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Peach, Plum and Apple Trees Wilting and Dying
mikePsFPdIdL
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in Fruit & veg
I have an issue that is effecting Peach, Plum and Apple Trees. It will start with one limb dying off. The leaves will wilt and die within a week, then another limb and some times multiple limbs. I have been cutting the tree and burning. The root is not effected and starts to sprout a new tree. The photo shown is a plum tree that just started wilting a couple weeks ago. I have cut the infected limbs and now more limbs are infected. Not sure if anyone has seen this and is there a treatment.
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what’s the care regime?
whats the soil like?
which way do they face?
what else is growing in the vicinity?
How long has this been happening?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What’s the care regime?
Water once a week with drip system, Spray with Bonide Fruit Tree Spray in the spring
What's the soil like?
Sandy
which way do they face?
On North side of house, fence is to the north of tree
what else is growing in the vicinity?
Rock beds, there are 100 + various fruit trees in the area, butterfly bush, rose bush
How long has this been happening?
Just started last year with the first tree, it was a pear tree 70' away from the next tree that was infected.
I spoke with local extension office and they said it was due to the cold snap... I don't think that is a correct statement because the die off throughout the year.
I had an apple tree in the spring that flowered and leafed but started to die off so I mixed up a batch of fertilizer and minerals and seemed to stop the dying but after a month continued and died off. It is coming back from root now.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We are located in Loveland, Colorado USA.
Weather in Colorado is somewhat predictable, we do have artic blast occasionally in the spring where it warms up and the tree starts to bud and when get a freezing cold snap, usually right before mothers day. I have lost multiple trees in the past to a spring freeze, but the tree just doesn't seem the same as a cold snap.
Yes, some of the trees are grafted and come back as different varieties. I have two peach that are coming back as plum...
The stones make it hard to see what your soil is like but I suspect a once weekly water with a drip system is inadequate, especially for newer trees which need good deep soaks to help them get their roots down. Superficial watering encourages roots to stay up near the surface where they are more susceptible to cold snaps and heat and less able to find the moisture and nutrients they need to grow well and stay healthy.