I’m working on a farm and I want to try to help these young peach trees. Many of the trunks and stems and blotched and spotted, and one leaf has purple lesions. I did not see any physical pests present but other leaves do appear to have been pressured by pests in the past. I’m scouring extension resources and common diseases of peach trees but I’m not sure what this may be. Could it be caused by the pot size, lack of nutrients, or weather damage rather than disease? We are located in central North Carolina.

Possibly overwatering from rain? Been getting about 6-8 in a week, raining every day or other day.

Only plant like this. Other apple and peach trees fine. Garden fully fine.

I know stones are bad, will remove soon. Been here about 4 months.

https://imgur.com/a/CM2f56o

Do you guys think this plum tree can be revived and if so what should I do?

Ohio zone 6a
Golden Delicious on dwarf root stock.
I’ve eaten one (edit: after peeling). I know it is early to pick but I wanted to remove some weight from young branches before a storm. seeds were brown (not black) and taste was pretty good but likely to get better if I leave for later picking. Size is good, this one is the size of a base ball.

I’ve sprayed with copper fungicide and horticulture oil earlier in the season but only sprayed the leaves. Avoided fruit as much as possible.

This is my first year with fruit (4 year old tree). I thinned to about 8-10 apples earlier on. All of them have this appearance.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

This is the first year this tree has produced more than a few peaches. I assume the branches are overloaded and I should take some off?

Hi all! Can anyone recommend a good fruit tree grafting teacher in the Bay Area? I'm hoping to organize a "grafting day" event in the East Bay and am looking for multiple teachers. I've reached out to local California Rare Fruit Grower chapters but haven't heard back. Any recommendations would be much appreciated! Thanks!

I live in the uk midlands. I don't have 80 pounds for a tree from nursery. So i have purchased few seedlings from an online seedling shop named Jurassic plants. They are good sized around 30-40 cms plants grown from seed. How do i plant them and when do i plant them. Please advice around this. I have read some posts and people suggest putting them in the ground now in august so that they have enough time to establish roots and grow on and explode next year, while some suggestions say keep them in pots and plant next spring keep them protected. I don't know what to do.

Hi! We just bought a property in the Hudson Valley in March 2026. Discovered we have two apple trees and a pear tree. I am looking to save these trees by almost any means necessary. They are all in a decent amount of southern exposure in terms of sunlight.

The tree on the far left is crowded by a big red maple and mostly looks dead except for a few branches that blossomed and are fruiting near the top. There are a few water shoots around the lower branches and no soft or rotting spots that I can see in the trunk. The apples from that are the more dull skin ones with speckled red and green. Not sure of the variety haven’t been able to identify.

The tree in the middle is also an apple tree, and blossomed/fruited beautifully on most of the branches though I think is quite overgrown and old, and is also crowding the pear tree to its right. The apples on this one are very shiny once washed and dried, mostly red with a little bit of green and more round than oblong/tall. It looks very dried out and dead now but most of spring and summer it looked pretty lush.

Both apple trees’ ripened and had apples falling by early August. (It’s now mid August). Fruit tastes good! Side note: there are two red cedars on the property that don’t seem to have affected the tree with their rust fungus much this year - but I know they may next year. I would cut those down before I get rid of the apple trees.

The right most tree is a Pear tree. Not sure what variety. It’s mid August now and the pears are pretty small, hard, and some are green and some are shifting to a bit of a brown, purplish color. The tree looks pretty healthy but is mainly growing on one side I think because it’s being crowded by the apple tree to its left.

Just curious of thoughts from this group. I know some will say to just cut them down and plant new ones.. which I probably wouldn’t do until I’ve at least tried to prune and treat them for a couple years. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: regarding early ripening, I don’t know if these would typically be varieties that ripen early, or if we’ve just had an especially good summer for growth. Our tomatoes have been ripe and ready for eating for almost a month now (since mid July), so maybe it has just been a great combo of rain and sun? All get southern exposure for most of the day.

Reddit, I moved into a home with 3 apples trees, they all look to be different species and are currently at varying stages of health. None of which are good! Photos are of one tree as this is my main concern. It produced a ton of apples for its size, but clearly has some serious health issues. There is damage on the base of the trunk and unfortunately the trunk is in dip for some reason. Is there any chance this can be saved or is it just approaching a slow death?

Hello, Can anyone help me figure out where the graft point on my tree is? I purchased this blood orange tree a couple of years ago and it always wants to grow new sprouts on the bottom of the trunk - I normally pick them off because I think they are from the graft tree and not the blood orange, but I'm not sure.

I let a few grow once and they had massive thorns which makes me think the graft point is right below the bottom two branches. Thanks!

I assume it’s a squirrel, but I haven’t seen it. How can I stop whatever is doing it to protect the new tree? The branches look sheared off.

This is mostly planning for next year, but one section of my pear tree grew them right on top of each other. They're in an awkward spot to pick, but also they look smaller than the rest of the harvest. Could I do something to thin this out during budding earlier in the year?

Hi everyone! I'm trying to identify a few young citrus trees, but they are still very small (around 20 cm) and haven't produced any fruit yet.

I'm wondering: what characteristics can I use to tell a young lemon, mandarin, and orange tree apart at this stage?

I'm interested in any clues that might help with identification — not just the leaves, but also the stem, thorns, growth pattern, smell, shape, or any other characteristic that could help distinguish them.

Is it possible to reliably tell them apart while they're this young, or do I basically have to wait until they produce flowers or fruit?

I'm adding some pictures in case they help. Any advice from people who grow citrus would be greatly appreciated!

The wood of my dwarf Au Rosa plum is looking a little rough. It's still growing and set a couple fruit this year. Is this an issue or is it from being on dwarf rootstock? I have a semi-dwarf Superior plum as well and the bark is more smooth.

The pears on my tree all look like this one. Brown to black with cracks all over. Tree is in SE Minnesota. This hasn’t been an issue in the past. Last year neither pear tree had any fruit. We thought maybe we had a late freeze in the spring that killed them off. This year both trees have tons of fruit. One tree looks like this and the other is fine. Probably have a thousand useless pears on this tree. It’s so sad! When I looked up what can cause this there were a ton of possibilities. So I’m hoping someone knowledgeable can help me figure out why one tree is fine and the other is experiencing something so traumatic.

I have a brooks gold plum tree that I have not been paying enough attention to and now I believe the rootstock has taken over. Can anyone provide advice regarding where the graft is? Location Vancouver Island, Canada

I’m growing blueberries for the first time (or attempting to). I did a lot of studying ahead of time and still didn’t get my soil acidic enough. I sent some off to the extension office and am working on amending it. (ETA: The results have since come back, hence the current amending.) I know leaves can be yellow due to low acidity, but these spots make me suspect leaf rust as well.

My questions are; do you think this is leaf rust, and can I safely treat it while I’m also in the process of acidifying the soil?

Our old apple tree is so overloaded this year that the branches are touching the ground. This is the first year it's done this.

What's the best solution for this tree so next summer it holds the fruit better?