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Offline Jim134

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What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« on: May 18, 2013, 10:33:46 am »
What do you know about Citrus Greening ???

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2013, 12:17:53 pm »
I know that I have 4 trees infected right now. It's really a shame and I wonder what future the citrus industry has here not to mention the orange blossom honey crop.

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2013, 10:49:41 pm »
Scott....
  To me it looks likes the beginning of the end for citrus and orange blossom honey crop.  I do hope I'm wrong.



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« Last Edit: May 18, 2013, 11:01:54 pm by Jim 134 »
"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may  remember,involve me and I'll understand"
        Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
 John F. Kennedy
Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2013, 09:11:56 am »
Many citrus growers are looking for alternative crops right now with things such as pomegranate a possibility. Many scattered groves out there that have been sold off and no longer in production but still have rows and rows of trees that are infected. All contributing to the problem. You know, sort of like bee disease....a lot of it is about what your neighbor is doing to address the problem also.  :roll:

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 09:43:26 am »
Yeah, it looks pretty bleak. I understand that even the agriculture commissioner is saying the citrus industry will be gone in five years.

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2013, 12:10:51 am »
Azomite claims to cure it. Google it for more info.

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Re: What do you know about Citrus Greening ???
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2013, 01:22:11 pm »
Azomite is nothing more than a volcanic trace element mix. A vigorous trace element treatment regime has been shown to reduce the damage to fruit of infected plants and maintain the trees' productivity, it is not a cure.