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Article: Suckers, mites, snails: summer troubles for citrus.
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- Article date:
- August 1, 1987
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1987 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Suckers, mites, snails: summer troubles for citrus
As summer progresses, be alert to signsthat your citrus is suffering maladies.
The photograph at top shows an unusualproblem: undesirable fruit produced by a rambunctious rootstock that is taking over the main plant. Rootstock varieties have sturdy, disease-resistant root systems but usually bear thick-skinned, undersize, poor-quality fruit. Prune out the invader's branches and watch for new growth from below the graft line on the trunk. If the entire plant yields this undesirable fruit, the rootstock has taken over, and you may want to replace the plant.
Snail damage, like that shown ...