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So my neighbor planted a bunch of fruit trees in our back yard. They all have peach leaf curl!! REALLY BAD!!
I was told that there is nothing I can do this time of year and that I need to spray when they are dorment this winter. I am wondering if the fruit will still be good to eat this year and if the peach leaf curl will affect my other plants. (clematis, tomatoes, corkscrew vine, strawberries and alot of other flowers!) HELP!!!! :O
 
Posts: 0 | Registered: March 22, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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The peach leaf curl won't affect your vegetables. I may infect other pit fruit trees though....

I once lived where my peaches got it severely every year, even with spraying twice in the winter... the fruit still was delicious, although the leaves got pretty gnarly by mid summer....

you can't spray for it now because the substance used is NOT good for leaves. As soon as the tree loses it's leaves in the fall (or they are almost all off), you can start the spraying, and then you need to spray once each month, for 3 applications...

lime/sulphur spray is the stuff to use. be sure to rake up ALL fallen leaves and remove all leftover fruit to help reduce the problems next year.
 
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