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lemon_poet



Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 4
Location: NW AR, zone 6B

Posted: Sun 24 Jan, 2010 2:38 pm

hello,

A friend says they could get lemon budwood/sticks from their
mom living in costa rica. I (and friend) reside in NW Arkansas.
Anyone know of legality issues if we asked her to mail some
bud sticks for grafting onto my lemon rootstock?

_Will
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Malcolm_Manners
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Citrus Guru


Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 676
Location: Lakeland Florida

Posted: Sun 24 Jan, 2010 3:18 pm

Living citrus tissue cannot be brought into the US from any other country, except under the most extreme of permitting and quarantine licensing through USDA-APHIS.
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Millet
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Joined: 13 Nov 2005
Posts: 6657
Location: Colorado

Posted: Sun 24 Jan, 2010 3:18 pm

I don't know about the legality, as you are in Arkansas, but if you are going to go to all the trouble of budding, then growing the tree out over the years, it would be wise to insure that any budwood used was virus free. Who knows what diseases, viroids, and viruses budwood from Costa Rica could contain. - Millet (1,096-)
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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
Posts: 5669
Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina

Posted: Sun 24 Jan, 2010 3:54 pm

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Who knows what diseases, viroids, and viruses budwood from Costa Rica could contain


Quite a few including Greening.

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jrb
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Joined: 30 Dec 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Idaho Falls, ID zone 4A

Posted: Sun 24 Jan, 2010 4:48 pm

There's a very bad citrus disease called citrus variegated chlorosis that is present in Costa Rica but not yet present in the U.S. You don't want to be responsible for bringing that disease here.

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lemon_poet



Joined: 21 Feb 2009
Posts: 4
Location: NW AR, zone 6B

Posted: Mon 25 Jan, 2010 1:36 pm

Thanks for all the [timely] responses...

my first inclination was that it probably was a bad idea,
but I thought I'd ask and learn something; and I have.

+Will
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