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| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
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| Anita | 12/19/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Alice | 11/22/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you for your quick response, we ..... |
| ronald | 11/15/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | great info. |
| ronald | 11/12/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks |
| David | 10/19/10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
Anita, It sounds like a young tree, and if so, this would make sense, for a young tree needs to put its limited energy into development; the rule of thumb with young trees is to allow them to do so, by
Ok Lisa, you are all over the place with your care LOL...painted trunk?..hmmm, who told you to paint the trunk?...spikes don't work, you need to spread a well balanced "Citrus" granular around the base
The bluish growth on the trunk is "Lichen", it is an innocous growth that is just using your tree as a host, not hurting it at all, and very common with older trees; your problems however, are a different
Hi Ron, without seeing the fruit, it sounds like a case of "Citrus rust mite", a microscopic insect that attacks the rind, leaves and stems, but is only really noticeable on the rind, for it turns it brownish
Hi Harrison, the black substance is an innocous fungus called "Sooty Mold", this mold feeds off the secretions of small insects like Aphids and Scale; the white stuff on the back of the leaves is the likely

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