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21/05/2008, 22:58 Acoustic Joined on 16/05/2008 North Dordogne Posts 19 Peach Trees We are off to visit some friends in Almeria (Spain) this weekend and they have asked me to bring some Bordeaux Mixture.  They tell me it is used here to treat problems with vines but that it also good for peach leaf curl, which is what they want it for.  Before we head off to the garden centre, does anyone know what I am supposed to be looking for? If it's good I'll buy some for our peach trees, which also have peach leaf curl.  I had read previously that I have to wait until the end of the season to use the usual treatment.  Anyone have any other suggestions though?    Report

22/05/2008, 8:02 Jane and Danny Joined on 23/08/2004 near Cahors, 46 Posts 700 Re: Peach Trees It is called Bouillie Bordelaise in French and is normally a blue powder to be mixed with some water and sprayed. (Considered Organic - by most) Easily found in the garden shops. Danny specialist flute repair    Report

22/05/2008, 8:39 Pierre ZFP Joined on 12/11/2004 PdC(62)/Luxembourg Posts 1,649 Re: Peach Trees Hardly 'Organic'    It's a posh name for a mixture copper sulphate and calcium hydroxide, not a carbon atom in sight. Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool me 3 times and you can see a statistical tendency    Report

22/05/2008, 11:02 Jane and Danny Joined on 23/08/2004 near Cahors, 46 Posts 700 Re: Peach Trees Not a lifeform as we know it but normally classified as OK in terms of organic gardening/agri in limited quantities http://www.jardiner-malin.fr/fiche/bouillie-bordelaise/ of course there are other opinions Danny   specialist flute repair    Report

22/05/2008, 11:22 cassis Joined on 28/12/2007 Manhattan and Glasgow Posts 309 Re: Peach Trees  Jane and Danny wrote: Not a lifeform as we know it ... Zoggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Golly. Lyrics copyright Sausage Music 2008    Report

25/05/2008, 22:16 Ceejay Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 116 Re: Peach Trees The treatment is correct but I fear it is too late for this year. Let the peach leaf curl take its course this year and start spraying thoroughly after the leaves have dropped in the winter and spray at least once a month until flowering time so that you have a chance to catch the virus before the buds form.    Report

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