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  • Peach Leaf Curl

    My young peach tree, now 3 ft tall in a pot, has been overwintered in the greenhouse and has now got green leaves expanding. It is too young for flowers this year. The problem I've got is that I really need its spot in the greenhouse for other plants, and googling peach leaf curl throws up conflicting advice. The RHS says it should be protected from rain until May , other sites say for the winter months, others say up to early spring (when's that?). I have to say I thought the problem time was over once the leaves started to expand, but after keeping it in all winter I don't want to evict it too soon.
    Has anyone got actual experience of when it is safe to bring the tree outside? It would be a bit difficult to protect it where it would need to stand.
    Last edited by BarleySugar; 15-03-2009, 05:06 PM.
    I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
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    Mine have been flowering for a few weeks now, i gave in and put them outside today, against a south facing wall to keep them warm, i decided to spray them against leaf curl and hope for the best.

    I just use copper fungicide and it seems to stop it i had no problems last year

    The decider for me was that i left the windows open yesterday and there were bees in the living room going to the flowers when i came back from the shops,
    There were bees round yesterday and today so i decided to stick them outside for the bees to polinate the flowers without scaring the dog in the house

    You can leave them outside all year round, put a few canes around the pot and in the winter put a clear plastic cover over the top held off the plant by the canes, just leave it open in good weather at the side to let the bees in, if it flowers
    Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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