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Citrus yellow/narrow/curly leaves, immature fruit drop
Comments (14)Hi Patty, always a pleasure to hear your input. - thank you! The Gold Nuggets pictured are from Four Winds and so i believe on Cuban Shaddock. The Clementines are on Carrizo. The symptoms of too little water can be similar to too much. Essentially, the roots are not functioning properly. I initially thought my issues were related to too much water and phytophthora, but by pulling the GN and later the Clem, i discovered 1/2 the roots with a bit of moisture and the other half bone dry. [the Clem had an additional issue - neighboring tree root encroachment that was taking up the resources]. One of the GN's and both Clems were in the ground, in fill clay, and on a significant slope - so no drainage issue. Pulling that GN out of the ground and allowing it to enjoy constant moisture, food and water brought it back. Moving one of the Clems to another location with water pH of 7.1 and watching it respond gave me that "aha". A key point here is to try your best to asses your specific situation and feed/water/fix accordingly. And BTW, I would like to add that I still leaf-read, but its only one data point! I have noticed that Citrus leaves show evidence of their environment anywhere from 1-7 days [drought tends show more quickly]. If you adjust for something that you see the leaves showing you, it can set you up for some very wild swings in care.... the leaves might be telling you what happened last week!. - Golf is easier because your shot gives you instant feedback! [comments always welcome - just not about my golf game please] Best of Luck - George [edited to correct rootstock-sorry for any confusion] This post was edited by Becauseican on Thu, Jul 17, 14 at 15:43...See MoreImidacloprid Usage in citrus trees holding fruit
Comments (62)Word to the wise, if you care about your kids, the future of the planet, your fellow human, you will sacrifice a portion of your harvest or the beauty of your trees and not the pollenating insect responsible for providing 1/3 of all food eaten on this planet. We can not afford to loose that much food with the amount of people starving already. That's what real Christians would do. That's what people who truely care about the planet would do. Help stop the massive die off of the single most important insect humans have ever had a relationship with. No other insect has given us as much and no other insect could take its place. And we are not even talking about honey, just pollenation. I hope others realize that as much as global warming is talked about this threat is significantly more harmful, significantly more pressing, and significantly easier to fix immediately....See MoreCitrus and "Greening"
Comments (41)I posted on my blog about my poor trees decline 2 years ago. The tree is now slightly smaller than it was (in canopy) but I am still fighting the disease and the fruit is actually far superior this year to 2012's crop. THat is to say that the portions that survived the initial onslaught. Mostly I have lemons and limes. The honeybell did not survice neither did the tangerine. WAHHHhhhh... I don't know if those citrus types are more suceptable or what. As for what I do now differently? Hard prune as soon as fruit is gone, loads of fertilizer and I spray with copper and a foliar food quarterly (so pretty much each month I am doing one or the other except Dec & Jan) I don't feel that the tree is healthy, I feel that it is OK and fighting. I'm just crossing my fingers I can keep it going until the frankentrees are available to dooryarders. :-) Barbie Here is a link that might be useful: my blogpost...See MoreMallow sawflies, possible cure
Comments (6)I don't use any oils or pesticides for insect control as I grow organically. google Arbico. they specialize in beneficial insects. I ordered three praying manti egg cases. one for my yard and for my neighbors on both sides. one egg case hatches abou two hundred manti. They devour every insect you hate. and once they live out their life cycle they lay their own egg cases. so now I have an ongoing population of manti. I live an hour north of death Valley so its a desrt hot blazing summers freezing winters if my manti can stay alive year after year your area will support them as well. also consider Ladybugs these are literalyy the toughest bug in the pack they eat every single pest bug you can imagine problem is when they eat everything they move on to find more food. I even take my baby manti indoors to work over my bonsai and houseplants I leave a couple of windows open all the time for my cats to get in and out. so manti have an escape, or entrance if they choose. I grow vegetables, tobacco, fruit, housplants and bonsai. this was a permanent and inexpensive solution to my bug problem. Good Luck!!!!...See Moremksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
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