Unless something terrible happens, we should be fine. I have decided which citrus I intend to “baby” and this process will eventually sort out the rest!
Glad your trees withstood our latest Polar event.Here in zone 7b eastern Tenn. we got hit with single digits and two days of below freezing highs.My outside Browns Select, ten degree tang.,and US 942 came thru ok but we're covered with frost blankets and rugs with X- mas lights tucked in around the plants . My feijoas ,though,took some leaf damage but will recover,I hope. March can't get here soon enough. Thanks for the tour of your compact grove and continued success with your citrus!
Bob McCartney once advised me to grow seedling citrus or grow them on their own roots. Because if they do get too cold they will often die back and resprout. Grafted plants are great but in colder climates you have to protect that graft. I've since began getting into grafting and have begun experimenting.
I would say that about half my trees are seed grown on their own roots. The main problem with seed-grown citrus is that some varieties take a LONG time to mature and fruit. Ichang lemon, for example, takes about 10 Years from seed to a bearing tree.
Is your Kishu grafted or seedling? I’m supervised it took these cold temp without much damage. My Kishu is grafted on c35, in a pot. I move it indoors once night temp dip blow 50F. If yours took 20F without damage, I might keep out longer.
The Kishu is grafted on Trifoliate orange. It has surprised me too, most especially when it survived - barely - 11F in 2022. Last winter we had one night at 16F and it was essentially undamaged, and fruited abundantly in 2024.
Honestly great results so far!
Wow, its nice to see some citrus that still have their keaves in the Winter! Glad you didn't see too much damage.
Unless something terrible happens, we should be fine. I have decided which citrus I intend to “baby” and this process will eventually sort out the rest!
Nice to see that most you citrus has come through the other side of the severe cold spell.
Glad your trees withstood our latest Polar event.Here in zone 7b eastern Tenn. we got hit with single digits and two days of below freezing highs.My outside Browns Select, ten degree tang.,and US 942 came thru ok but we're covered with frost blankets and rugs with X- mas lights tucked in around the plants . My feijoas ,though,took some leaf damage but will recover,I hope. March can't get here soon enough. Thanks for the tour of your compact grove and continued success with your citrus!
Excellent update! Poor pineapples 🍍 got blasted
Those are bromeliads, but yes, they hate consistent cold!
@CitrusPalmsWithTom oh oops. Looked kinda like pineapples
@@VirginiaFruitGrowerwell, pineapples are broms, as you know!
Trees looking good, mine are still young
Bob McCartney once advised me to grow seedling citrus or grow them on their own roots. Because if they do get too cold they will often die back and resprout. Grafted plants are great but in colder climates you have to protect that graft. I've since began getting into grafting and have begun experimenting.
I would say that about half my trees are seed grown on their own roots. The main problem with seed-grown citrus is that some varieties take a LONG time to mature and fruit. Ichang lemon, for example, takes about 10 Years from seed to a bearing tree.
Is your Kishu grafted or seedling?
I’m supervised it took these cold temp without much damage.
My Kishu is grafted on c35, in a pot. I move it indoors once night temp dip blow 50F.
If yours took 20F without damage, I might keep out longer.
The Kishu is grafted on Trifoliate orange. It has surprised me too, most especially when it survived - barely - 11F in 2022. Last winter we had one night at 16F and it was essentially undamaged, and fruited abundantly in 2024.