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i-need-a-martini · ‎08-11-2014

About 6 weeks ago I noticed a couple of the branches on the orange tree had no leaves and it looked like something was burrowing under the bark eating it away as it went. We then went away for 3 weks and by the time we got back, the whole tree was infected.

It had no leaves or oranges this year at all.

It is sending up new branch shoots even on the branches being affected but I am cutting it back hard anyway to try and save what I can.

Whatever it is isn't leaving borer holes or any pattern.

I have just noticed my mandarin has one branch starting the same so clearly an infestation of some sort.

I can't see any bugs at all and I haven't found anything on the internet.

Any ideas?

imastawka · ‎08-11-2014

Are you having a senior's moment?

There was a link I saw earlier that said this disease

was found in NSW recently.

I'll see if I can find it again.

imastawka · ‎08-11-2014

Nope, sorry. I was thinking Citrus Blast.

I'm out.

i-need-a-martini · ‎08-11-2014

@imastawka wrote:
Are you having a senior's moment?

There was a link I saw earlier that said this disease
was found in NSW recently.
I'll see if I can find it again.

(I freaking hate it when my husband doesn't sign out on my computer!)

Definitely not Citrus Blast.

I appreciate your help.