Peach trees - need pest prevention advice
itsmce (zone 6b, Kansas)
6 years ago
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itsmce (zone 6b, Kansas)
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Peach Tree Pests Need Help
Comments (2)You probably have all kinds of insects in your yard/trees. have to know a little more info than just white eggs. most likely it was not a "pest" and you may have gone a little over board with the burn and spray. I would try going to your county extension office web site. They will probably have pictures of the pest bugs for you area. or call them and they can tell you. Then find some pictures so you can identify what bugs/eggs. Know what you are looking for or you could prune your tree to nothing trying to get rid of bugs that will not harm your trees....See Moreneed advice on Preventive Maintenance for Peach trees
Comments (8)In roasting places you paint trunks of transplants and young trees with 50/50 white latex and water to prevent sunburn, stress and delay in adjusting at best and borer invasion and/or death at worst. I did not do this when moving a large spiney bottle from a less sunny to most sunny location in my yard, instead wrapping it with burlap. The tree's trunk was immediately sunburned and promptly attracted a borer, I saw the ooze running out the worst sunburned spot on the base for some time. If you research it you'll learn borers are attracted to stressed trees. The spiney bottle was so large and vigorous it suffocated the borer years ago. I just rescued a Fuji from a paintless grower - it's about 2" at widest spot in graft, has several dead borer tunnels at graft and has lost about half of its vital wood on the sunny side of the graft. It has character and spunk! If this hasn't happened to your AZ peaches yet and you aren't moving them or removing shade on their trunks I wouldn't be worried about it. It is my understanding that in cold zones trunk painting prevents the tree from wakening from dormancy on a nice day which can result in damage to the tree when rotten weather returns....See MorePeach Tree Pests / Disease
Comments (1)At that resolution looks like spider mites. Very common from plants consumed at a bigbox. Also you'll want to use an appropriate fertilizer for the plant. Dan...See MoreNeed pruning advice for my peach tree
Comments (20)Note: I am the originator of this post and a self-taught gardener! From my understanding, it's a great thing to have an established v-shape already, so YAY on your pickens! I would start by pruning for the three D's - dead, damaged or diseased. Also, the smaller branches I would completely cut back 10-20'' from the ground. Also, be very cautious about when you prune in the spring. This past year, I pruned around my usual April 1st timeframe, and then we got hit with an untimely and detrimental frost that messed the entire growing season for so many plants. I'm in New Haven, Connecticut for reference. My peach tree got inflicted with a serious case of leaf curl and I thought it would die! I saved it by making a homemade anti-fungal solution of water and oregano oil. I also gave it one dowse of a water and beach solution as a Hail Mary since the harvest for the year was shot. All these leaves had turned brown and fell off. Then, the tree came back with a fury, more than I could've imagined, and made a full recovery sprouting new leaves everywhere. :) Next year when I prune, I will be dowsing the tree in my homemade oregano oil solution to hold back the spores that come with the spring season and could possibly reestablish a fresh case of leaf curl. It's good to do this as a preventive since they are so susceptible to the disease. I've read to remove and burn old leaves, but I haven't done this and am going to see how the solution helps alone. If it's helpful, I'm also going to try this method on my peonies that caught leaf blotch this year, too....See Moresonni1
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