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jjjankovsky
04-18-2010, 07:11 PM
We, in southwesterly coastal Mexico have all the possible lime tree problems possible...yeah, it's a bitch...but, I'm having problems searching a 'lime tree disease/problem' site that will address the problem...the search engines like lime disease...ticks...
can you folk help?
sunfish
04-18-2010, 07:23 PM
Mexican Lime (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/mexican_lime.html)
Deadly citrus disease reaches Mexico, threatens California - Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/18/business/fi-citrus18)
Fungus on Key Lime Tree | eHow.co.uk (http://www.ehow.co.uk/about_6111466_fungus-key-lime-tree.html)
Citrus Growers Forum :: Index (http://citrus.forumup.org/)
jjjankovsky
04-18-2010, 08:17 PM
thanks sunfish, but i need a site with pics of bummer limes...i couldn't get there (with a bit of work)...these limes get a brown spot/scab...then split open with all kind of dark junk in the wound...
sunfish
04-18-2010, 10:02 PM
Alternaria fruit rot pictures - Google Search (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=rAN&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Alternaria+fruit+rot+pictures&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=ncfLS4buOY3YsQOboeW9Aw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQsAQwAA)
Citrus - IPM Images: The Source for Agriculture and Pest Management Pictures (http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/bsubject.cfm?id=123)
Richard
04-18-2010, 10:09 PM
You need to spray your lime trees regularly (monthly) with a pyrethroid like Cyfluthrin (1 Tbsp / gallon water), or with an activated pyrethrin product such as "Evergreen EC". In addition, every time you see tiny new leaves starting you need to spray with Spinosad. About every six weeks you also need to spray with Potassium Bicarbonate (1 Tbsp / gallon water), sold commercially as "MilStop". After about a year, this should eliminate all the harmful insects and the fungal processes they started -- at which point you can lower the frequency of treatment.
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