r/Citrus • • 7h ago

Health & Troubleshooting Bronze shield bugs

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I need help from people smarter than myself, I have this large mandarin tree in my backyard and every spring i rage war against these stink bugs no matter what I try they win the war they don't even know they are part of does anyone have any tips to rid the poor tree from them. Another hurdle that's been thrown my way is our neighbour now has a bee hive on the other side of the fence and I'd hate to negatively affect the hives population. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.


r/Citrus • • 1h ago

Time to bring tree inside, frost soon?

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On the deck currently.

r/Citrus • • 14h ago

Health & Troubleshooting Help with young Washington orange tree

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Planted in early May. It has had lots of growth this summer, but started having orange sap about halfway up the trunk towards the beginning of September. Image 2 shows that open area where the sap has accumulated. I sprayed some copper on it and the sap has largely stopped, but now the other side of the trunk has black discoloration.

What are my options and what should I do? Located in 10a SoCal.


r/Citrus • • 14h ago

Health & Troubleshooting Do I still need to fertilize this meyers?

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The first picture is my meyers growing too many flowers for its own good. I'm going to wait to see how many flowers self prune of their own volition, but the leaves are showing signs of nutrient deficiency I think. I fertilized it last month... And it's still yellow so I fertilized it again last week. Does it still need more fertilizer??? More sun???? 2nd pic is my greener mandarin tree.

I'm mostly worried about it's lack of leaves compared to the mandarin to support it's flowers. Like, it's flowering like crazy because it's dying or something.


r/Citrus • • 21h ago

How do I go about repotting a plant this big?

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Potted indoor/outdoor lemon tree. Please excuse the petunias in the pot, they've been persistent in regrowing there each year and I don't have the heart to tear them out.

This tree's wooden pot is starting to come apart so I'm looking at replacing it with something more durable. However, I've never repotted a plant nearly this big (and heavy!) so I'm not sure how to start. How do I get this tree out of its current pot without damaging the roots?