There isn't a single leaf on my peach tree and there hasn't been for a year. I didn't toss it because it was still green when I scraped its trunk. It is 8 feet tall and the trunk is about 3-4 inches around. This year flowers are sprouting here and there but still no leaves.
Is this normal? Is this something that will work itself out?
A lack of water in the early spring or after a transplant can prevent a new peach tree from producing leaves. Water is essential for the health of a peach tree, and trees without enough of it lack the energy to produce leaves.
Bacterial and fungal infections like anthracnose, also called root rot, damage a tree from the inside out. As the tree weakens, it is less able to produce leaves, which weakens it further. Bacterial and fungal infections can kill new peach trees.
Producing flowers shows it is not dead, but why no leaves? is a good question.
I would keep it properly watered, lightly fertilized and hope. Keep a really sharp eye on it. Perhaps it starts to produce leaves then something eats them so fast you think it is not even producing them.
My Necturine tree finally had fruit on it this spring with lots of leaves. I had fertilized it with Ammonium Sulfate, so I figured thats why it was doing so good. This is the first time it had fruit. So, I started watering it some, & all the leaves & stems died, along with the fruit. What do you think happened. I had put dried leaves around it for mulch also. I thought I was taking good care of it. I had thought this was a peach tree & it surprised me being a Necturine.
I am not sure why it died, but fruit trees seem to have a lot of diseases that ornamental plants seem to avoid.
Or... maybe it got pretty hot, and even though you were watering it some, it was not enough?
Ammonium sulfate is a 'hot' fertilizer. It will release a lot of nitrogen, very fast, and can burn the roots. This could have killed the young tree. Maybe the 'some' water was just enough to wash too much fertilizer into the root zone?
When it is applied at the correct amount, and in a way that will not burn the roots, the nitrogen encourages leaf growth, not so much flowers or fruit.
I once had an Apple Tree that lost all its leaves & just sat there for about 3 years. I wanted to pull it out, but just kept thinking that it might not be dead. Well, after about 4 years later, it started sending out leaves. I think I had given it some fertizer & water. I guess it was waiting all this time for the fertizer.
Need some help with my peach trees they partially have leaves on them but not on the whole entire tree some of the branches have black tips on them and not sure how to help it What would you recommend to help my tree out?
