
Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Peaches
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What is this gooey glue that is on the branches? It is also on the peaches if you don't pick the peaches early enough. What is it's purpose? Please advise.
Sorry to say, Denyse, your peach tree is diseased. I had the same problem with three trees and eventually destroyed them. Consult a local greenhouse or nursery and they can tell you how bad it is and how you might save the tree. It’s tragic, but it’s common. Disease-resistant varieties are recommended.
What exactly is this disease?
I grew a peach tree--plant still at this point--from a seed. It is now about a foot high and when I moved it inside for the winter (I live on Long Island in NY) the leaves are all falling off. The stems are still green and the leaves that are falling off are also green. Is this normal? Is the plant/tree finally big enough to exhibit a big tree's cycle or is there something I need to do? It seems like you are the people to ask! Help!
If the leaf drop starts with the older leaves which first yellow, that means lack of watering.
Otherwise, it might just be the transition to the indoors and the plant will recover. Also, leaf drop is very normal when a fruit tree goes into dormancy. The leaves will begin to regrow in spring when the temperatures start to rise.
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