Please post pics of your citrus leaf problems-help w/ ID of cause
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Comments (22)I looked on Stark's Website and their calling PF5b their "4th of July" peach. I just planted that one in 2012, so I've not had it long enough to have had much experience with it. Mrs. G, Unfortunately there aren't many fungicides available in packaging size for backyard orchards. For stone fruits Monterey Fungi fighter is a good one. I'm not sure of any other good fungicides for apples in backyard orchards. Some people use sulfur for apples, which offers some scab control and control of summer diseases....See MoreNeed help with citruses+pics multiple problems need help and id's
Comments (32)Wow lots of interesting stuff here! I think there are multiple issues here, and, since the health of the plants isn't great, I would deal with all possible problems rather than hunt down one specific one. If it were me I would do the following, since doing them would fix any of the most likely problems that you may be having. I would change the mix to a free draining one. I would check the roots, and pot into a container that is only a little larger than the rootball. I would put them in a partially sunny position after the repot until they get used to their new mix and pot. I would then move to a sunny location once things started to settle. I would make sure the room had plenty of humidity with gravel trays or a humidity. I would make sure the room was warm, and provide bottom heat to the pots if possible. I would inspect for bugs. Mites and scale seem the most prolific - possibly mites in your case. Webbing is a telltale sign, and sometimes hard to spot, but not always present. I would treat with Toni's spray regardless (she can tell you the ingredients, or you can search previous posts.) If you do spot bugs, use Toni's spray or a suitable one for fruiting plants from a garden centre. I would water these (after the repot) only when the new medium was closer to dry than damp. In a new medium you won't have to worry so much over watering - if it is the right medium it is unlikely you will overwater unless you go nuts with it. Fertilize only very lightly until the tree is back to health, then feed with a high nitrogen feed every couple of weeks. Citrus bounce back, but they take time. These are not by any means the be all and end all of things you should do, they are merely what I personally would do :) Danny...See MoreYikes...problem w/citrus trunk....citrus experts?
Comments (19)I called a tree trimmer/cert arborist today. Murray's tree service-- in case any of you have used prior. He's supposed to come out on Thurs. to take a look and give me an estimate on trimming the oak. He said that it does indeed sound like the fungal problem that is going around Pinellas and Hillsborough currently. He said that professional growers have lost a lot of trees to it this year. It is an airborne fungus and highly contagious and will kill your tree and also spread to others. Definitely not good news. Today, I noticed my orange tree now has the same symptoms. He also recommended the copper fungicide as well, which I will definitely try (have not found any YET...at least at Lowes). But he said that it has not provided much to prevent the ultimate decline of the tree. I'm going to wait to see what he says further once he gets here on Thursday and will try the copper stuff. I'm not one to cut down a tree unless it is actually dead or close to it. While it is still bearing fruit and has leaves, it can stay in my yard. I am hoping for a miracle.... :(...See MoreMY FIRST POST! Looking for help with the ID of a citrus tree please.
Comments (6)Welcome to the forum! Well, the leaf structure is called, "winged petiole", for that small leaf on the petiole (leaf stem). The long thorns would suggest what you've got growing is just rootstock - the cultivar scion having died at sometime in the past, or, being overtaken by rootstock shoots. Please provide some photos of the base of the tree. We need to see where the graft line is on the trunk, where the actual cultivar was grafted to the rootstock, if this was a grafted tree. If you have many shoots emanating from the ground, most certainly just rootstock growth. If you have just one trunk, and there is no graft line, it is possible this is a seedling tree (citrus trees grown from seed also tend to be more thorny). Citrus cultivars with these winged petioles include Yuzu, grapefruits, grapefruit hybrids, pummelos, pummelo hybrids, some sweet and sour oranges, and rootstock with this sort of winged petiole would be citrumelo. If this tree is 15' tall, and has been around a while with no fruit, probably time to dispatch with it, and plant a citrus tree of your choosing that will provide fruit, now. If it is, indeed, rootstock, the fruit will be inedible, so why wait (possibly many more years), to get inedible fruit? Post photos of the trunk of this tree, that will help us quite a bit. Patty S....See Morepartyprincess
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