Time-lapse of a peach tree growing from a seed to a young plant. Peach pits were extracted from fresh store-bought fruits. The shells were carved off before the seeds were putting under ...

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: 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: 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: ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Peach leaf curl. Q: Last spring my peach tree leaves were red colored, wrinkled and distorted looking, and they turned yellow and ...

Peach leaf curl is a fungal condition that can be managed with fungicide. UC Master Gardeners Peach leaf curl and shot hole disease of peaches are common problems for the backyard gardener. Both are ...

Q: Hi Laura, I read your column every weekend and I find it very helpful. My peach tree leaves are getting weird red things on them, any advice? A: Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that usually ...

Question: I have a new ‘Early Grande’ peach which produced over eighty blossoms. I removed fifty of the fruit when they were small and harvested the rest when the fruit ripened. Now the leaves are ...

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, ...