What to do if cherry tree leaves are covered with spots and holes: everyone should know this

06.03.2023 11:33
Updated: 14.04.2023 12:16

Having discovered spots and holes on cherry leaves, inexperienced gardeners may not attach any importance to this, and completely in vain.

This is the first sign of a tree being affected by one of the serious fungal diseases of stone fruit crops – apricots, peaches, cherries, cherries and plums.

What to look out for

The first thing that should alert the gardener is small light-brown spots. In 2-3 days they will be decorated with a reddish border. The spots from 2-3 mm will grow to 0.5 and even 1 cm, and in a couple of weeks through holes will appear. This is clasterosporium.

The affected foliage dries up and falls off. Then the disease spreads to the fruit - they will develop purple spots or dents, which will quickly turn into a crust and the berries will grow crooked.

During the flowering stage, the disease causes buds and flowers to fall off.

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Prevention

It is necessary to carry out sanitary pruning, remove dry damaged shoots. Treat cuts with garden pitch or 1% solution of copper sulfate.

Before the buds open, the tree is treated with a solution of copper sulfate.

Treatment

The disease cannot be stopped without fungicides. The preparations used are "Abiga-Peak", "Skor" or a 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture.

The first treatment is carried out in early spring, and the second after flowering. The third one is carried out in a week.

The treatment is repeated a month before harvesting.

In advanced cases, after the autumn leaves fall, the cherry is treated with a 3% Bordeaux mixture.

Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor


Content
  1. What to look out for
  2. Prevention
  3. Treatment