Plant Description

Peaches and nectarines are stone fruits that can be grown successfully in many parts of California. They self-pollinate and have low winter chilling requirements.

Cultural Tips

Cultural practices such as site selection, soil preparation, planting, pruning, and watering are important for plant health, pest management and pest reduction when growing nectarine and peach.

Pests and Disorders

Invertebrates

American Plum Borer
Aphids
Boxelder Bug
Citrus Cutworm
Clearwing Moths
Driedfruit and Sap Beetles
Earwigs
Fall Cankerworm
Fall Webworm
Green Fruit Beetle
Green Fruitworms
Katydids
Leafrollers on Ornamental and Fruit Trees
Lygus Bugs
Mealybugs (Invertebrates)
Nematodes
Oriental Fruit Moth
Pacific Flatheaded Borer
Peach Twig Borer
Peachtree Borer
Redhumped Caterpillar
Scales
Shothole Borer
Spider Mites
Stink Bugs
Tent Caterpillars
Thrips
Tussock Moths

Plant Diseases

Armillaria Root Rot (Oak Root Fungus)
Bacterial Blast, Blight, and Canker
Brown Rot
Crown Gall
Cytospora Canker
Peach Leaf Curl
Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot (Diseases)
Powdery Mildew on Fruits and Berries
Rust of Peach and Prune
Scab of Almond and Stone Fruits
Shot Hole, or Coryneum Blight
Wood Decay Fungi in Landscape Trees

Environmental Disorders

False Wart
Freezing and Frost Damage to Stone fruits
Lack of Water (Fruits and Nuts)
Nutrient Deficiencies (Nitrogen, Zinc, Iron)
Oil Burn
Peach Split Pit
Pitburn
Sunburn (Fruit)
Suture Split

Weeds and Other Unwanted Plants

Weed Management Around Fruit and Nut Trees
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