u/Bauljamic_Arlijam

It was planted 4 years ago, it has been growing great, and it has been bearing fruit since the second year. It has never had anything like this before. Last autumn I built a shed right next to it, so now it is basically in the shade all day.

I assume that created the conditions for this situation, since there is moisture and shade, which makes it favorable for these insects.

I’d appreciate recommendations on how to get rid of them. Pesticides are fine, it doesn’t have to be organic.

I have 40 more that are in the sun and none of those have these things.

I started in the begining of April by girdling these two branches by removing a strip of bark about 2 cm wide all the way around them. Then I used moist, loose compost soil and wrapped it like this together with plastic wrap. The soil still feels soft and moist to the touch. The branches above look healthy and are continuing to grow, so I hope root development has started. How long did you wait?

My camera is bad, but they are there lol, disturbed the soil with my hand and like a thousand of them appeared and there are white ant eggs there as well.

Kažu stari da je ovaj običaj ostao od vremena Turaka kada su, dan pred hajdučki sastanak, Srbi obeležavali svoje imanje stavljanjem ovih krstova na sve kapije, kuće, zabadali u njive, obore, itd. Pretpostavljam da su bile u pitanju neke sabotaže turskih useva, pa su obeležene parcele koje ne treba dirati.

Kod nas se poštuje ovaj običaj od kada znam za sebe. Voleo sam kao mali sa stricem da idem dok on pravi krstove, sada to ja radim. Pošto se to radi početkom maja, narod ujedno iskoristi priliku da ode do daljih njiva da pogleda kako napreduju posejane njive i ujedno zabode krst u njivu.

Prave se od leske, odnosno od mladih prutova lešnika, poželjno je da bude lepo razgranat i sa dosta lišća. Rascepi se negde na sredini i onda se ovaj štapić provuče i tako se napravi krst.

Edit: u pitanju je zapadna Srbija, okolina Loznice. Imamo i lilanje za Petrovdan, ivanjske vence za Ivanjdan..to je isto nešto što nije u celoj Srbiji zastupljeno.

I grow 3 different lemons, 2 oranges, 1 kumquat, and one mandarin. I already grafted kumquat on this lemon when someone gave me a cutting of persian lime. Decided to graft it here and do some air layering so that I have both kumquat and a lime.