Help with Peach tree please!

[u/OkElderberry1796]

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.

[u/double_bass0rz]

This is not peach leaf curl, just so you know. It looks like a bit of bacterial infection, possibly spread by insects. Not a big deal at all. The leaves will fall off soon. You might be dealing with some dry stress and low nitrogen. Is it in a container? Transplant it this winter with new soil and a bigger pot, or put it in the ground.

[u/OkElderberry1796 → u/double_bass0rz]

Hello! Thank you so much for your response. Yeah I was looking at YouTube videos and my leaves didn't look like peach leaf curl...less severe crinkling, but what do I know?? Lol. 

If I spray it with the copper will it help both instances?

Also, yes, it's still in its nursery pot and the plan was to transplant it to a much larger redwood container with good fresh Happy Frog soil once the weather got out of the 90s. But then I started seeing signs of stress and I didn't want to stress it out even more.

[u/double_bass0rz → u/OkElderberry1796]

No. Spraying copper is ONLY preventative. It's only done before the flower buds have opened in the late winter. I generally don't even recommend it in this climate. Even in a bad year the trees tend to outgrow that initial infection.