It's almost time for our first frost date here in zone 8a, North Texas. Citrus Trees do not like frost and will either be damaged or perish if exposed to freezing temperatures for more than a few hours so it's time to get all of my Lemon and Orange Trees that I have grown from seed prepped for the indoors. There are a few tips and steps you should take when it's time to bring your citrus trees indoors (either in an indoor grow room or in a greenhouse). In this video, I'll talk about the steps that I will use for my trees this winter season. 1) Have a spot planned out that will work all winter season. The spot should either be in a south facing window, an indoor grow room or in a greenhouse (some heating may be required). 2) If in an indoor grow room, be sure that the grow room lighting is sufficient. At least 5,000 Lumens for a minimum of 4-6 hours per day. 3) Be sure to fertilize your trees at least a few weeks to 1 month prior to bringing indoors - give them that nutrient boost they'll need as they go to dormancy. 4) Start to acclimate the trees to less lighting by moving them in and out of sunlight throughout the days prior to bringing indoors - a few less hours per day should be enough. 5) Spray off all of the foliage to rid it of any pests. You should also use an insecticide - I prefer an organic mixture of soap and water. 6) Use sand to cover the top of the soil - this will eliminate the pests (aphids, fungus gnats and spider mites) from laying new eggs in the soil and infesting your grow room or your plants/trees. 7) Keep a close eye on the health of the plants over winter but reduce waterings (almost let the soil dry out completely between waterings). I am hopeful that I'll be able to keep most of these trees grown from seed alive throughout winter and I'll leave some in a greenhouse and some I'll bring indoors. When I bring them indoors into my indoor grow room, I plan on providing another update. Some Citrus Care Info: Citrus Trees like slightly acidic soil (5.5-6.5 PH) and it needs to be well draining soil full of sand, moss and perlite. They should be kept in warmer conditions while they are seedlings (75-85 degrees) and water them infrequently, but heavily - allowing all the water to drain from the pot, keeping it moist only. I hope you'll enjoy both of my Citrus series'. Here's the Orange and Lemon series links: ua-cam.com/users/playlist?list... I hope you'll enjoy this series. Here's the series link: ua-cam.com/users/playlist?list... PLEASE SUPPORT MY CHANNEL (if you wish) - when you shop through the following links, it helps me continue to put out more gardening content and allows me to pursue my passion! Heirloom Tomato Seeds: amzn.to/2rBxMjE Jiffy Professional Seed Starter Mini Greenhouse: amzn.to/2jNRHrg Organic All Purpose Fertilizer: amzn.to/2rCnvUp Grow Room Rack: amzn.to/2re2cZ2 Grow Room Lights: amzn.to/2rbLzg3 Sensei Pruners/Shears: amzn.to/2HK4o0T Gardening Gloves: amzn.to/2HJZBfV ❤ Subscribe for more Free Gardening Tips and Videos: goo.gl/f3D2tj Thanks for watching! If interested in connecting with me on other social media networks, here's my links below: instagram.com/robbackyard... facebook.com/robbackyardg... plus.google.com/u/0/+RobBacky... ua-cam.com/users/robbackyardga... www.patreon.com/robbackyardga...
I dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Landyn Erick i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Exotic fruit is a fairly new interest here in the UK, with catalogues now offering a limited range. I have a Bears (Tahiti) lime and a Yuzu. I will add more, but am chickening out and will order the rest post winter. I live in the upper Rhondda Valleys of South Wales, UK. (I wrote UK as you'd be surprised how many people say "G'day!" if I just put South Wales; it is rarely a good day in South Wales) My new citrus are in the greenhouse, from now on in we will have gales or winter weather. During winter we can go to -15, frosts last until 2nd week of June. I intend lining the greenhouse with large bubblewrap and adding a tube heater. At least the greenhouse does get sunlight in the winter, unlike the house. Do you allow your citrus to experience any minus temperatures? Is it necessary? Or can you maintain frost free conditions without affecting the plant adversely? My pest nightmare is sciarid fly, mostly comes in young plants sent from suppliers. Due to seed crop failures, we are no longer able to buy all the seeds we could, we are now forced to buy some varieties as young plants. Suppliers also restrict some varieties to plants, it is simply more lucrative for them. Suppliers seem to ship out plants as they see the first signs of fly damage. The same growers then tell customers that they sell the nematodes to fight the sciarid fly - but clearly don't use them themselves. As a precaution, I have ordered a box of limes from a farm in Corsica. Thanks, a nervous Vox.
I'm currently growing a plant that I grew from what was supposed to be a seedless orange, he'll need to be repotted soon. Your guys are looking way better.
Great video!! My avocados seeds have started cracking and I just started growing pothole from a cutting an hour ago. Also my dragon fruit and mango tree r doing great!
Man those look amazing, my citrus plants are growing super super slow but they are healthy so I'm not complaining. Got them indoors now too, hope they make it. Great video man, the sand is a good idea, I should get that too.
Nice. Pretty close to what i do bringing my trees and plants inside. I dont use the sand. I do flood my pots a day before i bring them in, youd be surprised all the stuff that comes out. I also use numerous ant traps around the grow room. They always like to come out with the warmth of the room. This year was especially bad.
Great video!! Between Rob Finds Treasure and Rob Backyard Gardener I can pretty much say I won't have time to do anything else in my day....LOL Have A DREAT DAY
All of my citrus are outside & I am in zone 8a. They are all doing well. I suppose yours being in pots might have something to do with it. I think you don't have enough actual yard to plant in. It's a shame with those newer, zero lot houses. I can appreciate your efforts and hustle though man. Your voice makes me think of a coach... like you're coaching your plants :)
I have had a couple citrus plants survive the winter this year, as well as all of the ones I placed in my greenhouse. I wish I could put them into the ground but I almost always lose them to a frost. I am thinking about trying to plant them outdoors this year and just run with it. Maybe keep a few in pots for comparison.
Best home made insecticide is a sunflower oil water and bicarbonate of soda and dishwashing liquid mix, you can find online and works for everything I use on my tomatoes troihh the summer
So I have a orange tree in a pot and I live in north Texas 8a as well.... do you think it will be fine for winter if I keep it outside if the day time temperatures and night time temperatures are above 40? And then when the nighttime temperatures are below 40 I will put it inside then take it back outside the next day..... and repeat that? And if the night time temperatures and day time temperatures are above 40 I keep it outside! .....Is that a good idea?
It got cold here in NC and I did not know it was so cold and I left my citrus plant outside and brought them in the next day. The leaves were soft and .began to fall off what can I do about the leaves. I am really hoping they do not die.
Question... i've placed my calamansi citrus plant (native asian citrus plant) inside my house and now the leaves are falling and seems dying, i water them regularly any tips? Btw its winter time here in italy thanks 😊
About my oranges from seed guest what they survived,a frost that got down to 25 degrees Fahrenheit it was icy and cold but there is literally no damage to them, and they were only 3inches a small plant and doing so well it been our third frost now and there still alive I'm hoping I can create a cold hardy citrus that can even stand snow and storms to,I'm in zone 8b-❄️⛈.but also it was very dry over summer and they survived there drought,they got flooded and survived in standing water who would imagine swamp citrus ,one of them got knocked over by a raccoon and fell in the water for a week and the whole plant was submerged under the flood and guest what,it still survived.😱😱😱😱😱--1 week later now there's snow in my forecast but it's only 32 degrees during the snow day at night and they stand temps down to 25 degrees Fahrenheit so I think I can make it used the the snow
I live in Montreal Canada where it gets to -40 in the winter I have an orange and an avocado tree which is about 4 feet in height in winter they are not happy . What should I do before I bring them inside. I usually put them in a window where it get some sunlight, not a lot as we here in Montreal have very bad winter,we don’t get a lot of sunlight in winter. Can I use a hole ban lamp to substitute for sunlight?
You should not _substitute_ daylight, but rather *supplement* with a grow light or very strong "normal" led light with prefferably around 5000 lux (e.g. lumens per sqm, or let's say a 2500 lumen light covering half a square meter or a 10.000 lumen bulb lighting up a 2 sqm surface. So the closer you place the light to the plant, and with a reflector screen, the better, but not too close or you'll burn the plant.) Edit: And citrus prefers 8-12 h of light a day. If you only have 6 h of daylight, that means 2-6 h of supplement lightning. Easiest is if you buy a 24h-timer where you can choose what time of day it's on, and connect the light to it.
It's almost time for our first frost date here in zone 8a, North Texas. Citrus Trees do not like frost and will either be damaged or perish if exposed to freezing temperatures for more than a few hours so it's time to get all of my Lemon and Orange Trees that I have grown from seed prepped for the indoors.
There are a few tips and steps you should take when it's time to bring your citrus trees indoors (either in an indoor grow room or in a greenhouse). In this video, I'll talk about the steps that I will use for my trees this winter season.
1) Have a spot planned out that will work all winter season. The spot should either be in a south facing window, an indoor grow room or in a greenhouse (some heating may be required).
2) If in an indoor grow room, be sure that the grow room lighting is sufficient. At least 5,000 Lumens for a minimum of 4-6 hours per day.
3) Be sure to fertilize your trees at least a few weeks to 1 month prior to bringing indoors - give them that nutrient boost they'll need as they go to dormancy.
4) Start to acclimate the trees to less lighting by moving them in and out of sunlight throughout the days prior to bringing indoors - a few less hours per day should be enough.
5) Spray off all of the foliage to rid it of any pests. You should also use an insecticide - I prefer an organic mixture of soap and water.
6) Use sand to cover the top of the soil - this will eliminate the pests (aphids, fungus gnats and spider mites) from laying new eggs in the soil and infesting your grow room or your plants/trees.
7) Keep a close eye on the health of the plants over winter but reduce waterings (almost let the soil dry out completely between waterings).
I am hopeful that I'll be able to keep most of these trees grown from seed alive throughout winter and I'll leave some in a greenhouse and some I'll bring indoors.
When I bring them indoors into my indoor grow room, I plan on providing another update.
Some Citrus Care Info:
Citrus Trees like slightly acidic soil (5.5-6.5 PH) and it needs to be well draining soil full of sand, moss and perlite. They should be kept in warmer conditions while they are seedlings (75-85 degrees) and water them infrequently, but heavily - allowing all the water to drain from the pot, keeping it moist only.
I hope you'll enjoy both of my Citrus series'. Here's the Orange and Lemon series links:
ua-cam.com/users/playlist?list...
I hope you'll enjoy this series. Here's the series link:
ua-cam.com/users/playlist?list...
PLEASE SUPPORT MY CHANNEL (if you wish) - when you shop through the following links, it helps me continue to put out more gardening content and allows me to pursue my passion!
Heirloom Tomato Seeds:
amzn.to/2rBxMjE
Jiffy Professional Seed Starter Mini Greenhouse:
amzn.to/2jNRHrg
Organic All Purpose Fertilizer:
amzn.to/2rCnvUp
Grow Room Rack:
amzn.to/2re2cZ2
Grow Room Lights:
amzn.to/2rbLzg3
Sensei Pruners/Shears:
amzn.to/2HK4o0T
Gardening Gloves:
amzn.to/2HJZBfV
❤ Subscribe for more Free Gardening Tips and Videos: goo.gl/f3D2tj
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I dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account??
I was stupid lost my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Maison Cory Instablaster =)
@Landyn Erick i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm in the hacking process atm.
Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Landyn Erick it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thank you so much, you saved my account !
@Maison Cory no problem :)
Wow, you’re the best. Thank you so much for this very thorough and engaging information!!!
I love your videos man. It sucks that growing things takes a long time, so you don't post often, but it's so worth it when you do keep on rocking
dragonhed123 Thank you very much!
Very good information, my first year for lemon and orange trees so needed some advice. Thankyou so much will try mine indoors for the winter.
my three seed grown Ruby red Grapefruit are now 5 ft tall. I spray soapy water on the plants and the soil. the bugs don't like it.
It’s about time again!!!
Exotic fruit is a fairly new interest here in the UK, with catalogues now offering a limited range. I have a Bears (Tahiti) lime and a Yuzu. I will add more, but am chickening out and will order the rest post winter. I live in the upper Rhondda Valleys of South Wales, UK. (I wrote UK as you'd be surprised how many people say "G'day!" if I just put South Wales; it is rarely a good day in South Wales) My new citrus are in the greenhouse, from now on in we will have gales or winter weather. During winter we can go to -15, frosts last until 2nd week of June. I intend lining the greenhouse with large bubblewrap and adding a tube heater. At least the greenhouse does get sunlight in the winter, unlike the house. Do you allow your citrus to experience any minus temperatures? Is it necessary? Or can you maintain frost free conditions without affecting the plant adversely? My pest nightmare is sciarid fly, mostly comes in young plants sent from suppliers. Due to seed crop failures, we are no longer able to buy all the seeds we could, we are now forced to buy some varieties as young plants. Suppliers also restrict some varieties to plants, it is simply more lucrative for them. Suppliers seem to ship out plants as they see the first signs of fly damage. The same growers then tell customers that they sell the nematodes to fight the sciarid fly - but clearly don't use them themselves. As a precaution, I have ordered a box of limes from a farm in Corsica. Thanks, a nervous Vox.
Glad I found your channel! Im in Rowlett so thanks for the info. Rains been crazy around here!
I'm currently growing a plant that I grew from what was supposed to be a seedless orange, he'll need to be repotted soon. Your guys are looking way better.
Those citrus trees look good and healthy there I hope you get a lot off fruit on them wen thay get big 👍👍
Great video!!
My avocados seeds have started cracking and I just started growing pothole from a cutting an hour ago. Also my dragon fruit and mango tree r doing great!
I use Murphy oil is a syrupy like oil 1 tbsp in 5 gallons of water it’s a secret mix on all my plants , shrubs , and trees
Awesome rob👍
Very cool Rob!
My country (Qatar) doesn’t get snow at all (impossible) that is a good and bad thing, but in this situation it’s good!😄😁
Man those look amazing, my citrus plants are growing super super slow but they are healthy so I'm not complaining. Got them indoors now too, hope they make it. Great video man, the sand is a good idea, I should get that too.
Nice. Pretty close to what i do bringing my trees and plants inside. I dont use the sand. I do flood my pots a day before i bring them in, youd be surprised all the stuff that comes out. I also use numerous ant traps around the grow room. They always like to come out with the warmth of the room. This year was especially bad.
You really should try sanding the top layer, it's worth it just to get rid of the flower flies laying eggs in the wet soil.
Great video!! Between Rob Finds Treasure and Rob Backyard Gardener I can pretty much say I won't have time to do anything else in my day....LOL Have A DREAT DAY
All of my citrus are outside & I am in zone 8a. They are all doing well. I suppose yours being in pots might have something to do with it. I think you don't have enough actual yard to plant in. It's a shame with those newer, zero lot houses. I can appreciate your efforts and hustle though man. Your voice makes me think of a coach... like you're coaching your plants :)
I have had a couple citrus plants survive the winter this year, as well as all of the ones I placed in my greenhouse. I wish I could put them into the ground but I almost always lose them to a frost. I am thinking about trying to plant them outdoors this year and just run with it. Maybe keep a few in pots for comparison.
Best home made insecticide is a sunflower oil water and bicarbonate of soda and dishwashing liquid mix, you can find online and works for everything I use on my tomatoes troihh the summer
So I have a orange tree in a pot and I live in north Texas 8a as well.... do you think it will be fine for winter if I keep it outside if the day time temperatures and night time temperatures are above 40? And then when the nighttime temperatures are below 40 I will put it inside then take it back outside the next day..... and repeat that? And if the night time temperatures and day time temperatures are above 40 I keep it outside! .....Is that a good idea?
Good job 👍
Backyard Gardening Thank you!
Hey Rob
They look great and grew a lot lately!! When you spray them with water , did you smell the lovely citrus smell?
Greetz Arnold
You should do a pomegranate series from seed.
Plz try germination black berries or raspberries .
Thank you so much💚
It got cold here in NC and I did not know it was so cold and I left my citrus plant outside and brought them in the next day. The leaves were soft and .began to fall off what can I do about the leaves. I am really hoping they do not die.
Question... i've placed my calamansi citrus plant (native asian citrus plant) inside my house and now the leaves are falling and seems dying, i water them regularly any tips? Btw its winter time here in italy thanks 😊
Spray/mist frequently. They're kissing light and humidity.
About my oranges from seed guest what they survived,a frost that got down to 25 degrees Fahrenheit it was icy and cold but there is literally no damage to them, and they were only 3inches a small plant and doing so well it been our third frost now and there still alive I'm hoping I can create a cold hardy citrus that can even stand snow and storms to,I'm in zone 8b-❄️⛈.but also it was very dry over summer and they survived there drought,they got flooded and survived in standing water who would imagine swamp citrus ,one of them got knocked over by a raccoon and fell in the water for a week and the whole plant was submerged under the flood and guest what,it still survived.😱😱😱😱😱--1 week later now there's snow in my forecast but it's only 32 degrees during the snow day at night and they stand temps down to 25 degrees Fahrenheit so I think I can make it used the the snow
Great info... Tysm
My orange tree is 2 years old and has 3 oranges growing and I live in Michigan will the oranges still grow indoor
I'm confused, aren't Naval oranges seedless? How did you grow them from seed?
They are - these were hybrids and I found seeds in them so I HAD to try to grow them.
Ok, so you will get a Naval orange something cross. Good luck, curious to see what you get. Thanks for replying.
When do you think that those will fruit ?
Hoping for next year, but may be the following year! Fingers crossed!
I live in Montreal Canada where it gets to -40 in the winter I have an orange and an avocado tree which is about 4 feet in height in winter they are not happy . What should I do before I bring them inside. I usually put them in a window where it get some sunlight, not a lot as we here in Montreal have very bad winter,we don’t get a lot of sunlight in winter. Can I use a hole ban lamp to substitute for sunlight?
You should not _substitute_ daylight, but rather *supplement* with a grow light or very strong "normal" led light with prefferably around 5000 lux (e.g. lumens per sqm, or let's say a 2500 lumen light covering half a square meter or a 10.000 lumen bulb lighting up a 2 sqm surface. So the closer you place the light to the plant, and with a reflector screen, the better, but not too close or you'll burn the plant.)
Edit: And citrus prefers 8-12 h of light a day. If you only have 6 h of daylight, that means 2-6 h of supplement lightning. Easiest is if you buy a 24h-timer where you can choose what time of day it's on, and connect the light to it.
Where is the big acocado tree?
Cherif Majdoub it’s not been prepped yet but plan on doing that in a separate video here shortly!
How big is your greenhouse
Ariel Cortez it’s base is 6’x8’ and the center is 8’ tall with 6’ on the sides.
Hi, I wouldn't It takes years for the tree to bear fruit that are grown from seeds
First comment!!!!!!!!!
YAY! Thank you Yovani!
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