Citrus Greening QUARANTINE

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1 Citrus Greening QUARANTINE

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3 Asian Citrus Psyllid

4 What does this mean?

5 Next up Ensuring the Success of Your Home Orchard

6 Ensuring the Success of Your Home Orchard Presented by Deborah Birge Fort Bend County Master Gardener, S02

7 Extension programs serve people of all ages regardless of socioeconomic level, race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas cooperating

8 Get Started

9 But First a few questions

10 What is your gardening personality?

11 Structured Hands on

12 Free-formed Laid back?

13 Your Time vs Basic Care Watering & feeding Pruning Cold protection Spraying Fruit thinning Floor maintenance

14 What fruits do you like to eat? Kiwi, raspberries, apricots Apples, peaches, blueberries Figs, pears, blackberries, kumquats

15 When will fruits ripen? January March Persimmons, lemons, kumquats, strawberries April June Strawberries, blackberries, high bush blueberries, loquats, mulberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots July September Grapes, figs, pears, pawpaws, jujubes, blackberries, peaches, rabbit eye blueberries, plums, quince, banana, pomegranates, satsumas October December Persimmons, pecans, satsuma, figs, mandarins, grapefruit, oranges, limequat, lemons, pomegranates, kumquats, tangelos, pong koas

16 and a few tasks Plant new trees correctly * bare root * potted plants Planting site needs airflow and sunlight *trees are less likely to be plagued by disease *trees are less likely to be plagued by insects

17 Planting Site Sun At least 6 hours daily Soil Test soil ph & nutrients Well-drained bed, container, build raised bed Water should drain quickly Water retention test Space to grow Diameter of tree at maturity Air circulation Maintenance

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19 Take Soil Samples

20 Water Retention * Dig a 12 deep hole * Fill hole with water * Let hole drain, refill * If the hole retains water after 24 hours Think Raised Bed

21 Why prune?

22 Pruning for Health of the Proper Pruning Home Orchard * Guide tree growth by cutting branches * Cut branches at outward facing buds * Remove diseased wood * Remove crossing limbs

23 Pruning to Size the Home Orchard Limiting Tree Size * shape tree with detail pruning during dormant season bring down the top * keep tree small with vigor-reducing pruning in summer keep roots in check

24 Appropriate Size

25 Pruning for Better Quality Fruit Thinning * Increase fruit size and quality by thinning young fruits so that fewer, larger, uncrowded fruit mature * Promote high fruit quality by reducing or promoting leaf-cover on fruit depending on climate. Sun scald of fruit minimized by allowing greater leaf-cover over fruit

26 What Chill Hours are Required?

27 Insufficient Chill

28 What is Cold Hardiness?

29 Least Hardy to Hardiest High 20 s lemon lime Mid 20 s citron sweet orange navel orange mandarin grapefruit Low 20 s tangerine tangelo kumquat satsuma

30 Good Planting Techniques

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34 Bare Root Trees Plant as soon as possible after purchase Critical that roots are not exposed to air or allowed to dry out FBMG using Hydrogel slurry to protect roots Temporarily heel-in plant--moist mulch, garden bed or container Prepare planting hole before unwrapping tree or removing from temporary location

35 What to Look for in Bare Root

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38 1/3 Root and 2/3 Tree

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46 Avoid root bound plants

47 Success *Trim tree, 1/3 root, 2/3 tree *Trim limbs *Trim broken roots *Soak roots *Dig the hole *Score the hole *Plant tree, spreading roots *Replace native soil halfway *Water in *Replace remaining soil *Build rim with remaining soil *Water well *Mulch

48 Soil Amendments Advantages Makes soil easier to work Provides nutrients Disadvantages Roots tend to stay in amended bowl causing girdling Bowl retains water, root rot Amended soil dries out quicker, more watering Costs money

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50 Focus Focuson onthe thetop top12 12

51 Mulch

52 Mulching made Easy

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55 References Texas A&M - Aggie Horticulture aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut University of Florida Urban Harvest Dave Wilson Nursery Soil Testing

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