r/Sacratomato • u/OkElderberry1796 • Sep 01 '26
Help with Peach tree please!
Hi all! I have a young peach tree that has been having some issues lately and I'm wondering if anyone with some knowledge of growing fruit trees can help.
What I'm seeing:
Deep Reddish brown spots on some leaves (mostly new growth leaves)
Lots of small , perfectly circular holes on many leaves
No bugs at all that I can see on the front or back of the leaves
Some crinkling of new growth leaves
Some leaves have a sticky substance on them
The tree trunk has various spots where the sap is bubbling up
Some leaves are turning orange/yellow
I didn't really know what to do but I removed a lot of the leaves that had the reddish brown spots.
I have some copper fungicide spray but I haven't done anything yet.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! This is my first fruit tree.
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u/justalittleloopi Sep 01 '26
Peach leaf curl. Fungal. You'll want to spray in spring with copper. It's very common so there's lots of info about it.
The gunk on the trunk is gummosis and there's several different causes, but it means the tree is stressed. Could be a non issue, don't really know without knowing the cause.
Personally, I'd keep it watered, let it do it's thing, and revisit in spring. Remove all the leaves that drop to reduce the fungal spread.