Our tangelo tree is clearly dying; of course I can't be sure, but I suspect it is from citrus greening diseases. I finally rattled enough cages that the state department of food and agriculture is sending someone out to inspect the tree tomorrow morning. A quarantine area was set up near here maybe three years ago, and I read that from infection to manifestation of the disease takes two to five years. Citrus are big business around here; directly across the river, maybe a mile from here, huge citrus groves begin.
I was just wondering the same thing, Cat. If the folks come to assess and determine that your tree has the dread disease, is there are treatment or will you lose the tree for the sake of the groves nearby?
The tree is doomed--too far gone; it happened quickly. The usual "treatment" is to uproot and burn the tree. Citrus trees have been genetically modified (with spinach genes) to be immune to the disease, but commercial worries about acceptability in the market have so far prevented uptake. But when the choice is genetically modified orange juice or none at all, there ought to be a market.
As to sporange juice, cough, cough, well... As long as it's not green, I guess. Mind you, I like spinach; just never thought of it in combination with orange juice before. The notion does take a bit of getting used to.
Oh, I agree with you completely, Susan. People are the pits. Is this a general observation, or did something in particular happen today to lead you to confirm this conclusion?
That's why I've largely abandoned Facebook. I like the forums and chat boards on Fun Trivia a whole lot more. Being a private site they can, and occasionally do, enforce their rules against obscenity, bullying etc. Makes for a much more civilized place to hang out. They also are pretty strict about no politics or religion. That was tough for me at first, but one adjusts, especially since the ban does not apply to private messages. I'm a lot less tense now that I only go back to FB to tend my Engelbert fan group and for the semi-annual song challenge. Wish I could get Sis to leave FB. All it does is upset her.
I have had no problems with Facebook. At least since I unfriended Louis Antonelli. The posts Facebook shows me are pretty much all by my friends, and the politically oriented minority of posts tend to be things I agre with. That's aside from the way groups I belong to use Facebook as the medium for communication and making plans.
Susan, do you have a large group of FB Friends, or are you checking out political pages? I have learned to steer clear of the political pages, because it seems trolls live there. Of course, I also have only about 100 FB Friends, who are primarily family but also include a few friends I have no other way of checking in with. Mostly, I'm there for the family photo sharing. But...yeah...it's easy to get pulled in to a group full of naysayers, trolls and people who don't play nice with others.
Only 20 friends. Stopped accepting strangers after two bad experiences. There are always trolls lurking. Some people just MUST cause trouble. Usually I just block them immediately. I never try to argue with a closed mind. I belong to several quilting groups that are private. I tend to scurry around the interwebs looking for choice morsels to share on FB.
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Administrative Law Judge Emily Daneker issued a 252-page decision classifying violations by the company JK2 and its successor Westminster Management as “widespread and numerous.”
Well, today's "Sailing Season!" title is so ironic that it's just about poignant, given what happened during the sailing races this evening. Wil and Root*Center*Son sail together each Weds evening all Summer in the highly competitive Soling races. Last week they took 1st of 5 boats. Tonight they took 4th of 6 boats...because:
* In the second race the lost their spinnaker halyard up the mast and couldn't get it down by the usual methods, as it got stuck up there and wouldn't be coaxed. *In the third race, Son (at the helm) attempted to slip between the Committee Boat and another boat. It should have worked, but the skipper of the other boat says he never saw them (how do you not see a whole boat next to you?!) and turned his boat such that it squeezed their boat into the Committee Boat! For that, they had to do a 360º turn (during which you lose significant time), and in the course of the turn, Wil whacked his head on the boom. He did not draw blood, which is good because he's still on blood thinners since his angioplasty in December, but one has to be extra diligent about such bumps, because of the possibility of internal bleeding. We do think he's okay, though watching him close. The really amazing thing is that without a spinnaker sail, even though all the other boats had spinnakers, they still won the fourth race!
All this and it's only the second race night of the Summer season. Heh.
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ReplyDeleteOur tangelo tree is clearly dying; of course I can't be sure, but I suspect it is from citrus greening diseases. I finally rattled enough cages that the state department of food and agriculture is sending someone out to inspect the tree tomorrow morning. A quarantine area was set up near here maybe three years ago, and I read that from infection to manifestation of the disease takes two to five years. Citrus are big business around here; directly across the river, maybe a mile from here, huge citrus groves begin.
ReplyDelete"citrus greening diseases" should read "citrus greening disease."
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DeleteI was just wondering the same thing, Cat.
DeleteIf the folks come to assess and determine that your tree has the dread disease, is there are treatment or will you lose the tree for the sake of the groves nearby?
Sending good tree vibes!!
The tree is doomed--too far gone; it happened quickly. The usual "treatment" is to uproot and burn the tree. Citrus trees have been genetically modified (with spinach genes) to be immune to the disease, but commercial worries about acceptability in the market have so far prevented uptake. But when the choice is genetically modified orange juice or none at all, there ought to be a market.
DeleteI'm sorry. Hate to see trees go!
DeleteAs to sporange juice, cough, cough, well... As long as it's not green, I guess. Mind you, I like spinach; just never thought of it in combination with orange juice before. The notion does take a bit of getting used to.
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ReplyDeleteOh, I agree with you completely, Susan. People are the pits. Is this a general observation, or did something in particular happen today to lead you to confirm this conclusion?
DeleteMainly exposure to hateful morons on Facebook. Not a particular incidence - just pervasive a$$holery everywhere I look.
DeleteThat's why I've largely abandoned Facebook. I like the forums and chat boards on Fun Trivia a whole lot more. Being a private site they can, and occasionally do, enforce their rules against obscenity, bullying etc. Makes for a much more civilized place to hang out. They also are pretty strict about no politics or religion. That was tough for me at first, but one adjusts, especially since the ban does not apply to private messages. I'm a lot less tense now that I only go back to FB to tend my Engelbert fan group and for the semi-annual song challenge. Wish I could get Sis to leave FB. All it does is upset her.
DeleteIt is upsetting. Kind of like trying to swim with piranhas in the water with you. I sort of dip in and then run.
DeleteI have had no problems with Facebook. At least since I unfriended Louis Antonelli. The posts Facebook shows me are pretty much all by my friends, and the politically oriented minority of posts tend to be things I agre with. That's aside from the way groups I belong to use Facebook as the medium for communication and making plans.
DeleteSusan, do you have a large group of FB Friends, or are you checking out political pages? I have learned to steer clear of the political pages, because it seems trolls live there. Of course, I also have only about 100 FB Friends, who are primarily family but also include a few friends I have no other way of checking in with. Mostly, I'm there for the family photo sharing. But...yeah...it's easy to get pulled in to a group full of naysayers, trolls and people who don't play nice with others.
DeleteOnly 20 friends. Stopped accepting strangers after two bad experiences. There are always trolls lurking. Some people just MUST cause trouble. Usually I just block them immediately. I never try to argue with a closed mind. I belong to several quilting groups that are private. I tend to scurry around the interwebs looking for choice morsels to share on FB.
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Administrative Law Judge Emily Daneker issued a 252-page decision classifying violations by the company JK2 and its successor Westminster Management as “widespread and numerous.”
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Well, today's "Sailing Season!" title is so ironic that it's just about poignant, given what happened during the sailing races this evening. Wil and Root*Center*Son sail together each Weds evening all Summer in the highly competitive Soling races. Last week they took 1st of 5 boats. Tonight they took 4th of 6 boats...because:
ReplyDelete* In the second race the lost their spinnaker halyard up the mast and couldn't get it down by the usual methods, as it got stuck up there and wouldn't be coaxed.
*In the third race, Son (at the helm) attempted to slip between the Committee Boat and another boat. It should have worked, but the skipper of the other boat says he never saw them (how do you not see a whole boat next to you?!) and turned his boat such that it squeezed their boat into the Committee Boat! For that, they had to do a 360º turn (during which you lose significant time), and in the course of the turn, Wil whacked his head on the boom. He did not draw blood, which is good because he's still on blood thinners since his angioplasty in December, but one has to be extra diligent about such bumps, because of the possibility of internal bleeding. We do think he's okay, though watching him close.
The really amazing thing is that without a spinnaker sail, even though all the other boats had spinnakers, they still won the fourth race!
All this and it's only the second race night of the Summer season. Heh.
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ReplyDeleteI don't have much trubble on facebook. But belong to no groups except the Quakers that I follow much.