Does it seem like a particularly bad year for leaf spot for anyone else in the north east? I have two varieties of peach and one nectarine but I am new to them. My majestic peach has a pretty bad infection so I am wondering if it is a bad year or is this variety just very susceptible.
Wow, your 7a zone is way ahead of mine. Just finished my last petal drop on apples today. Pears and peaches great. No leaf spot on peaches!
Good luck, hopefully it is just this tree.
Can you post more pics esp. close up?
Have you sprayed copper or oxytetracycline after petal fall? I am close to you, and I got spotting in 2016 and 2017 when I did not spray, last year and this year I sprayed copper prophylactically when conditions seemed favorable (like this week!)…
Here are some closer pictures. And I did not use any copper based spray. I have been using Bonide Fruit Tree Guard. I have had no significant insect damage or fungus issues thus far and only the bacterial spot on the one tree so overall it seems to be working pretty well. CAR, PC, and June bugs are usually my biggest issues.
That’s not much of bacteria spots. I’d think that our very prolonged wet weather is the cause more than anything else.
I hope so. I have no reference point to gauge bad vs mild spot so the outside opinions are appreciated.
The yellowing of leaves indicates another issue than bacterial leaf spot, which looks fairly mild on that Majestic Peach.