Peach Leaf Curl and How to Conquer It! - One Green World

January 3, 2020 OGW Growing Guides Peaches and Nectarines are some of the most delicious and desirable home grown fruits but unfortunately one of the more difficult ones to grow. Few tastes in the natural world can beat the flavor of a tree-ripened peach, the skin warm from the mid summer sun and the sugary sweet peach juice dripping down your chin! But if you’ve spent anytime growing peaches or nectarines then you’re surely familiar with the dreadedPeach Leaf Curl fungus!Taphrina deformansis a species of fungi that is commonly called Peach Leaf Curl for the way it distorts peach leaves and it is the bane of peach growers everywhere. One of the easiest diseases to spot,Peach Leaf Curl causes leaves to curl in on themselves and become blistered. The fungus causes the growing cells at the leaf margins to multiply quickly and randomly which results in the curled and distorted appearance. The fungus then wastes no time producing spores on the surface of the leaf that spread to other leaves...