This destructive soil borne disease of citrus is encouraged by high soil moisture, planting too deeply, mulching or too many weeds under the canopy of the tree. Foot rot lesions develop at or just ...

Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants!

I grew up in Arizona, where I had no appreciation for the absurd quantities of spectacular citrus I had ... right up to the tree trunk. This is a good way to spread disease—make sure to pull ...

But they do have more than their share of pests and diseases ... t allow the mulch to build up around the trunk. It is ...

The part of the tree fed by the damaged bark dies and so the disease progresses. Another common disease of citrus roots is root rot which causes the destruction of the shallow feeder roots ...