffer with what I have been told is leaf curl. This mainly affects the new leaves attached to all the new growth. it is really bad and seems to send the affected leafs brown and kills them if left. if I un-role the leaf their seems to me some small green aphid bugs inside the curled up leaf (a little bit like green fly) but they are different. Are the bugs what are causing the leaf curl? if so can it be cured and if so how should I ensue it does not come back next year. last year I removed all the leaves and cut it right back and this year it is as bad as ever. Thanks in advance or help, I am not a gardener or green fingered so please keep it simple Regards Richard -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://www.giantcompany.com |
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Can someone help please.
Sounds like Silver leaf to me and this is a contagious disease
The trees must be felled and burnt Plum trees suffer badly from this I have lost all 5 of mine "Rick" wrote in message ... About 4 years ago I planted a plum tree in the garden it is now about 10' and seems to be growing really well. but every year it seems to suffer with what I have been told is leaf curl. This mainly affects the new leaves attached to all the new growth. it is really bad and seems to send the affected leafs brown and kills them if left. if I un-role the leaf their seems to me some small green aphid bugs inside the curled up leaf (a little bit like green fly) but they are different. Are the bugs what are causing the leaf curl? if so can it be cured and if so how should I ensue it does not come back next year. last year I removed all the leaves and cut it right back and this year it is as bad as ever. Thanks in advance or help, I am not a gardener or green fingered so please keep it simple Regards Richard -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://www.giantcompany.com |
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Can someone help please.
"bnd777" wrote in message ... Sounds like Silver leaf to me and this is a contagious disease The trees must be felled and burnt Plum trees suffer badly from this I have lost all 5 of mine Brown curled leaves are NOT a symptom of silver leaf. [Strangely enough, silver leaves are one of the symptoms] See http://www.which.net/gardeningwhich/...mcherryd2.html |
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