If the new leaves of your peach or nectarine tree become reddish, puckered and severely distorted, chances are that peach leaf curl is the culprit. This disease is caused by the fungus Taphrina ...

Q: After losing a prized peach tree to curl disease, I recently ordered a ‘Frost’ peach because I heard it is highly resistant to the disease. Are there other peach trees that are also resistant? A: ...

Q. Our peach tree had a bad case of peach leaf curl this year. The leaves have almost all fallen now, so we would like to get ahead of the problem. What is the treatment? A. Peach leaf curl is a ...

Q: I have a peach tree that is about 4 years old and it has been producing some really good peaches. Last year, it developed peach leaf curl in the spring. That summer, it didn’t produce much fruit, ...

Q. Something is wrong with my peach trees. Parts of the leaves are disfigured, with pinkish cupped areas. What is going on? A. I compiled information from Ohio State, West Virginia, Michigan State, ...

Q: My nectarine tree has red blisters all over its leaves, and many of the leaves are very deformed and twisted. Almost all the leaves on the tree have this problem. What is wrong with my tree? Will ...

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If you have peach or nectarine trees, winter is the time to spray them to prevent peach leaf curl. Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that attacks peaches and nectarines. It appears in spring, ...

If you have peach or nectarine trees, winter is the time to spray them to prevent peach leaf curl. Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that attacks peaches and nectarines. It appears in spring, ...