Good morning all, I was wondering is there an organic dormancy spray I can use on my fruit trees that is successful with the Peach leaf curl problem? I was told by the grower to spray each fall (three times).
When I feel spring coming I have to plant or I’ll go crazy!
I really like the "fruit tree first aid kit" they sell at GardensAlive.com. It's all organic and works on any number of problems. I use their products on my berries too, with great success. I've met a woman who makes some of the products they sell, and it's really interesting how they use microbes they find in nature to combat pests. Worth checking out.
Leaf curl is a fungal problemo.Did I just type Fun Gal? Nothing fun about it! It lives inside the leaves.You ever heard the saying you got to nip it in the bud? Thats what you got to do here.You are going to have to spray before the new leaves make buds get swelled. If you got it bad you spray this fall after the leaves drop, (i heard tell of those who have bad yield cuz of the curls spraying in winter too, just know you spray anytime with leaves you are wasting time and money and efforts. I don't know the west coast when do they start popping? Like Feb or March? Are you organic certified? I check with my certifier before we ever apply anything. Lime sulfur would be my first choice to knock out fungus.2 others are bordeaux and copper.
Organic fruit tree spray in fall?
Posted - Sep 07 2005 : 10:44:54 AM
