Tag: citrus greening

Citrus in the Home Landscape Research Project

by Clarissa Chairez
November 1, 2022

Citrus in Florida Citrus is one of the most vital industries to Florida Agriculture. Unfortunately, over the past few decades, the citrus industry has battled many pests and pathogens that have taken its toll on production. While many new tools ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus In The Home Landscape, Demonstration Garden, Exploration Gardens, Fruits And Vegetables, HLB, Master Gardener, Ocextension, Orange County, Residential Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County

Oak Leaf Compost for HLB?

by jpopenoe
January 21, 2021

Researchers have been working for years to find a treatment for the devastating Citrus Greening disease also known as Huanglongbing or HLB. Now in 2020 there are two promising new treatments that are showing exciting results. Both are naturally ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus Greening, Compost Tea, HLB, Oak Leaf Compost Tea

Reduce Fertilizer with CRF for HLB Citrus

by jpopenoe
January 28, 2020

What should you do to try and revive a citrus tree affected with HLB/Greening? Researchers at UF/IFAS wanted to know if hard pruning and fertilizing would bring HLB-affected trees back into production. HLB kills the roots in citrus trees causing ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus Greening, CRF, Fertilizer, HLB, Pruning

Citrus Fertilizer for Greening Affected Trees

by jpopenoe
August 23, 2019

Declining Citrus with Greening People often ask me what they can do with their declining citrus to make them productive again. There are numerous diseases that cause citrus to decline, with the latest being citrus greening. Greening is a bacterial ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Fertilizer, Citrus Greening, Fertilizer

An Insecticide-Free Way to Grow Citrus in the Face of Greening

by jpopenoe
December 14, 2017

Citrus greening disease is devastating Florida citrus. This disease is spread by an insect, the Asian Citrus Psyllid. Growers are faced with expensive decisions about spraying pesticides to control the psyllid to reduce the spread of the disease. ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, CUPS, Popenoe, Protected Agriculture

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