The peach is a delicacy fruit, but first you need to work hard to get a good harvest. Peach diseases and pests keep the gardener in suspense throughout the growing season. Peaches grown far from their native countries with a warm climate are prone to many diseases. Let's talk about the most common tree ailments and about protection measures.

What diseases affect peach

All fruit crops are affected by one complex of diseases, but each species is predisposed to some of them. And just like the plum with moniliosis, the peach is affected by curliness, more often than other diseases.

Other expected peach diseases:

• fruit rot;
• powdery mildew;
• clasterosporiosis;
• moniliosis.

The complex of year-round is aimed at the prevention of diseases, the destruction of pests and the increase in tree productivity. If you maintain the agronomic calendar, you can prevent an outbreak of the disease even in an unfavorable summer. Look at the photo: peach diseases and their treatment require strong drugs and protective clothing for the worker.

Klyasterosporiosis or leaf perforation refers to fungal diseases. At the moment of the beginning of development, as if punctures are formed on the leaves, then purple spots appear, the tissue in the circle disappears and a perforated leaf is obtained. At the same time, spores spread to the entire ground part of the plant. Sometimes the same signs on the leaves give an overdose of copper-containing fungicides. If it is peach fungus disease, it will progress rapidly.

When the disease manifested itself, folk remedies cannot defeat it. It is necessary to apply fungicides, such as Skor, Crystalon or Delan, in a double dose, if guided by the instructions.

can spoil the development of peach on the Black and Sea of ​​Azov. For middle lane This disease is typical for melons and berries. At first, the leaves of the tree stand as if sprinkled with flour. Later, the leaf is deformed, the shoots become thinner. The taste of the fruit changes. The fight against powdery mildew is carried out with the help of Topaz, fresh mullein mash, cutting of infected shoots. Effective against powdery mildew colloidal sulfur.

Compliance with growing technology, prevention of peach diseases and the fight against them, as in the photo, will keep the garden healthy.

Leaf curl disease is the most dangerous

Overwintered spores of the fungus germinate into shoots and leaves. in early spring, having overwintered on the plant remains of the previous year. The causative agent of leaf curl disease is introduced into the leaf. The first sign is the formation of red bubbles on the leaf blade. But if the leaves have already hung on the tree for 2 weeks, the disease is powerless.

The fungus is introduced into the plate 5-8 days old. The leaves are destroyed, and together with mature spores fall to the ground. Young branches of fresh or annual growth and their wood are damaged. The buds of this year are deformed, there will be no harvest next season.

How to treat peach leaf curl disease? Immediately! As soon as they saw the first signs - young leaves, still green, began to swell, it is immediately necessary to apply copper-containing fungicides at the recommended dose. In this case, it is necessary to immediately begin sanitary pruning, scrapping, pinching sheets, until the disease has captured the entire crown.

Experts and practitioners say that among peach varieties, some are more resistant to leaf curl:

• Redhaveng;
• In memory of Rodionov;
• Bagrinovsky;
• Morettini;
• Simferopol early.

How can you deal with peach leaf curl with folk remedies? In the eradication of the disease, the main thing is speed. There are not many effective drugs. If the disease was detected at the beginning, you need to manually remove the leaves, cut off the branches on which they were attached, and be sure to burn.

Pollinate the tree with a mixture of sulfur powder and fluffy lime, spray with 1% colloidal sulfur, but only on a hot day so that the temperature is above 25 degrees. You can use Biostat. For the second treatment, prepare a 3-day infusion of tobacco dust. Can be sprayed with a mixture of slaked lime and clay slurry, applying it to the leaves after each rain wash or shedding. Practitioners warn that if fresh galls appear, you need to switch to fungicides.

Preventive methods of dealing with peach curl begin in the fall. It is during this period that it is necessary to clean the garden from winter tenants. As soon as the air temperature has dropped to 10-5 degrees, it is time for prevention:

1. Inspection and sanitization trunk, broken branches.
2. Free the trunk circle from all residues, burn the leaves and branches, loosen the soil or lay fresh manure over the entire area, without digging, let there be a crust. This is a 3 year feed.
3. In the spring, treat the buds with a copper fungicide, and then prune. After treatment with Topsin M, but before the leaves appear.

Spray young leaves with Champion. In the future, if swelling appears, 10% mullein infusion will cope with them. A neglected garden will be free from diseases within 2-3 years.

This is the answer to the question of how to treat a peach from leaf curl. The scheme is applied in private gardens in Ukraine. Systemic treatments allow you to get rid of the main fungal diseases even in warm rainy years.

The basic principles of disease control lie in the ability to grow a healthy strong tree. Then it itself will resist diseases and pests. To do this, you need to find a light slope, with a barrier from the northern faith. Peach does not tolerate any shading. He loves fertile soil, regular watering and deep standing ground water. If there is growth in winter, the tree will wake up. The roots will withstand the winter cold of +25 degrees for 3-4 days, and 35-38 degrees for several hours. Whitewashing the trunks and manure in the trunk circle will help reduce the risk of frostbite.

Selection of drugs against peach curl - video

This sad picture was observed by every gardener: when a rich harvest crumbles day after day and almost nothing remains on the tree. There are only three reasons why peaches fall off.

1. The tree regulates the amount of the future harvest and sheds the excess ovary itself

This is especially clearly seen in the harvest years, when during flowering stood good weather and the peaches are well pollinated. It should be noted that almost all varieties of peaches are “suicide”. They never drop the extra ovary, and the crop begins to crumble shortly before the crop ripens.

To prevent this from happening, you must manually remove the extra fruits, leaving the largest and removing the smallest. It is easier to normalize the harvest of apple and pear trees - they leave one of the largest fruits in the brush. The smallest peach is harvested, depending on the crop - after one or two fruits.

2. The tree suffers from a lack of nutrition

There are not so many fruits, but the tree drops them anyway. You can correct the situation by adding nitrophoska or any other complex fertilizer under irrigation. And in order for the top dressing to work faster, spray the plant on the leaf with a solution of trace elements - a teaspoon of Sudarushka or Ryazanochka for 10 liters of water is enough for the eyes.

If it has not rained for a long time, it is necessary to water the trees. Lack of water is another reason for fruit shedding. Only its deficiency and excess are harmful. By the way, abroad, peaches are watered once every two weeks, and so that the fruits do not burst from excess moisture, they are sprayed with special preparations.

3. The tree suffers from disease

Another reason for the shedding of the ovary can be cool and damp weather, which contributes to the development of such dangerous diseases like moniliosis, powdery mildew and leaf spot. In this case, it is necessary to carefully examine the tree, identify what it is sick with, and urgently treat it with a fungicide. If it is not possible to determine the culprit, choose copper-containing preparations (they increase the resistance of plants) or strobulents (Strobe, Quadris, etc. - they have a very wide spectrum of action).

heavy codling moth

Another reason for shedding peaches may be the attack of the eastern codling moth. She sharpens the shoots from the inside, causing the tops to wither, and does not disdain the fruits. Fortunately, this pest is still quarantined and has not settled in our country. If you see signs, throw heavy artillery into battle - Bi-58, Alatar, Aktar ...

Simirenko's advice

It is useful to focus on the advice of L.P. Simirenko on peach care.

In particular, he wrote that peach trees should be fed after flowering in the form of a mullein solution or moderately watered with water. After the formation of the stone, the trees should be watered abundantly. Watering stops 10 days before the fruit ripens.

During ripening, it is advisable to spray the trees with water every evening and morning: this improves the color and quality of the fruit.

In China, in order to preserve moisture in the soil in peach plantations, the aisles are mulched with sand in a layer of 10-15 cm. Every two or three years, the sand is poured.

This mulching method is especially effective in mountainous areas where there is little rainfall.

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Peach, like any other fruit plants, is subject to various diseases. Diseases that develop during fertile periods of the year for them can not only destroy the crop, but also cause the death of the plant.
Features of peach diseases
Peach, unlike other fruit species, has a clearly visible reaction to infection with the disease. Since this is a heat-loving plant, it reacts very painfully to adverse weather conditions. The plant also reacts to low agricultural practices, and if fertilizers are applied incorrectly, or the plant is planted on unsuitable soil, the crop can be spoiled.
The lack of normal protection against pathogenic factors, as well as the unsystematic use of pesticides, contributes to leaf damage and dropping them. The tree can gradually dry out.
The future harvest, as well as the life of the plant, will depend on how timely the peach disease is detected.
The main diseases of peach
1. Leaf curl.

This disease is caused by a specific fungus. The first signs of the disease appear in early spring. Under the influence of the fungus, young leaves are covered with a yellow or orange color. Infected leaves gradually dry out. Since the fungus intensively releases spores, the disease spreads rapidly, affecting more and more plants.

2. Powdery mildew.

The disease affects all organs of the plant, from the leaves to the shoots. One of the manifestations of powdery mildew is the appearance of a white coating on the leaves. The progression of the disease leads to the fact that the leaves are more and more deformed, and the fruits lose their consumer qualities.

3. Moniliosis.

The disease occurs and develops during wet weather. Particularly vulnerable blooming trees. A characteristic symptom of the disease is the browning of flowers. The pathogen feeds on the juices of the plant, causing the leaves, flowers and wood to die. The fungus releases a huge amount of spores, and the places of their localization are noticeable by the characteristic gray pads.

4. Premature drying of the plant.

It occurs as a result of freezing, sunburn, unsuitable soil composition. Disease

is among the most dangerous.

5. Milky shine.

The disease is ubiquitous. The infection is characterized by the fact that the color of the leaves turns from green to gray with a pearly tint. The leaf blade becomes thinner and falls off prematurely. The disease is especially harmful to plants after cold winters. During this period they are at their weakest.
6. Gum treatment.

This condition accompanies the premature drying of the peach. A viscous substance, gum, is abundantly released on the trunk. So the tree reacts to adverse weather conditions and to pest damage.
Treatment and prevention of peach diseases
If the spread of peach diseases is noticed in the garden, it is necessary to take comprehensive measures to protect plants and prevent the development of diseases. Selective pruning is carried out in the garden. First of all, you need to remove diseased shoots. The tools that will remove the shoots are disinfected. A 1% solution of copper sulphate is used as a disinfectant.
If cracks are visible on the bark, then they need to be cleaned with a knife until a layer of healthy wood appears, and then covered with garden pitch. Copper chloride is added to the mixture to prevent the development of the disease.
One of the means that helps prevent the occurrence of diseases of this fruit tree is Bordeaux liquid. Plants are treated with it in the fall, after the leaf fall is completed.
To prevent powdery mildew, the leaves are sprayed with a one- or half-percent solution of colloidal sulfur. A solution of a weaker concentration is used to treat young and tender shoots.
When fertilizing, it is impossible to overload the soil with nitrogenous compounds. If the garden is irrigated, then winter watering should be carried out.
fungal diseases,including increased gum formation, treated with disinfectant solutions. Helps and folk remedy- rubbing the affected areas with sorrel. The procedure is repeated two or three times in 10 - 15 minutes. But still, putty with pitch, to which fungicides are added, is necessary.
Gum growths also need to be removed. This is done with a knife until healthy wood appears. The incision is made in parallel. The wound is covered with a mixture of mullein and clay. It is necessary to apply the mixture to the wound and wrap it with gauze or burlap.
Timely prevention of peach diseases and effective treatment contributes to the preservation of plant life and high yields. When treating peach chemicals it is important to observe the measure, since an excess of pesticides can lead to the death of plants.

It has now become fashionable to have on your site exotic plants such as peach. This is quite problematic in our climatic conditions and therefore you need to know the features of growing such crops and harvest from them. In addition, for a tree to be healthy, you need to know what troubles threaten it. This will prevent disease and pest damage and get a good harvest.

Preparations

To combat pests and diseases, proven drugs are used:

• Fungicides are designed to prevent disease or stop it at an early stage.
• Insecticides kill pests by getting inside the plant.

The use of these poisons requires certain knowledge, since non-compliance with safety precautions can cause human poisoning and death plantations. In addition, you can cause irreparable harm to the environment.

Major diseases and pests

In order to save peach trees and get a harvest from them, gardeners must properly care for the plantations, process them in time, and also protect them from possible diseases and pests. In addition, you need to choose varieties that are adapted to the climatic conditions of this region.

Types of diseases and their causes

All peach diseases faced by gardeners are divided into groups:

• leaf damage;
• trunk diseases;
• fruit diseases.

Moreover, the disease can affect all parts of the tree, but it is more pronounced on one of its parts.

Leaf damage

Considering the diseases of the deciduous part of the peach, the following can be distinguished:

After some time, the lesions completely fall out and therefore the disease is sometimes called perforated spotting. Further, the causative agent of the disease penetrates deep into the stem and forms a mycelium there. The spores of the fungus infect the cells of the plant, which leads to its death. The disease is very stable, it endures low temperatures and begins to progress rapidly with the advent of spring.

In addition, peach clasterosporiasis is very difficult to detect at the initial stage, as it hides in the buds of flowers and branches. It is necessary to periodically examine the plantings in order to detect alarming symptoms in time. In addition, pruning should be carried out in early spring in order to prevent and treat the disease. In this case, the slices are processed blue vitriol or lime. Treatment is carried out three times with special drugs, such as Hom.

Such a tree will not bear fruit, or they will be severely damaged. That is why shoots with such damage must be removed immediately. For prevention in the fall, a special treatment is carried out with Hom or Skor preparations.

To prevent the spread of the disease, it is necessary to remove parts of the plant with a characteristic coating, not sparing even the fruits. Can be used for treatment drugs such as Topaz. But they can only be used after the tree has faded.

trunk diseases

Such ailments include:

Fetal diseases

These infections include the following:

The main pests and their destruction

In addition to diseases, pests can destroy peach trees, among them the most dangerous are:

General preventive measures

To prevent the occurrence of diseases and the spread of pests, it is necessary to carry out all the preventive measures prescribed in agricultural technology. So, the number of spraying trees should take place at least four times.

They are carried out according to the following schedule:

• the first treatment should be carried out in early spring with fungicides;
• then, after the trees have faded, you need to water them with Bordeaux liquid;
• during fruit set, a third treatment is carried out;
• the last time spraying is performed after harvesting the fruits.

If you stick to the schedule, you can prevent the disease of peach trees and get an excellent harvest of tasty fruits. To destroy pests, in addition to chemicals, you need to clean the root soil from carrion and fallen leaves, burn cut branches and loosen the soil around the tree. This is the only way to preserve the health of peach trees and have fragrant fruits on your table.

Growing peach on your own plot is not the easiest task. Not only can not every region be suitable in terms of climatic conditions, but also a variety of misfortunes will periodically try to leave the gardener without a crop. And to provide the tree healthy life, you need to know all the possible troubles in person. Controlling diseases and pests is an important step towards a healthy, bountiful harvest.

Diseases and pests of the peach tree

Peach is characterized by all the main stone fruit diseases - leaf curl, fruit rot (moniliosis), powdery mildew, cytosporosis and clasterosporosis. In addition, sometimes it is attacked by pests - aphids, eastern codling moth, fruit mites, fruit moth, weevil. The gardener needs to react in time and get rid of problems.

The peach tree is a good target for diseases and pests, so you should not sit back, even if a variety resistant to many adversities grows on the site.

Table: disease-resistant peach varieties

Photo gallery of peach diseases and pests

Peach diseases and their causes + photo

All diseases that can be encountered when caring for a peach are conventionally divided into three groups - diseases of the leaves, trunk and fruits. Of course, this does not mean that this or that ailment affects only the fruits or the trunk, but it manifests itself most clearly on a specific part of the tree.

leaf diseases

Clusterosporiasis

Clasterosporiasis is one of the most common and unpleasant diseases that affects almost the entire tree - leaves, buds, flowers, ovaries and shoots. The disease manifests itself most clearly and most noticeably on the leaves, on which brown spots with a dark red border appear - the foci of fungus damage. Damaged leaf tissue dies and falls out, leaving a hole. It is because of this that klesterosporiosis got its second name - perforated spotting.

Klyasterosporiosis is called perforated spotting, because. leaf spot disease

The fungus, which is the causative agent of the disease, penetrates into the tissues of the peach tree and forms a mycelium there, which gradually penetrates into the cells of the plant and causes their death. The problem is that hiding on shoots, flower buds and affected branches, it easily survives the winter and begins to spread to healthy parts of the tree when positive temperatures occur. It is important here to detect the symptoms of the disease in time and rid the peach of those parts that have already suffered. That is why early spring pruning, which is carried out with the onset of warm weather, plays such an important role as both prevention and treatment. Sections after treatment are disinfected with a solution of lime with the addition of copper or iron sulphate.

In the process of treatment, such well-known drugs as Hom and Meteor are used. Spraying is carried out three times - during the swelling of the kidneys, as well as before and after flowering.

Curly

Leaf curl is also not a gift - in a wet, rainy and protracted spring, the disease gets every chance of successful development and reproduction, attacking primarily the leaves. As soon as the leaves bloom, it will already be possible to see on them, in addition to the usual Green colour also purple. A little later, a border of the same color will appear. A week or more later reverse side sheet it will already be possible to notice a gray coating. The disease affects the shoots, and after a while the leaves curl and fall off, leaving the branches bare. At the first frost, the shoots are doomed to death. A tree affected by curliness almost ceases to bear fruit, and those rare specimens that did appear have a damaged pericarp.

Curly - fungal disease, which is one of the most common

To avoid yield problems, diseased shoots should be pruned before the start of the sporulation period. In autumn, before the rains begin, the so-called blue treatment is carried out with preparations containing copper. In the spring, the preparations "Skor" and "Horus", as well as "Hom" are used. Looks like this simple circuit so: first, during the growing season, the peach is sprayed with copper oxychloride, and after 8-12 days, Horus or Skor is used.

powdery mildew

Powdery mildew is one of the most dangerous diseases affecting shoots, leaves and fruits. It is easy enough to calculate white coating, which at the initial stage can be erased with a finger, but then it coarsens, turns brown and turns into dark spots. Shoots touched by powdery mildew lag behind in development, are damaged and die. Thanks to its sharp suckers, the mycelium successfully sucks out everything it needs from the tree. nutrients. The wind facilitates the easy movement of spores and spread to large territories. The disease is especially severe during drought.

Powdery mildew quickly spreads over the site and captures shoots, leaves and fruits

In order to prevent the disease from developing, the affected shoots, leaves and fruits (still belonging to the tree or already fallen) are removed. As a therapeutic measure, "Topsin" or "Topaz" is used at the end of flowering.

If insecticides are added to these drugs, the effectiveness of the treatment will increase.

trunk ailments

Cytosporosis

Cytosporosis is a fungal disease that affects the bark of a tree. More precisely, the bast is a layer located between the bark and the wood, which acquires a dark brown color during illness. You can detect this disease by withering, drying tops of the shoots, as well as brown smudges and spots on the bark. From the tops of the shoots, cytosporosis descends, capturing the skeletal branches and trunk. After the defeat of the latter, the tree will be under serious threat.

Cytosporosis is a fungal disease, but unlike fruit rot or powdery mildew, it settles under the bark

Branches damaged by the disease are immediately removed. Shortening occurs to a length of 0.8 - 1.5 m, sometimes the entire skeletal branch is removed, but on condition that not a single millimeter of diseased bast remains below the cut point, otherwise cytosporosis will not stop. Cut parts of a tree, as well as dried trees, must be burned immediately or taken out as far as possible. The first option looks preferable, since the infection travels long distances without any problems, and there is no guarantee that after a while the disease will not return to your site.

Since cytosporosis primarily affects weakened trees, it is necessary to observe a full range of agrotechnical measures, such as timely (and, most importantly, correct) pruning, regular watering, timely treatment of wounds, etc.

A good means of preventing and treating cytosporosis is 3% Bordeaux liquid(300 g of copper sulfate and 400 g of lime per 10 liters of water), used for spraying in early spring (before leafing) and autumn (during or after leaf fall).

Fruit diseases

Moniliosis

Fruit rot or moniliosis, monilial burn - all these are the names of one disease caused by the same fungus, which affects flowers, leaves and branches during flowering, and later fruits. The monilial burn got such a peculiar name, because the leaves and fruits affected by the scourge look like burnt ones. The disease manifests itself especially clearly on the fruits on which brown spots that deform them. These spots spread over the fruits, and light gray or gray pads of spores appear on them, forming concentric circles. The wind easily transfers spores to other trees, and if the weather is cool, damp, the disease spreads rapidly across the site, affecting almost all, without exception, fruit plants.

Moniliosis causes the fruits to rot on the branches up to their complete wrinkling and drying.

As a preventive measure, periodic pruning of the tree is carried out to prevent thickening of the crown. The parts of the plant found affected by moniliosis are removed. Prior to flowering, they are treated with the Chorus preparation. After flowering, "Topaz" is used, and after it - "Topsin". Thanks to this approach, not only the pathogen is destroyed, but also its carriers, which are oriental codling moths, geese, weevils and boucars.

Fallen fruits damaged by moniliosis are immediately collected and carried far beyond the site, and in the fall they are removed from the trees.

Table: peach diseases, treatment and prevention

Disease name	Remedy for treatment	Dosage	Multiplicity of treatments
Clusterosporiasis	Hom (copper oxychloride)	40 gr per 10 liters (2 - 5 liters per tree)	Triple treatment - during bud swelling, at the beginning and at the end of flowering
	Meteor	4 kg per hectare
	3% Bordeaux liquid		Treat in autumn after leaf fall
leaf curl	3% Bordeaux liquid	300 g of copper sulfate and 400 g of lime per 10 liters of water	By sleeping kidneys
	2% Bordeaux liquid		By the opening buds
	1% Bordeaux liquid		On vegetative shoots
	Hom	40 gr per 10 l	During the growing season in combination with preparations "Horus" and "Skor"
	Horus	3.5 gr per 10 l
	Speed	2 ml per 10 liters of water (2 - 5 liters per tree)	8 - 12 days after the application of "Hom"
powdery mildew	Topsin	15 gr per 10 l	At the end of flowering
	Topaz	2 ml per 10 l	At the end of flowering
	Fundazol	10 gr per 10 l	In combination with preparations "Topsin" and "Topaz" First spraying before flowering
Cytosporosis	3% Bordeaux liquid	300 g of copper sulfate and 400 g of lime per 10 liters of water	Early spring (before leafing) and autumn during or after leaf fall
	Hom	40 gr per 10 l	During the growing season
fruit rot	Horus	2 - 3.5 gr per 10 l	Before flowering
	Topaz	2 ml per 10 l	After flowering
	Topsin	15 gr per 10 l	Two weeks after treatment with Topaz

Pests and their control

Aphid

Aphids are perhaps the most frequent intruder on peach trees. It settles on young shoots, sticking around them and sucking out the juices vital to the plant. The seedlings begin to hurt, dry, the leaves crumble. While the number of aphids is small - it is easy to crush it with gloved hands right on the spot, but if you show slowness, this pest will significantly increase its population, and then you will have to resort to potent pesticides, since weaker solutions will no longer have the desired effect.

Peach aphids can be green, orange, and yellow - the color changes, the essence remains

Weevils

Weevils damage buds, buds and flowers by gnawing out stamens, pistils and petals. Sometimes it spreads to young leaves. Small holes are created in the fruits for oviposition. They are carriers of the main fungal diseases of peach.

The surest action would be chemical treatment tree before the buds swell. Good trapping belts are applied above the trunk, removing damaged buds (these usually show a brown top) and removing exfoliating and dead bark. Whitewashing the trunk with lime also makes a good contribution to the fight against weevils.

Weevils damage buds and spread fungal diseases

Ticks

Ticks are known for their ability, like aphids, to suck out all the useful and nutritious substances from a tree. They successfully winter in the bark at the base of large branches and in the warm period are able to weaken the plant so much that its shoots stop developing, dry out, the yield decreases significantly, the tree stops bearing fruit, and the leaves lose color and fall off.

Regular peach pruning, keeping clean trunk circle, whitewashing the trunk and installing trapping belts help to cope with the tick. But an even greater effect is achieved when using drugs such as Fitoverm, Neoron, Apollo and Karate.

Fruit mite indiscriminately attacks any fruit trees, including peach

fruit moth

Fruit moth delivers the most trouble in the form of a caterpillar, which in the spring is taken for buds, and then for young shoots. Since the pest gnaws out their core, the shoots begin to wither and die off, the tree may shed its leaves. One caterpillar is capable of destroying 5-6 shoots, which is already significant damage. In adulthood, the caterpillars climb into dry leaves, bark or soil in the trunk circle.

Moth-damaged shoots are cut and burned. The same is done with carrion and root shoots. Good result is achieved with regular loosening of the soil and the imposition of trapping belts on the trunk and skeletal branches.

Fruit moth damages shoots, causing the tree to stop developing

Eastern codling moth

The eastern codling moth hibernates on damaged shoots, in cracks in the bark, and also under fallen leaves. Caterpillars feast on young shoots, small ovaries, and even peach pits that have not yet had time to harden. The codling moth, like aphids, is a carrier of various fungal diseases, including moniliosis, so you need to get rid of it immediately.

This is how peach fruits slightly damaged by the eastern codling moth look like

Table: pest control methods

Pest	Remedy for fighting	Dosage	Periodicity and frequency of treatments
Aphid	2% Bordeaux liquid	200 g of copper sulfate and 250 g of lime per 10 liters of water	Spray before winter
	1% Bordeaux liquid	100 g of copper sulfate and 150 g of lime per 10 liters of water	Treat before and after flowering
	Confidor	0.25 l per hectare	During bud formation
	Dandelion infusion	400 g of leaves and 200 g of stems with roots (collected during flowering) pour 10 liters of warm water. Infuse for two hours, strain and spray	During the growing season
Weevil	Lime milk for whitewashing	1.5 kg of freshly slaked lime per 10 l	Beginning of kidney swelling
	Fitoverm	2 ml per 10 l	During the growing season
	Fufanon	5 ml per 5 l (2 - 5 l per tree)	Spraying three times: green cone phase (beginning of bud break), end of flowering and ten days after it
Mite	colloidal sulfur	80 gr per 10 l	During the growing season from 1 to 6 treatments with a difference of one day
	Fitoverm	1.5 ml per 1 liter	During the growing season twice with a difference of two days
	Neoron	15 ml per 10 l (from 2 to 10 l per tree depending on age)	One treatment per season no later than 45 days before harvest
	Apollo	0.4 - 0.6 liters per hectare	Vegetation period, then at least 30 days before harvest
	Karate	5 ml per 10 l	During the growing season, two treatments with a difference of 20 days
fruit moth	Karbofos	30 gr per 10 l	During bud break
	Chlorophos	20 gr per 10 l	During bud break
Eastern codling moth	Benzophosphate	60 gr per 10 l	The treatment is carried out 3 times per season with a difference of 15 days between peach sprays, starting from the moment of spring emergence of butterflies and excluding flowering
	Chlorophos	20 gr per 10 l
	Rovikurt (25%)	10 gr per 10 l

A peach, as a fruit tree, is subject to the same diseases as an apple tree, pear, plum, and others, therefore, in some ways, measures to combat ailments in all cases turn out to be similar. The list of pests is somewhat different for peach, but even in this case there are universal remedies that can be used for most fruit trees. By observing the indicated dosage and carrying out timely prevention, as well as acquiring varieties resistant to certain diseases and pests, you can avoid problems during cultivation and achieve a large harvest every year.