Peach leaf curl
Taphrina deformans
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How to spot it
Peach leaf curl affects peach and nectarine as soon as they begin to bud. The young leaves become blistered and thickened, curl up, and turn yellow-red to purple. In cases of heavy infection, the tree drops its leaves, produces new growth weakened, and suffers a significant loss in yield. The infection occurs exclusively during the cool and wet budding phase.
Prevention
Protect your tree with a rain shelter or a plastic cover over the budding phase so that the buds stay dry. Treat preventatively starting from the bud swell stage with an approved copper or sulfur preparation, because nothing works once the leaves have emerged. Less susceptible varieties such as the ‚Benedicte’ or ‚Revita’ peach are the best choice for your home garden.
Affected plants
These plants in our database are especially susceptible.
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