Hard to tell from the pics, but maybe mealybugs?  Do they have tiny little legs?

I have some potted citrus that apparently have varying degrees of magnesium deficiency (according to the pattern of the chlorosis and age of leaves affected).
Can I foliar spray with epsom salt?  Or is there another foliar spray that would work better/faster? I want to green them up fast.
Or should I just treat the soil with epsom salt, or something else??  I have a dozen different types of citrus trees, all in pots.

Thanks!

Carolyn

So, I have a 5 year old Peter's Honey fig tree in a 25 gallon container.
Every fall, it drops it's leaves, and I bring it into the "citrus" side of my greenhouse for the winter.  Then in the spring, it wakes up and I put it back outside again.  The citrus house never freezes, but the temps drop tot he 40's at night during the winter, and in the 50's to 60's during the day.

However, this fall when I moved it inside (we have had two light freezes already, so the leaves dropped), it has decided to put on a flush of new leaves, and I have baby figs coming on.

Does it HAVE to have a dormant period?  I don't want to kill it, but I also don't want to move it outside again if I don't have to, since it is heavy and I have to tip it through the door.  Looking online, it says it is good for zones 6-10, needs 0-150 hours of chill time (like THAT'S a big help...), and mature trees are hardy to 15 degrees. We go below 15 degrees routinely.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

Carolyn

My sister-in-law, who is from Cameroon, generally only uses "native" doctors.  She developed ovarian cancer a few years ago, and instead of going the "Western medicine route", went to a "traditional" doctor, who prescribed soursop, among several other dietary items.  She had to eat a certain amount (don't remember how much) every day for a month.  She is now supposedly in remission (or "cured", depending on who in the family you talk to...), and did not have surgery or chemo.  Of course, a lot could have gone on that she didn't tell us about, such as "was it really cancer in the first place", etc. But it does make you wonder.  Anything that is cytotoxic is going to affect rapidly dividing cells first, so I would think that, at least in theory, if you ate an amount that would kill only the fast-dividing cells, it would cure cancer.  Hmmm.

Be sure and post pictures if you can - I love to see what folks are building and how work is progressing!!!

Carolyn

Awesome!!!

I have only seen it once or twice (since I don't normally prune my coffee plants, and just do it as a special treat).  They sort of rip open the fruit with their teeth and then suck or scrape out the pulp.  They sometimes chew up and spit out the skins.  Most of the seeds are left on the branches (if I bring the whole branch from pruning), but some get spit out with the skins.  But, I don't know what they do in the wild, with other predators around.
I'd go for setting up a game camera!

Do you have fruit bats where you are located?  The ones at our zoo love to eat coffee cherries, but they do not eat the seed...

Me and my citrus tree are watching the Texas A&M / Auburn game.  Go Aggies!

I have been thinking about getting a nursery license (I am in Idaho), because someone suggested that I can buy my supplies cheaper by buying at wholesale prices.  Anyone know how that works?  I usually buy things online, except for my fertilizer and potting soil, which I buy locally.

Thanks!
Carolyn

As a veterinary technician for over 20 years, and the owner of a boxer mix pup who eats EVERYTHING, I can say it is not poisonous.  Matter of fact, you can make a calming tea from the leaves.  Sadly, I haven't seen any calming effect on Maya, who has ingested about 3 feet of my Possum purple passion vine in the last week.  She also ate my jasmine and is currently pruning the sugarcane.

On the plus side, she is chasing away all the squirrels, unlike out older dog, who prefers to observe them as they pillage my figs...

Carolyn

Wow.  And I thought I was having a bad day when I was building my greenhouse, got my hair caught in the power drill and the force of the drill slamming into my face broke my cheekbone!

Carolyn