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If you have stonefruit trees, chances are that bad little fungi are calling these branches home - a fungi responsible for a disease known as LEAF CURL that predominantly affects nectarine and peach trees but can target volatile, weak or unhealthy apricot and quince trees
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The fungi overwinter as spores hiding within the cavities of the tree around cracks, bark and areas protected from exposure. They remain there until the new buds form in early spring at which point they commence reproducing and start to infect developing leaves especially in the presence of rain and moisture
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The best way to kill off this organism is to apply LIME SULPHUR or COPPER fungicide although the later is more stressful on the environment adding toxicity to the soil and killing earthworms
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Copper in soil is a very important nutrient to plants used for chlorophyll formation however excessive amounts from fungicide sprays can affect the delicate ecosystem of the soil because copper will compete with key nutrients iron and zinc. High amounts of copper in the soil will also affect the root growth of a plant because root tips will get burnt by copper
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We thought PEPPERS would struggle to ripen in our cold but apparently not 😂
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We have had one small branch on one of our plants that succumbed to the cold and needed to be cut off
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PRUNING TIP:
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Formation of woody stems on peppers and eggplants are alarm bells. The leaves and foliage will start wilting and any peppers on that branch will start going soft, mushy and will not grow any further. The branch should be cut off immediately so the wilt does not spread further and the vegetables on there should not be eaten
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Corrective pruning will give the tree a better chance of survival over the colder months ✅
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CITRUS heaven 😍 Another beautiful harvest of 39 LIMES today
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Our poor PURPLE CABBAGES have been decimated by snails and caterpillars on the outer leaves but are now starting to recover and creating good looking heads
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It's been too cold to go out for pest control management so we've accepted some collateral damage 😂
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