All my little peaches fell off the trees

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tvagardener Killen, AL Jun 10, 2010

Hi, I planted 2 Belle of Georgia peach trees last spring in my Zone 7 (North Alabama) garden. They grew fast & had lots of blossoms this year followed by a lot of little peaches, but then they all fell off. I Googled it & read about June drop where the trees will naturally thin themselves but that doesn't sound like what happened to mine because ALL of them fell off.

I'm so disappointed! I did notice that some of the leaves were sort of reddish looking & a little crinkley and curled. Guessing now that maybe I should have sprayed them with something?

Any info appreciated!

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tvagardener Killen, AL Jun 12, 2010

Bump.

Anybody?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jun 12, 2010

Can you post a picture of the leaves? It could be peach leaf curl. Unfortunately it's one of those fungal diseases that you can't do much about once symptoms show up--you need to treat preventatively for it before the leaves emerge in the spring. The good news is it shouldn't kill your tree--just make sure you apply fungicide at the proper time in the fall and/or spring to prevent it from coming back next year.
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/disease_descriptions/omplfcrl.html
http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/factsheets/leaf_curl_sheet.htm
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7426.html

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