Peach leaf curl

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I bought a bare root patio nectarine tree only this spring and already it is badly affected by peach leaf curl. About a month ago I removed the blistered leaves, but now any new shoots are badly affected being crumpled distorted and coloured very light green. What should I do now? Advice greatly appreciated.

[nickdub]

I bought a bare root patio nectarine tree only this spring and already it is badly affected by peach leaf curl. About a month ago I removed the blistered leaves, but now any new shoots are badly affected being crumpled distorted and coloured very light green. What should I do now? Advice greatly appreciated.

Feed it with a seaweed spray as a foliar supplement - pick off the infected leaves again, and put it somewhere it won't get rained on if possible eg under the cover of the house eaves.

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Thanks Nickdub. To pick off the infected leaves again will mean picking off some new shoots as well which are a mass of crumpled distorted lime green leaves - but that I will do. It’s only a few feet high and in a pot so I can avoid rain on it quite easily - I assume don’t let any leaves get wet when watering as well? I’m pleasantly surprised it may recover without chemicals. Thanks again.

[nickdub]

You're very welcome - if the new shoots are really tangled and you're unable to just get at the diseased leaves then by all means leave them to grow a bit bigger first, so you can see what you're up to - a small pair of scissors might be handy just to get at the leaf stalks you want to cut off.

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Within half an hour I had done what you said. I just cut off completely a couple of new shoot tips and removed any blistered leaves. I co incidentally had collected seaweed three days ago and it was steeping in an old black bin. Took some of that, strained it - put it in an old spray bottle and sprayed all the remaining leaves on the tree. I think I am correct in saying i should continue to give a seaweed foliar feed every fortnight and immediately remove any subsequent leaf which develops a blister through the summer. Thanks again.

[Dobdave]

I bought a nectarine tree online, and when it arrived it was badly affected with leaf curl.
I read up on this forum, and removed the badly disfigured leaves, and sprayed the rest with oregano oil mixed with water and washing up liquid.

I was amazed at how well it worked, within a couple of weeks the tree was fine and growing well. I also have a peach tree growing outside that wasn't showing any symptoms yet, but I sprayed that as well and so far it's doing well.

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I’ll try that as well - thx Bobdave.