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Whats wrong with my citruses


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Im pretty new when it cames to citruses and if anybody have any idea whats going on here and what can I do to prevent more damadge? Is it bacterial, fungal, viral, some pests, common citrus disease?

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Thanks

Ante

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Too much water maybe? Citrus don't like waterlogged soils. Maybe something else.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Phyllocnistis citrella,good year for them :greenthumb:

Yep, leaf miners at work for sure. Damage usually considered cosmetic. Also, looks like some nitrogen deficiency to me as well. Citrus are heavy feeders.

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I always have this. I just ignore it and a healthy plant just outgrows it.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I have it as well. Plus a host of other problems. The plants just grow, and produce more fruit than I know what to do with.

I've found that the worst pest of my citrus is me.

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You can spray them with KeyPlex foliar fertilizer. If there are any deficiencies it will get it green again -- even if it should have "asian greening" (Huanglongbing). Incidentally I saw an article in the latest rare fruit growers magazine that claims you can overcome asian greening by covering the tree with a plastic greenhouse and really heating it up for a while. I don't remember the specifics of it though.

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That link that Dr. George put up pretty much sums it up. I resisted imidicloprid for the first two years after I planted a minneola Tangelo because it's detrimental to bees. It makes them confused and they get lost and can't find their way back to their hives. However the miner infestation was retarding growth so I finally did use it for a couple of months and the tree is looking fantastic. I'm happy to read that trees that reach the four year mark are generally not bothered by it. I won't be using it again because I feel bad doing so.

That being said, it looks like a pretty young tree you have there so you might consider the imidicloprid if you feel that growth is being retarded. You also want to fertilize once a month as citrus are heavy feeders. I use an all around tropical landscape and turf fertilizer, I tried to look at the numbers but the little piece of paper that had them is gone :( the numbers were pretty low in any case.

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