Leaf-curl resistant peach tree? Other peach tips?

[Briony]

Hello,

Does anyone have a peach tree that is resistant to peach leaf curl that they can recommend? I really want to try planting a peach tree a.s.a.p but I am worried about leaf curl and would not spray with dangerous chemicals. The spot is against a stone wall facing directly south with light, sandy soil so I think it will be in a good position.

I am worrying about leaf curl because the trees are more expensive so it's mroe of a mistake than just buying the wrong tomato etc. if it goes wrong!

Thanks.

[Guest]

After gurgling it seems Avalon Pride is the only resistant variety available Peach Tree 'Avalon Pride' : Pomona Fruits, Buy Fruit Trees, Soft Fruit Bushes, Apple Trees, Raspberry Canes, Grape Vines, Strawberry Plants No idea what it is like.

[veggiechicken]

Rigging up a cover to keep the rain off the leaves maybe be an option. http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...url_85220.html

[flynch]

You're best growing them under some sort of cover or very sheltered site. It's not just peach leaf curl but die back, winter injury and frost on early blooms. Mine bloomed in February and needed to be covered during the frosty days. I'd either recommend growing in a greenhouse or Polytunnel or a restricted form that can be easily covered such as a dwarf or a fan.

[BUFFS]

just like everyone else with peach trees,i find the important thing is to keep them out of winter rain, we have had ours for years, an Aldi Red Haven, that tastes lovely, but even with our climate ( we tell when summer arrives when the rain gets warmer), I have never seen peach leaf curl here, and now have apricots and several nectarines. build a cover for the foliage, attached to the wall so you can tie it back when it is not needed. Go for it, the taste difference with the aged shop fruit is really amazing, and you don't need to spend a fortune, most of mine are "aldi" and "range" stock, where I picked up the dwarf apricot for £6, that's not going to break anyones bank, just keep your eyes open for the fruit tree sales..

[scarey55]

I would agree with everyone who says plant in a place where it can be covered if necessary. Also, strange as it might seem, hang eggshells in a net from a couple of branches. I have done it for the past couple of years and, although the frost got the blossom last year before it could make any fruit, I didn't have any peach leaf curl.
I know it sounds weird but if you G@@gle it, there are quite a lot of people who swear by it.

[BUFFS]

I would agree with everyone who says plant in a place where it can be covered if necessary. Also, strange as it might seem, hang eggshells in a net from a couple of branches. I have done it for the past couple of years and, although the frost got the blossom last year before it could make any fruit, I didn't have any peach leaf curl.
I know it sounds weird but if you G@@gle it, there are quite a lot of people who swear by it.

Does that mean no shelling out?........

[Guest]

I would agree with everyone who says plant in a place where it can be covered if necessary. Also, strange as it might seem, hang eggshells in a net from a couple of branches. I have done it for the past couple of years and, although the frost got the blossom last year before it could make any fruit, I didn't have any peach leaf curl.
I know it sounds weird but if you G@@gle it, there are quite a lot of people who swear by it.

At what point do you hang them and for how long? (flowering stage till leaves are fully out/ Feb-May ish)

Just as a matter of interest I have found only leaf curl issues in gh1 this year. GH2 and outside with no cover are fine (at the moment)

[scarey55]

Does that mean no shelling out?........

Hahaha

At what point do you hang them and for how long? (flowering stage till leaves are fully out/ Feb-May ish)

Just as a matter of interest I have found only leaf curl issues in gh1 this year. GH2 and outside with no cover are fine (at the moment)

I am just about to hang mine out nowish. My tree has just started to flower but the leaves are yet to show. Because I am an untidy gardener, last year's egg shells are still there
I only hang 2 bags with 2 or 3 shells in each. I have no real scientific reason why this works but it does seem to.

[starloc]

Egg shells worked on one of my trees...but for a couple of years i have had no leaf curl unlike all the neighbouring trees as i now tend to use a spray of a few ml in a litre of water ( and a drop of dishwash liquid ) of oregano oil , it works! even on effected trees it makes the fruit stay fine and effected bits on leaves go black and stop spreading. Oregano and thyme oils both work the active ingredient is called carvacrol

[Briony]

Thanks everyone, your insights have been really helpful, especially because it's an expensive tree to buy.

I was wanting to have a fan-trained peach tree as a kind of focal point, in the middle of the stone wall which is at the end of the garden, so partly to look nice as well as to grow nice peaches. But if it needs covering etc. it won't really fit the bill, a tarpaulin isn't going to be the look I was going for! As it's the top of the gaden and the garden is long and narrow, it really draws the eye.

I might look at another kind of trained fruit tree. Thanks everyone.

[TrixC]

My dwarf patio peach has got terrible leaf curl, and the leaves are only just coming out. Should I pick the affected leaves off? If I cover it next winter will that stop the disease or is it all over now it's got it?

I've heard that despite the claims Avalon Pride is not actually resistant to leaf curl.