snake oil. If that was the cure all of the commercial growers would use it and you would see tons of news about it.

Worse than snake oil. YOU are spreading greening with that tree and worse you know it's infected. Do the right thing and burn that thing.

If I lived in a greening area I wouldn't even consider a tree outside. I would grow strictly in a screen house. Mainly because I'd be pissed off that a tree I took care of being ruined. Screenhouses cost money. Dying trees cost time, the time they took to get to a good size. You can work overtime or side jobs for money. You can't earn more time.

But I grow indoors and a Screenhouses would be cheaper than what I'm doing.

I agree with pip and Mike on this If the tree has greening you should get rid of it in a way that it is harmless. cut it up and bag it until it is totally dried out and it and any greening are dead or burn it.

Steve

My trees seem to be hanging in there and I don't think they has greening. I think my post was taken out of context. It's called planning ahead in case of.....Please re-read. I happen to care and am not one to wait for a disaster before finding out a Plan B in case of. I did talk to a FL AG guy who told me that as far as our State goes, every grove in the State now has it and it is unavoidable--that our surrounding area is already hopelessly gone to greening and at this point it doesn't matter what I do--that they will probably get it. He said many are now spraying with systemic sprays and then fertilizing the heck out of their trees to keep them going. imagine what could be in the juice in this scenario?? Yuck! Others have found that injecting their trees with penicillin actually returns the tree to health in a few weeks, but they must constantly spray to avoid the insect that can re-infect. Another gentleman now claims he has a cure for greening and for canker and this was in some publication that crossed my eyes a while back. Just GOOGLE greening cure and make sure it's articles that have come out in the last year. You'll find it. Sounded plausible. At this point though, it has become clear that in Florida greening is here to stay and yes, you can buy trees that have been grown under screens etc...but once you put them outside their fair game. Many growers are going to peaches and blueberries. It is in effect too late to stop the spread because it has spread. The groves around our area are half dead now. I don't sell citrus or citrus trees and only hope to enjoy what juice I can get for now and that my trees do not succumb. But again, I never said my trees had greening. I am concerned about preventing it and hope my trees don't croak. Was hoping maybe this stuff I asked about would be a solution in the event of.

The concept of using foliar feeding to prolong the productive life of a greening effected citrus is NOT snake oil. I have seen multiple articles stating that Florida grove owners are using this technique with some success. I have no idea about the utility of this particular product though.

Sounds like an effort in futility. Good luck though.

You will probably have more luck growing citrus here in Cincinnati where neither HLB or ACP exist. Just invest in High efficiency bulbs and light your plants and use the waiste heat to heat your house.

400 watt heater grows beet and citrus trees.

Meiwa kumquat tree from seed along side of 13 watt bedroom heater.

* 8, bedroom heaters at 13 watt each for very cold nights.

I doubt he wants to move.

Building tents and treating that way would be your best bet. If you catch it before it hits the roots you can severely reduce the bacteria. Not eliminate but reduce.

It's a pain from what I've read but if your just doing a few trees in a backyard then it shouldn't be that bad.

http://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2013/aug/citrus

Keeping a tree very healthy can help reduce or slow the inevitable, but is not a cure. Yes, there are some very promising research studies going on in Florida that are working on both a cure and a containment option. Two studies showing extreme promise are the development of resistant trees using gene-spicing (splicing in a Spinach gene that will make the cultivar resistant). That is slow, tedious work, and considering the number of citrus cultivars, you can expect to see the focus to be on commercial cultivars first, and who knows if it will ever expand to the lesser known, "hobby" cultivars (Dr. Steven Mirkov at Texas A&M). The other very promising research study is using a drug given for Gout in humans. That actually seems to kill the bacteria, and so far, appears to be safe for the trees, as well as for humans consuming the fruit. More research is ongoing with this study. I have posted links to both of those studies in the past on our forum. And lastly, the newest research study that is also showing extreme promise (I think the one you're referring to) is Dr. Sankra's study (U. of S. Florida) with nontechnolgy and product he has termed, "Zincide":

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/citrus-greening-treatment_n_7103984.html

This is as exciting to me as the gout medication, as it is something us hobbyists could use to treat our existing and precious (and some rare) citrus trees. Amazing stuff going on, with enough monies finally being tossed in the ring to come up with some honest to goodness treatments.

The bottom line for those folks in FL - you're going to still need to treat your treat several times a year with systemic Imidacloprid to protect against the ACP until some of these ideas come to fruition for the public. I would contact your local ag agency and follow their recommendations if you want to keep growing citrus in Fl for now.

Patty S.

The problem with this is the website says. "citrus greening solution" as in this will cure citrus greening and that is completely false. Dont say its a cure if its actually a crutch.

Do the trees still carry the disease after treatment or is it just helping the tree live longer with the disease. if the later can the tree still be a source of infecting other trees.

It is really too bad that nothing of this caliber of work is being done for the american chestnut. It was and is the most important tree on this planet. I'll pipe down now.

Steve

Uh, they are breeding resistance to the American from the Chinese.