Got this sickly looking peach tree in the end of May. After about a month I started seeing red/black spots on the leaves and it looked like something what eating them. Did some research and started spraying it with neem oil. The spots stopped happening on newer hight leaves, as well as the bite marks. Now all the leaves are falling off and it looks like this. Is it dead? Does it have any hope? What can I do to put it on life support and make it through the winter?
What zone do you live in? Or in other words what are your coldest lows in a typical season? Dormant peach trees can easily withstand temperatures a bit below 0F, and some can go even lower. If your temps don’t get colder than that, then it’s evolved to deal with the winter just fine out in the open.
USDA says I live in zone 7b, which says 5-10 F, but I have lived here my whole life and I can count on one hand the amount of times it’s gotten under 20F. Thank you again.