The Tropical Fruit Forum

I'm in LA and have a lemon and orange tree.   don't have the HLB disease but read an article in fruit growers mag about the Australian finger lime plant and how it's immune to HLB. 
So the question is if I graft a scion from this Australian tree on to the orange and lemon.  Will the lemon and orange become resistant to the HLB??   When you graft is it kind of like a blood transfusion where proteins from the Lime ooze into the orange and lemon making them resistant,  I hope?
Just a wishful thought

Hi
I see different methods and wondering what is correct?  After wrapping the scion and grafting to the tree.  Does it need to be left as is or covered with like a brown paper bag?   I've seen both?
Thanks

Hi
have a nice 12ft guava tree that the fruit is now getting fairly large and either squirlls or mice/rats are eating the fruit.  Other than trying to cover each individual fruit is there another way to protect the fruit.  there are hundreds of fruit
Thanks

Seanny
your approach graft looks to have 2 different diameter branches contacting each other??  am i seeing that right?
shouldn't they be the same size so the cambien matches up

what type of graft is that?  I have little success with grafting avocado and the only 2 that have worked were veneer grafts.  Fuerte to haas
I guess i have a 1% success rate
Bob

Seanny
pots are out of the question.  3 avocados,  2 at 15ft 1 at 30ft
fig at 15ft.  loquat at 15ft , plum at 10ft.   and those are just the ones near the sewer path.  there are others, Mango, guava, that are 20-30ft from the line but roots travel !
does anyone use the Robic foam and leave it in for 6-8 hours and is it safe?
thanks

I know this is a bit off topic but if others are like me and have a standard size tract home lot and it's fully loaded with fruit trees etc, then you probably have encountered roots in your sewer line?  I know i have some because i had it scoped.  Looking for suggestions on how to keep it cleaned out, either by a plumbing clean out or some safe root kill product.  I have been using the robic foaming type but looking for other useful info
thanks
Bob

Hi all
have a fuyu and was wondering if could be grafted to another fruit tree,  stone fruit etc??
Thanks  Bob

Hi
We are lucky to have 3 mature avocado trees.  One of them is budding like crazy right now but all the leaves are turning brown,  many falling off.  I don't really water or fertilize but we did have 10 inches of rain in December
Does anyone have any idea if this is a problem or have a solution?
Thanks

thank you all.   never knew mangoes would bloom in the winter.  I may leave a couple on and see what happens.  I had planned to pick all before maturity because the tree is not big enough this year.  next year for sure   

thanks for all the info.  but when fruit is present and I spray with the hose I loose fruit and many leaves.  is this common?

hi
bought some seeds solamum type.  i read some of the sweetest berries are huckleberries, NOT.  I think they are ripe but the most tart berry ever!  Is there another type that's sweet?
Thanks Bob