Thanks for sharing. Lots of lessons to be learned on the cold hardiness of your citrus varieties. I am growing a variety of citrus plants in containers in my UK garden. The coldest we have experienced so far is -2C overnight at the end of November.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'll be growing my citrus in Monticello, Ga, which is an hour south east of Atlanta. However it get's colder here than metro Atlanta, sometimes by 7-8 degrees. No asphalt and concrete. Last week it dropped to 18 degrees, I'm glad I had my keraji and yuzu in the ground protected.
@@doggiefamily908 That is cold for that far south this time of year. That is same tem I got down to this cold snap and I'm in north AL. I do know what you mean about being out in the country, I get a little colder then metros. You should be able to grow the keraji and yuzu alot better then me.
@@CitrusPalmsWithTom we're not far from the Jackson lake, so it might be the case. I assumed that it was because of the rural area, but you might have a point.
Nice review. It’s interesting that your citrumelo seedlings took that much damage, maybe they were just not hardened off enough before the cold snap. With age they should definitely do better I reckon.
I think they just need more time to establish as they looked young, come spring they should regrow just fine, but yeah lots of learning involved in this hobby. Keep up the great work man!
I noticed more damage after this last freeze (24F) than I’ve ever experienced from an early freeze, but all of it to young, unprotected stuff. Every freeze is different, but I think this year was especially unusual because it was 1) pretty hard and early and 2) we had an extremely unusual growing season, dry for much of the summer follwed by two tropical systems in late summer/early fall that spurred late growth.
Your 852 leaves look a lot like my Bishop. I have a Thomasville inside my greenhouse in the ground now with a small space heater and another one outside. The greenhouse one I plan to use the space heater to get the fruit to ripen to the orange stage. Outdoor one I'll pick them green. Is your damaged citrange the Morton?
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 ah yeah I remember now, Morton is not hardy enough for us in zone 7 unfortunately. I have some grafts outside but expect them to die in a severe winter. Also stuck one in my greenhouse which will atleast be protected from that, I have a single fruit on that plant which I am waiting to drop off the tree.
Those younger trees will likely be more cold hardy when they are older and the outer layer of the trunk & branches thicken. How many christmas light strands do you put on each outlet?
It’s good that you covered the smaller stuff, but a cover alone won’t provide more than 5 degrees or so of protection, depending on the quality of the cover. Adding incandescent lights and/or a barrel of water will do a lot.
Thanks for sharing. Lots of lessons to be learned on the cold hardiness of your citrus varieties. I am growing a variety of citrus plants in containers in my UK garden. The coldest we have experienced so far is -2C overnight at the end of November.
Yes you are right, always learning new things.
Thank you so much. videos like that are very helpful to me, trying to grow citrus in the ground in 8a GA.
You should be able to grow lot of stuff. How close to Atlanta are you? was wondering if you where in the mountains or lower down.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 I'll be growing my citrus in Monticello, Ga, which is an hour south east of Atlanta. However it get's colder here than metro Atlanta, sometimes by 7-8 degrees. No asphalt and concrete. Last week it dropped to 18 degrees, I'm glad I had my keraji and yuzu in the ground protected.
Wow! Are you in a low place?
@@doggiefamily908 That is cold for that far south this time of year. That is same tem I got down to this cold snap and I'm in north AL. I do know what you mean about being out in the country, I get a little colder then metros. You should be able to grow the keraji and yuzu alot better then me.
@@CitrusPalmsWithTom we're not far from the Jackson lake, so it might be the case. I assumed that it was because of the rural area, but you might have a point.
Nice review. It’s interesting that your citrumelo seedlings took that much damage, maybe they were just not hardened off enough before the cold snap. With age they should definitely do better I reckon.
So much to learn and try with this cold hardy citrus. I would have thought the citrumelo would be one of the more cold hardy.
I think they just need more time to establish as they looked young, come spring they should regrow just fine, but yeah lots of learning involved in this hobby. Keep up the great work man!
I noticed more damage after this last freeze (24F) than I’ve ever experienced from an early freeze, but all of it to young, unprotected stuff. Every freeze is different, but I think this year was especially unusual because it was 1) pretty hard and early and 2) we had an extremely unusual growing season, dry for much of the summer follwed by two tropical systems in late summer/early fall that spurred late growth.
Each year is a little different. I hope we don't have the cold we have had the last 2 years.
Your 852 leaves look a lot like my Bishop. I have a Thomasville inside my greenhouse in the ground now with a small space heater and another one outside. The greenhouse one I plan to use the space heater to get the fruit to ripen to the orange stage. Outdoor one I'll pick them green. Is your damaged citrange the Morton?
Both of my citrange died back to the root a few years a and starting coming back late summer this year, one of them was the Morton.
@@sweethomealabamahomestead4504 ah yeah I remember now, Morton is not hardy enough for us in zone 7 unfortunately. I have some grafts outside but expect them to die in a severe winter. Also stuck one in my greenhouse which will atleast be protected from that, I have a single fruit on that plant which I am waiting to drop off the tree.
Those younger trees will likely be more cold hardy when they are older and the outer layer of the trunk & branches thicken. How many christmas light strands do you put on each outlet?
It’s good that you covered the smaller stuff, but a cover alone won’t provide more than 5 degrees or so of protection, depending on the quality of the cover. Adding incandescent lights and/or a barrel of water will do a lot.