Growing fruit trees comes with many perils. As well as the unpredictable weather, there is always the risk of pests nibbling your fruit and diseases that can harm trees and wreck harvests.

As we transition from winter to spring, a few peach growers have inquired about protecting their peach trees from a disease they experienced last year – peach leaf curl. Peach leaf curl has been ...

Protecting your peach tree in winter ensures healthy growth and a strong fruit harvest when the warm weather returns. Wrap trunks and crowns with breathable materials, apply thick mulch, and water ...

Q: I am writing to see if you have information about peach tree blight. I have two peach trees in Green Valley and both have been affected by a blight that causes the peaches to shrink in size and ...

Growing a peach tree of your own can be considered among the most rewarding projects in gardening. Given a proper type of ...

In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade peach, cytospora canker is one of the most economically consequential fungal diseases faced by growers. A recent survey conducted by Colorado State ...