Gardening and Horticulture - Help! Sick Peach Tree.
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tobor8man
08-31-09, 02:45 PM
I have a peach tree which has orange, sticky globules oozing out of the bark.
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/tobor8man/misc/peach1.jpg
Yielded almost no peaches this year and has few leaves. What is the disease and how do you treat it? Thanks.
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll294/tobor8man/misc/peach1.jpg
Yielded almost no peaches this year and has few leaves. What is the disease and how do you treat it? Thanks.
gardener321
08-31-09, 09:03 PM
As a home gardener, I have been growing peaches for many years.
From your photo, I do not think this is a disease, but rather an infested case of peach tree borers.
I live in upstate South Carolina. My trees have suffered and been weakened a lot by two years of drought.
These borers attack my trees as well. Beginning early in the spring, I keep the trunks sprayed from the ground level for a height of about 42" up the trunk with Malthion 50.
In spite of the drought and the loss of a few of the major limbs, I did manage to have a fairly successful crop this year.
I suggest that you contact your county agriculture agent. Tom
From your photo, I do not think this is a disease, but rather an infested case of peach tree borers.
I live in upstate South Carolina. My trees have suffered and been weakened a lot by two years of drought.
These borers attack my trees as well. Beginning early in the spring, I keep the trunks sprayed from the ground level for a height of about 42" up the trunk with Malthion 50.
In spite of the drought and the loss of a few of the major limbs, I did manage to have a fairly successful crop this year.
I suggest that you contact your county agriculture agent. Tom