Today you ’ll let out how to key citrus greening , the disease that has been destroy Florida ’s citrus manufacture .
I hate to say this … but I think we need to stop planting citrus tree for a while .
The spread of greening is exhaust the State Department . My mammy had a tree that baffle it in Ft . Lauderdale … a charwoman come to one of my talks and told me two new trees she ’d just planted were diagnosed with it … I verbalise with the Orlando reference agent and they ’re get cases almost day by day … it ’s ridiculous . Not a good time to plant an orangeness Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
If you imagine your citrus fruit has greening , you need to ID it quickly ; then destroy the tree . There ’s no remedy at this percentage point . Greening is spread by the Asian Citrus Psyllid , which looks like this :
The psyllid is a tiny thing … but it carries the disease much like mosquito carry malaria . If they fertilise on a mad tree , then on a healthy one , the healthy one may become septic . Ladybugs love to consume these guys , so if you keep plenty of places in your K for beneficial dirt ball – and do n’t spray – you may dodge the greening bullet .
How to Identify Citrus Greening
If the new growth looks like the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is way short on nitrogen – look out !
The above photos were taken during a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree examination I did in South Florida . I double - checked with the experts at the Extension power and my fears were realized . We destroyed the tree diagram in the hopes that the disease had n’t already spread to the neighboring citrus . Chances are good , however , that it has , so further monitoring of those trees is necessary . If you are n’t sure you could identify citrus fruit greening , call your local extension office and have them check for you .
Many of us are sad about see Grandma ’s tree get sick … or the 10 - year - old Navel orange you planted when you got married … or the terrific lemon tree at the neighbour ’s house that just does n’t produce right anymore .
There is no curative for citrus tree rejuvenation – you ca n’t lay aside them . Do n’t examine . Get rid of the tree before the disease spreads further … and beg that soon we ’ll have a cure … or at least citrus varieties that are genetically resistant .
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