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I usually fertilize it 3 or so times a year with 10-10-10 Diamond as well.

I am on city water but it usually gets irrigation water and rain water.

My peach tree has leaf spot really bad. I have tried spraying organic copper on it which seems to work for a couple days but then it just comes right back. I have also heard that copper should not be used on peach trees..which I just learned.

So my question is what do you guys recommend for leaf spot on a peach tree. Organic options would be awesome.

yes it is sandy soil. I dont have any extra in my yard I could use from somewhere though..

Thank you guys, I will try to make a plan today of what I am going to do and then do so tomorrow. Either cut it back, or mound it. I just dont have any mulch at the moment to mound it so would need to get some.

I would much rather it not get enough water than too much. Because I can do something about the too little water issue.

I am really surprised this even happened, they must be really sensitive because my yard drains very well and there is never any sitting water, even during the flooding we had last year. none of my other trees have any issues...Guess if I cant save this one then Ill buy another and mound it.

**Another question. Is it okay to plant a new tree in this same spot as long as I mound it? or would the fungus in the soil from the root rot kill the new tree?

Below are a couple pics of my avocado tree. I have had it for only a few months and it was doing great, even flowered and was holding a bunch of avocados. Until the rain started coming almost every day. All of the fruit eventually dropped off. From my research the leaves will wilt if it is getting too much or not enough water. I would assume it would be getting too much because it has been raining almost everyday. I had mulch around the tree but since I thought it was too much water I removed the mulch in hopes of it not holding as much water.

Does this look like too much water to you guys? If so what can I do about it?

Quote from: chad6159 on March 17, 2018, 04:41:03 PM

Yeah I thought it could be anthracnose and that is why I have started spraying neem oil. Does anyone else know a good treatment for it?

I really want to trim this tree back since it has a few dead branches and it is not full. So I don't want to really treat it and then just prune it back far. That seems like a waste of time treating it to me. But what do I know?

Would it be okay to prune it and how far back should I prune it?

This post should really be in the mango disease thread.  I see bacterial black spot on the leaves and possibly powdery mildew on the panicles.  Anthracnose is a fungus and a more effective treatment should include a fungicide like copper.

yeah there is some powdery mildew stuff on the panicles. I did not see the mango disease thread until after I posted this one..sorry about that.

What will get rid of the mildew stuff?

Ill start out by saying I am new here and this is my first post!

One of my mango trees always flowers like crazy but once the flowers are on there for a while they all turn brown pretty fast (in a day or so) and I never get any mangos. Recently I have been noticing a lot of black spots on the leaves and also big patches of black. Along with just a lot of pieces of leaves missing. Any idea what this is or what is causing all of my flowers to die every year. I have been in this house for 3 years and I have never gotten mangos from this tree. I do have another mango tree on the other side of my yard that has always given me mangos.

The first two years this happened I thought it was because on the other side of my fence there are a bunch of pine trees and I thought that was making the soil to dry. But I am new to this so I am probably wrong. I have been spraying neem oil on it the past few weeks also, but does not seem to be helping as of yet.

The tree is really patchy and I was thinking about pruning it WAY back anyway. Is that a good idea or no? If this is a fungus/disease will pruning it back just to the branches and trunk get rid of it?

Also, does anyone know what is going on with the trunk? is the tree dying? I have never seen a tree trunk with this going on before.