Asked April 05, 2024, 8:10 AM EDT
Hi! I'm hoping this is the right place to ask this. I've never grown a fruit tree before, but I've grown veggies & flowers for years. I planted a redhaven peach about 3 years ago, and it was 2 years old at the time. We've never gotten a single piece of fruit off of it, which is fine, but it seems to be having some issues. For the past two years, I've noticed the ends of most of the branches have sort of turned brown and withered away (see pictures), and it has a couple lesions on the trunk. I tried googling these symptoms to no avail. Do you know what's going on with it, and how I can fix it? I garden organically, so a solution that adheres to organic principles would be preferred. All I've ever done is watered it and built up a big pile of hay/leaves around the base in the fall (leaving a few inches between the mulch and the trunk). Thanks for your help!
Stark County Ohio