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AmberKristen starts with ... Hi, I have a beloved lime tree (about 8yrs old) that has suddenly started splitting its bark. The trunk first had one split in it, and now more have developed further up the trunk and on some of the lower limbs. There appears to be some white scale on the trunk. I cannot find any evidence of borer's (dust, holes, sap etc). There is no sap oozing from any areas, its just like the trunk got too big for the bark and its split. SOme splits are more than 30cm in length. PLease help if anyone has any suggestions. The tree is still prolifically fruiting but there is some yellow mottling to the leaves so I am suspecting it needs some iron definency too which I will rectify.
| About the Author AmberKristen Glass House Mountains 16th February 2015 7:09pm #UserID: 11305 Posts: 2 View All AmberKristen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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AmberKristen says... Thank you for the advice. Yes I have been watching it slowly split in more and more places. I have had mixed advice and some have said borers but it just didnt look like the damage that borers do and I suspect the scale did have something to do with it. Do you have any suggestion on how to prevent infection of my neighbouring citrus? For this infected lime tree I was going to mix some malathion into a prunning paint and paint that on - is this advisable? | About the Author AmberKristen Glass House Mountains 19th February 2015 10:24pm #UserID: 11305 Posts: 2 View All AmberKristen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MikeThorn says... My lime tree also suffered split trunk and splits on major boughs. I also noticed branches dying off that had been pruned the year before. I have trimmed off all the dead branches and have a single branch left with leaves and fruit. I have yet to treat the tree. I will treat the fresh cuts with pruning paint and Malathion and treat the trunk as well. I have a Meyers Lemon and Cara Cara orange in close proximity that do not have trunk splitting. | About the Author MikeT Northridge 28th July 2015 8:06am #UserID: 12095 Posts: 2 View All MikeT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gail9 says... I'm very interested in this forum as the bark my lime is splitting too. I thought that it may be citrus snow scale. So I sprayed with white oil and then at another time with wettable sulphur. The sulphur seemed to have the best result. However the bark has split again and a few scale (white spots on limbs) are becoming obvious again. Please if you have had success could you please share the remedy as I really don't want to lose my amazing lime tree. | About the Author Gail9 TOLGA,4882,QLD 12th August 2018 2:30pm #UserID: 18816 Posts: 2 View All Gail9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Debann Gatton 5th October 2018 3:02pm #UserID: 19096 Posts: 2 View All Debann's Edible Fruit Trees |
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yano says... i've recently run into a similar issue. i did a lot of research. the problem is Phytophthora Gummosis or a similar type of infection.they say there is no cure. basal bark treatment with liquid copper and phosphoric acid helps. foliar spraying with oxytetracycline my help it im trying it now myself. i have seen improvements already after 2 weeks but can take a year to recover. these treatments also help with HLB caused by phyllids moths(citrus greening). trees cracking is not normal, leaf miners are a big problem in young trees. malathion dose kill miners, spinosad is a better product, both products kill phyllids. good luck guys hope these trees all get healthy again. i love my orchard. | About the Author yano Tampa 24th April 2019 12:29am #UserID: 20211 Posts: 1 View All yano's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Debann Gatton 24th April 2019 9:53am #UserID: 19096 Posts: 2 View All Debann's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JAP says... Just been pruning my citrus, Lime, Lemon & Kaffir and discovered some branches are splitting on the Lime & Lemon. We had a severe burnout last summer and a lot of plants were burnt including the Citrus but they seemed to survive, although I have noticed that there are still some leaves that look dry at the ends. I also noticed there doesn't seem to be much in the way of new growth of leaves of fruit buds. Been doing my spring fertilising and added Epsom Salts for the first time. After reading the above not sure if its scale or just results of severe burning last summer. Any info would be helpful not really a green thumb. | About the Author JAP Paynesville 11th September 2019 3:13pm #UserID: 20864 Posts: 1 View All JAP's Edible Fruit Trees |
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