FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 A panel featuring some of the citrus industry\u2019s largest growers sharing their experiences in the groves\u00a0drew a big crowd\u00a0at the Citrus Expo Wednesday as hundreds gathered to learn more about ways to cope with citrus greening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seminar, titled \u201cWhat\u2019s working well or why we are replanting with widespread HLB,\u201d included presentations from\u00a0Jim Snively, of Southern Gardens; Andy Tuck, of Crews Grove; and Rob Atchley, of A. Duda & Sons, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three growers spoke about their experiences in the battle against greening while many growers in attendance took notes, including Dan Fields, of Harrell Groves Inc. in Manatee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was very interesting to hear what the three big growers are doing,\u201d Fields said. \u201cEspecially how similar their management practices\u00a0are in some ways and how different they can be. There are a lot of different ways to do things out there and it just shows that you have to find what works best for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Hank Crutchfield, of Henry Crutchfield Inc. in Sebring, the chance to hear\u00a0about root nutrition, psyllid control and growing techniques from\u00a0large growers is\u00a0beneficial, he said, since it isn\u2019t always possible to try everything yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year\u2019s\u00a0Citrus Expo<\/a>\u00a0also featured vendors from all\u00a0aspects of the industry, from pest management to equipment suppliers. Other seminars\u00a0focused on thermotherapy, production management, root health strategies and trial updates. With the Florida Citrus harvest near, the expo\u00a0focused on citrus greening as the disease threatens to reduce production in yet another season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Citrus Expo is a seminar and trade show for citrus growers and industry professionals. The expo, held annually in August, began in 1992 and is\u00a0organized and operated by AgNet Media\/Citrus Industry magazine. For more information, visit\u00a0S<\/a>outheastAgNet.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 A panel featuring some of the citrus industry\u2019s largest growers sharing their experiences in the groves\u00a0drew a big crowd\u00a0at the Citrus Expo Wednesday as hundreds gathered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56,"template":"","fdoc_news_item_category":[99,100,96],"fdoc_citrus_type":[110,107],"fdoc_health_category":[113,114,115,116],"class_list":["post-4103","fdoc-news-item","type-fdoc-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fdoc_news_item_category-economic-research","fdoc_news_item_category-industry","fdoc_news_item_category-research","fdoc_citrus_type-grapefruit","fdoc_citrus_type-orange","fdoc_health_category-anti-inflammatory","fdoc_health_category-hearth-health","fdoc_health_category-potassium-rich","fdoc_health_category-vitamin-c-rich"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc-news-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fdoc-news-item"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fdoc_news_item_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_news_item_category?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_citrus_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_citrus_type?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"fdoc_health_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridacitrus.org\/grower\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fdoc_health_category?post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}