Peach Tree Disease

loony gardner · May 2015

Hi everyone, my patio peach tree was good and fine and produced spectacular pink flowers in march. But for the last few weeks, the flowers dried up and the leaves curled up and withered. Today I saw white powdery residue on the curled up and ruined leaves. I sprayed it with bug killer last week but it didn't help. Can anyone tell what it could be?

loony gardner · May 2015

Thanks a lot Mike. At least now I know what's going on. I've seen some new leaves starting to sprout. Does that mean my tree will live? Also, is it contagious? There's a cherry tree next to this tree. Should I spray it as well? Thank you once again

Dovefromabove · May 2015

Plants are usually susceptible to powdery mildew when they are under stress from being too dry at the roots. Is its pot big enough? Has it been regularly watered?

If you are using a fungicide make sure that it is suitable for use on edible plants.

loony gardner · May 2015

Thanks Dove, I planted it out in the garden. I tried posting pictures but couldn't

Dovefromabove · May 2015

Ok, that's better than a pot - but we did have a very dry spell in April (at least we did here) so maybe it was dry at the roots?

loony gardner · May 2015

I think it very probably was; I was away for 6 weeks from March to the end of April

Dovefromabove · May 2015

Aha! That was it - it was unusually dry. I don't think any permanent harm will have been done but if it's having to grow a second new set of leaves this spring I wouldn't let it produce any fruit if I were you - that would be quite a bit of stress for a young plant, so if it develops any little ones I'd pick them off.

loony gardner · May 2015

Ok I will do. Its ok if I don't have any fruit this year, I just want the tree to survive. There'll be plenty of time for fruits in the future, right?

Thank you once again, Dove!

Peach Tree Disease

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