Laurel and Avocado Wilt
URGENT NOTICE 9/11/2008:
Updated 8/14/2009:
To owners of Avocado trees in the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina !
I have just discovered that all three of my precious avocado trees are infected with a new disease going around that will make the trees wilt and the leaves dry up in a short period of time. This disease has spread to well over 33 counties in Florida (now as far south as Homestead), Georgia and South Carolina. Please go and read the University of Florida document on Laurel and Avocado wilt. Please go to:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS391
More information from other sources:
http://www.fl-dof.com/forest_management/fh_insects_redbay_ambrosiabeetle.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/foresthealth/laurelwilt/index.shtml
If you would like to see how the precious avocado trees in my back yard ended up in less than a month, I have setup a slide show with very sad pictures. Please go to:
http://www.caribbeanseeds.net/laurelwilt.htm
It is a serious problem for all avocado growers so lets get working to eradicate this disease.