Alternative Citrus Greening treatment? What do you think?

[growinginphoenix]

I came across this account in a book I'm reading. What do you think? For context, this was in Brazil.



Syntropic Agriculture According to Ernst Götsch, 1st edition in English, page 81

[bussone]

I came across this account in a book I'm reading. What do you think? For context, this was in Brazil.



Syntropic Agriculture According to Ernst Götsch, 1st edition in English, page 81

I think that's mostly woo. They are likely seeing a minor fertilizer effect from composting and the real advantage they are getting is using a taller canopy to break up exposed citrus area. We already know that canopy cover confuses psyllids and reduces their infestation level and the downstream greening infection. This is likely what the eucalyptus plantings are really doing. Thing is, this is amelioration, not prevention.

[Galatians522]

Adding organic matter and part shade have been shown to help citrus cope with HLB. Some of our local citrus growers have gone to Brazil. I would not be surprised if they saw a system similar to this. If it works they will implement it.

[countryboy1981]

I would never say putting a citrus tree more into its natural environment does not work.  Modern farming practices of spraying the area with roundup and using chemical fertilizers is not how these trees or any other trees historically grew.  In the wild the trees have organanic decaying matter and a soil microbiome that modern trees do not have.