FRUIT AND CITRUS TREES
By Backyard Homestead HQ
Fruit trees die due to one or more of six classes of issues. The problem must be diagnosed, reversed, and addressed in a timely manner to save the affected fruit trees.
Here are 40-plus issues and common fixes to save afflicted fruit trees.
Abiotic Disorders
Reason
Fix
Gardening education
Insects (Arthropods)
Some insects should be tolerated while others should be eradicated or removed from fruit trees
Diseases
Prevention is the best treatment
Cankers
Cracks
Deadwood
Decay
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Poor Structure
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Weak Joints and Unions
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Curled or deformed leaves, stick sap, & visible aphids on the tree
Holes in leaves & visible bees
Visible eggs, moths, or holes in the bark near the base of the tree
Tattered, skeletonized leaves
Mottled, dusty-looking leaves
Small holes on leaves
Cankers on the tree
Dying blossoms, fruit, shoots, twigs, & branches
Spotted leaves
White powdery on leaf tissues
Sluggish trees with branch dieback
Sooty-looking fungal growth on leaves
Prevent your garden from being a habitat
Have a non-venomous garden snake
Call a professional pest control service
Use tree guards for protection
Use traps to catch, rehome, or kill pests
01 Use a weed-eater
02 Mow around your trees
03 Pull weeds out by hand
04 Dig up weeds with a shovel
05 Use a tiller for root structures
06 Lay down a protective weed barrier around your trees