The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-08
WAY TO SAVE CITRUS
TREES HURT BY GOLD
.EXPLA|NEDBYEXPERT
BxH.P. ROLES.

When excessively low temperature
has occurred in the citrus region the
bark of the trees is quite likely to
split; IL very cold even the trunks of
the trees may split. The first step
should be in the direction Of taking
care Of the injury as far as possible.
Frequently the bark is not all dead
even when a split has occurred. Death
sometimes follows as a result of dry
ing out after the freezing.
The first step TO prevent injury
would be to bind the bark up as care
fully and securely as possible. After
the bark has been bound up and put
in as good condition as possible.
banking the trunk will do much
toward preventing excessive loss of
moisture. When trees are treated in
this way care must be taken to pro-
tect the injured portion against in
vasion by rot fungi and attacks from
insects and other pests. Antiseptic
solutions applied to the injured por-
ton will do much in this direction.
Trash and other rotting stuff should
not be included in the bank. This is
the first step in providing "frst aid to
the injured"
Pruning.
No one should be in great haste
about cutting off the injured portion
If one is certain that the tops and
branches are all dead it is well
enough to cut the dead material
away. However, the most expert
enced persons make mistakes in the
direction of cutting out branches and
even cutting off entire trunks that
have been left quite uninjured, and
in this way add good deal to the
damage to the tree. As soon as the
new growth shows definitely the ex-
tent of the injury all the dead wood
should be cut out and Immediately
burned. This is done as precaution-
airy measure to keep down melanose
: and withertip. Both of these fungi
grow readily in dead citrus wood.
All the sprouts that come out from
the trunk or from the root should be
allowed to grow. The very large root
system needs all the leaf surface that
can be furnished it to keep it in the
best of health.
Cultivation.
A citurs tree, whether sick OF
well, responds readily to good meth
DDS of cultivation. The methods Of
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, different classe of soils and different
groves. Whatever will keep the sol
in a mellow condition and keep i
moist during excessive drouth usually
produces the best growth. Cultiva
ton of trees should be continued al
would have been the case If the grove
; had not been injured by cold.
Fertilization
Many trees have been recently fer
tilted and these viii not need an
| other application until large TOT
growth has been produced. Man!
groves, however, have received tn,
minimum amount of fertilizer; Il
stimulate healthy growth and pro
duce maximum amount of health!
: wood it will be necessary to appl!
fertilizer to such trees. The amour
to be applied will vary with the con
dition of the trees before the freeze
If the trees have show that they wert
abundantly supplied with plant foot
an additional amount win probabl.
be of little value. If, however, TIL
following of the leaves and the con
: dition of the fruit have shown tina
the trees were needing fertilizer,
would be profitable to make an ap
plication. Those trees that hav,
shown a decided yellowing of tn
leaves will need approximately a full
! dose of fertilizer. Most citrus tree
after injury by cold need only tn