Peach Leaf Curl

Has anybody got any experience or success dealing with this? I've identified it onlinewith photos but there seems to be a difference of opinion. USA websites say treatment is too late once you can see damaged leaves, UK sites say you can treat with anti-fungal spray but you need to remove all of the fruit. Its quite sad I know, but with the early flowering and lack of insects, i was out in the garden every morning pollenating the flowers with an artist's paintbrush. I don't want to lose all the fruit!

Any help please?

 

You may well have already read this -
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1200/peach_leaf_curl.asp

It looks like whichever opinion you go by, it's now a bit too late. You'll maybe just have to forget about a bumper crop this year and look forward to 2008.
We've a peach in a pot and spray in autumn and early spring.

 

I've had problems with it in the past, but I've never gone to the lenghts of removing all the fruit in order to get rid of it.
Remove the affected leaves maybe and give it a spray.
Trouble is these days there arn't that many fungicides to choose from, most of the effective ones seem to have been withdrawn or say not for use on edibles.
Spray it by all means next year before growth starts, but if it shows up this year, just do your best, its never killed my tree, but it is unsightly.

 

Think the idea about removing the fruit is to reduce stress on an affected tree. I used to live in East Anglia where this disease is rife; as pete says it doesn't seem to kill trees. Remove the leaves [this may leave your tree bare!] and keep some fruit, see what happens!
Have you heard the idea of protecting the trees by an overhead shelter? Maybe fleece over it in early spring would work.
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/archive/feb/fruit_gard_now.php

 

Thanks for the help. The peach is looking in a bad way and I've not been able to get the correct fungicide yet. I'll give spraying a go and I'll redo in autumn. THink I'll protect as weel especially since I hand pollenated anyway

 

Just a thought Essex, mine are only just getting their leaves, how long has yours been in leaf? Is it outside?
Have you got a pic?

 

I believe that the overhead shelter idea is because P.L.C. is water/airborne. If you're going to put a shelter over the tree it would have to be waterproof to protect from the rain. A mate of mine grows his peach against a wall with a plastic cover over it. Seems to work for him. All the best

 

Trouble posting pics at present. Its been in leaf now for over a month. Its been outside for two years now sheltered by a south facing fence. I'll try a pic again tonight after work!