Nice to see an update on your citrus, and what a relief that they are apparently doing well! From the lack of video updates until now I assumed that they were hit hard or killed off by the cold winter we had. Hopefully winter this year will be kinder. Until I can afford the luxury of a spacious heated greenhouse or be permitted to erect a polytunnel (with some means of heat, such as an electric or bioethanol heater) on an allotment plot, I keep my citrus, 'Kari' starfruit, dwarf Cavendish banana, 'Red Lady' dwarf papaya, 'Irwin' mango and Cuban Red guava in pots. When particularly cold nights are forecast (say, below 6 or 7 degrees Celsius), I bring my citrus indoors. I want to avoid the root zone becoming too cold, since most of my citrus have ripening fruit (my buddha hand and giant etrog citrons are actually putting out flower buds- they must think it is spring!). My giant etrog has two massive lemon-like fruits developing. The fruits have not even turned yellow, yet they dwarf any lemons you can find in Tesco! The buddha hand has these really weird-looking fruits. Both citrons are wonderfully fragrant. My Tahiti (or Persian) lime is laden with fruit. My triffid-like tamarillo (tree tomato), however, is so heavy that I'd likely get a hernia dragging the thing indoors on every cold night. I guess that I'll have to cover it with old bed sheets when frost is likely. It is laden with at least 30 ripening fruits, which taste a bit like the common salad/vegetable tomato, but with fruity notes reminiscent of passionfruit, mango and peach. It is in the same family as the tomato- Solanaceae. I could send you some pictures, if you like. Lovely brugmansia, by the way. I have started one off from a rooted cutting I imported from Portugal. They sure grow fast. Same colour as yours- pink.
wow thanks for all that information and your experience. I am planting citrus in switzerland, that seems to work as well (at least satsumas and cumquats). I also managed to bring a lemon tree through the winter with protection and compost heat.
This is exactly the video i was searching for the last couple hours, thank you! If i may ask a question, would a raised bed (60 cm high) help or worsen the winter protection for citrus trees? i build it mainly because it makes it easier to cover in the winter.
When it comes to the effect of low temperatures on trees, it is not just the cold air but also freezing of the ground that matters. I am not sure ground ever freezes beyond an inch or two in Southern England, so it should be relatively easy to keep small citrus trees alive and productive by placing them in a little bit warmer micro-climate.
Apart from the obvious need to be planted in a good sunny spot, I am of the opinion that planting frost tender plants/shrubs under an awning or even a larger evergreen tree can help stop the frost from coming down upon them. Frost seems to generally fall outside the "shadow" made by an evergreen tree or awning. Also, do you make use of radiant heat from your house at night? What is the warmest room in your house? The heat escaping through a wall may make a couple of degrees difference to some cold sensitive plants. (If you can get away with citrus, you should be able to get away with feijoa trees where you are.) Your ideal citrus spot might be against your sunniest wall, with an awning above, and radiant heat at night! lol Cumquats can do quite well in large pots. They make nice indoor plants in the wintertime. I think ethnobotanist James Wong grows his ginger root outdoors, in the warmer months, but pots it up for indoors for the winter. Or was it lemongrass he grew that way? Lots of fun! ;D These new thermal imaging cameras can reveal a lot about the temperature of things at night-time.
Hi Mate, I live in Tasmania which has similar weather to the UK, you mentioned bubble wrap, do you cover the whole tree and leave it on for ......How long? Cheers for your advice.
How is your lemon tree? I live in Victoria in cool temperate climate too and it’s pretty cold in winter here. We are not much warmer than Tasmania and lemons grow well here.
Thanks for another interesting video for us citrus lover's here in the uk 👍 much appreciated sir. Looks like they all had a good summer. Inspired by you I shall be leaving all my citrus outside this winter apart from my kaffir lime, along with my baby three year old grafted pomelo as I don't think it is old enough to be put through it, plus if anything happens to it - it's too difficult to get another 😫
Mark Ansell thanks mark. It’s been a good summer, although we could have done with a bit more rain, but hey it is what it is. I’m gonna do a video showing how to protect young citrus trees from frost soon, so hopefully that will be of use to you as well! Regards Chris
Hello How are your plants. My orange tree has 2 leaves, all brugmansias in the garden are looking all dead. After-8 and snow Will leave to see what grows back, but they don't look good. How are yours Thanks Vic Gloucester
Most of the trees are looking ok… i uploaded some recent shorts which show how they were looking a week after the freeze. The fact that your orange has dropped its leaves is a good thing… if they branches hold dead leaves, then it’s very likely that the branch is dead as well. Once the weather warms up in spring, it will start flushing out new growth. My lime has lost a lot of its leaves, but the branches are all fine, so will recover.👍🏻
Hello Here in Gloucester we had 2" of snow and all last week - 4 at night and - 7 tonight. Its been a hard time for my plants. Orange tree in garden is covered up but not sure if the cold will get it. All my big brugmansia plants in the garden has thick trunks. But think ice lost then all all leaves and small branches are dropped. I think whole garden has all died. All I hope is the orange tree survives. How are all yours
we’ve not had snow… but have had some pretty cold over night temps… young citrus and those with fruit have some frost covering, but will have to see how things look next week when it turns milder… been a hard week or so….😬❄️🥶
I'd love to see an update on your citrus in 2021. I have 2 citrus naval orange outside in containers, they dropped all their immature fruit last year. I would love to know what fertiliser to use and can I plant them in the ground?
Thanks for the advice! It's Got my tree through the winter. I'm in Christchurch, Dorset in my second year of growing citrus. I bought a 4 seasons lemon last year from cross common nurseries and it's survived the winter very well on your advice 😉. I've just bought a bigger tree this week, Eureka standing about 170cms so hopefully will be even more hardier than my current 80cm tree. I'm Thinking of getting a blood orange tree next. Do you feed the foliage on your trees or just feed the tree via the roots with a granular feed dissolved in water? Nice Brugmansia btw too 😎.
The only thing I do with my citrus is throw some chicken pellets under neath in the spring, and keep a good mulch under the tree. Mulches break down and feed the soil, which in turn feeds the tree.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 Thanks for the reply 👍. Ok 👌 I'll do that this week if it's not too late to do so? I've got some roughly year old mulch made from garden trimmings to put in if that would suffice? Unfortunately river levels came up near 9ft on normal level this winter and took most of the mulch pile with it, I'm just left with the further decomposed stuff now. I did pick up an orange and grapefruit today from the nursery, keen to give them a try upon taking advice from your videos, so Looking forward to working with them 💪
I live in Kent, UK. I've got 4 lemons trees that I started from seed 2020. I'm aware of the issues growing from seed but will give them a fighting chance. When lockdown ends I plan to visit nurseries and purchase a few root stock varieties. I will leave all in containers, so is there any issue in moving them into my greenhouse which has bubble wrap over winter and potentially heating?
Hi my sister has given me her little lemon tree in a pot. It was grown by our father from his own lemon tree, he died in August last year. Her puppy dug into pot and she popped it outside while she cleaned up the mess and forgot to bring it in. The temp dropped and frost got to it. It is looking dried and sad. I will follow your advice and leave it alone until spring. In the mean time is there anything I can do to help the poor little tree? I am reluctant to water just in case I over water at a time when it is resting. Help! Advice please. The tree means a great deal to my sister and I want to revive it.
It doesn’t need any water this time of year… With no leaves (due to frost damage) and cool temperatures it will not be drawing any moisture up, so over watering will more likely cause root rot and kill the tree. Obviously if it is bone dry then yes give it some. If it’s in a container try to keep it somewhere cool but with as much light as possible. While temperatures remain above freezing it will be fine outside… just give it some protection if we have any further freeze blasts. I’m sure come spring it will flush out lots of new growth and will recover just fine.👍🏻
So you don't fleece the lemon then, do they drop their leaves? I fussy friend gave me her lemon which was potted in a yard and not doing well it is outdoors in the ground now; when she visits she will have a fit if i haven't fussed over it! We are in S France but it's very cold here just the same.
Hello Your weather will be - 2 - 4 tomorrow and every night this week. Will you cover the orange tree. I am in Gloucester and here is a bit colder same code area I have covered my orange tree that's in the ground. I bought it back from Spain, trunk is 4" dia What do you think Thanks
I would try and protect a young citrus tree on a -4 night… with my larger citrus, lemon and lime at the moment I’m unsure whether i will… I will see nearer the time, it depends on the type of cold weather we get… but yeah it’s looking like a cold few days…🥶
@@gotropicaluk8362 Yes it going to be cold here, my orange tree I bought back from Spain I think its quite old trunck is quite thick. I've covered mine as first time in the ground here. When it was in Spain had about 30 large oranges on it. Now as I had in a pot. Then I've put in ground twice here pot again then ground again now. Iam not moving it again, it will stay in ground. Fingers crossed
Thanks for another helpful video. I wonder if you would consider a video on the hardening off of recently purchased citrus (I presume they are mostly grown in greenhouses before sale). Also - is it madness to think I can have my owari satsuma hardened off in time for winter. I've been taking it in at night for a week and it seems fine so far. I'm in hardiness zone 9.
Sunny Freya I’m in zone 8b so you shouldn’t have any issues with citrus outside in zone 9. Trees are sensitive to any sudden change of environment, and can respond by dropping leaves, whether that’s in the spring or winter. I would probably wait until spring to plant your owari outside, as that will enable it to have a good growing season to get established before next winter. I would still protect a satsuma if freezing temps are predicted while it is young, as the cold tolerance for them is much greater the older and larger the tree. All the best. Chris
Hello After last night - 4 my brugmansia in the ground the leaves are all down. I didn't cover as too big and trunks are thick Did you cover yours and has your brugmansia gone the same. They are saying - 10 coming next week
A couple of smaller ones out in the open have floppy leaves… but the brugmansia near the house still looks fine. We only got down to -2 last night. Citrus all fine so far without protection… but keeping a close eye on the forecast. 👀 I’m not sure where i the UK is getting -10… but -3 is the coldest we’ve been forecast here in suffolk… which is plenty cold enough for us!🥶
Hello Thanks for reply I have 4 large Brugmansias in the garden. All leaves are floppy Do you think they will be okay still after the winter. I am not going to cover them at all. I was told today snow next week and temps are going down to the - 10 The news today says - 5 in Gloucester tonight colder than last night.
Paul B Hi Paul, i wouldn’t feed them until spring, when the weather starts to warm up. Citrus in pots can start to get yellow leaves by this time in winter, but once they start growing again they will green up.👍🏻
Trees are all doing well. Although the garden has had some work going on and things have been moved about to now their final place! Will be doing a fruit tree update in the spring. 👍🏻
Hi Chris , thanks for the video, I have bought a lemon tree from a Asda . It’s almost as big as your one. Can I plant this outside or not . If not can I keep it outside under a porch. What soil do I use to repot. I live in Slough Berks. Can I email you.
Xaxa ali citrus are not really to fussy about their soil as long as it’s well draining. The lemon tree in this video has been planted outside for 3 years, and although it survives outside I wouldn’t say it totally thrives. So I have recently moved it into a large container to a more sheltered location, and have replaced its location with a yuzu. Which is a much hardier citrus. You could try planting it outside if you have a sheltered position. Apart from the lemon tree all my citrus are planted in the ground, and came through last winter fine. Planting in ground does run the risk of loosing some in a hard winter... although they all survived the beast from the east we had a couple winters back. So it’s all a learning curve for me still.
i hate how long it takes for citrus and persimmon and loqout to wake up its scary.. so much time and so many hot days for them to die in b4 waking up lol
Suraj Kumar sorry! Been hectic! I didn’t save enough seeds to be able to post out this time. But if you’d like some at the end of the summer I can make sure to save enough for you of these varieties and post them to you.
Thank you for the very usefull video, I'm growing some oranges and lemons in pots, havent got the courage to leave them outside ;-) I've tried growing kunquats but have lost two trees to an initial full leaf fall and then gummosis and blackening branches. I try not to overwater but it's tough to know how much water to give, any ideas what i'm going wrong? Many thanks, Steve
Steve Maxwell gummosis is a problem where soils are heavy and don’t drain well, also areas that receive a lot of rainfall. Not sure of your location, but if your planting citrus they want a good draining soil. That should reduced a lot of your problems. Also when it comes to watering you want the top few inches to dry out before you add more. All the best. Chris
Thanks for the reply Chris, the tree was in clay soil in a pot from a nursery in Essex, I kept it in a greenhouse, I must have overwatered. That's two Kumquats i've killed :-( Many thanks, Steve
Nice to see an update on your citrus, and what a relief that they are apparently doing well! From the lack of video updates until now I assumed that they were hit hard or killed off by the cold winter we had. Hopefully winter this year will be kinder. Until I can afford the luxury of a spacious heated greenhouse or be permitted to erect a polytunnel (with some means of heat, such as an electric or bioethanol heater) on an allotment plot, I keep my citrus, 'Kari' starfruit, dwarf Cavendish banana, 'Red Lady' dwarf papaya, 'Irwin' mango and Cuban Red guava in pots. When particularly cold nights are forecast (say, below 6 or 7 degrees Celsius), I bring my citrus indoors. I want to avoid the root zone becoming too cold, since most of my citrus have ripening fruit (my buddha hand and giant etrog citrons are actually putting out flower buds- they must think it is spring!). My giant etrog has two massive lemon-like fruits developing. The fruits have not even turned yellow, yet they dwarf any lemons you can find in Tesco! The buddha hand has these really weird-looking fruits. Both citrons are wonderfully fragrant. My Tahiti (or Persian) lime is laden with fruit. My triffid-like tamarillo (tree tomato), however, is so heavy that I'd likely get a hernia dragging the thing indoors on every cold night. I guess that I'll have to cover it with old bed sheets when frost is likely. It is laden with at least 30 ripening fruits, which taste a bit like the common salad/vegetable tomato, but with fruity notes reminiscent of passionfruit, mango and peach. It is in the same family as the tomato- Solanaceae. I could send you some pictures, if you like. Lovely brugmansia, by the way. I have started one off from a rooted cutting I imported from Portugal. They sure grow fast. Same colour as yours- pink.
Thank you very much for a great presentation about a very important topic.
wow thanks for all that information and your experience. I am planting citrus in switzerland, that seems to work as well (at least satsumas and cumquats). I also managed to bring a lemon tree through the winter with protection and compost heat.
Very nice tree
This is exactly the video i was searching for the last couple hours, thank you! If i may ask a question, would a raised bed (60 cm high) help or worsen the winter protection for citrus trees? i build it mainly because it makes it easier to cover in the winter.
When it comes to the effect of low temperatures on trees, it is not just the cold air but also freezing of the ground that matters. I am not sure ground ever freezes beyond an inch or two in Southern England, so it should be relatively easy to keep small citrus trees alive and productive by placing them in a little bit warmer micro-climate.
Apart from the obvious need to be planted in a good sunny spot, I am of the opinion that planting frost tender plants/shrubs under an awning or even a larger evergreen tree can help stop the frost from coming down upon them. Frost seems to generally fall outside the "shadow" made by an evergreen tree or awning. Also, do you make use of radiant heat from your house at night? What is the warmest room in your house? The heat escaping through a wall may make a couple of degrees difference to some cold sensitive plants. (If you can get away with citrus, you should be able to get away with feijoa trees where you are.) Your ideal citrus spot might be against your sunniest wall, with an awning above, and radiant heat at night! lol Cumquats can do quite well in large pots. They make nice indoor plants in the wintertime. I think ethnobotanist James Wong grows his ginger root outdoors, in the warmer months, but pots it up for indoors for the winter. Or was it lemongrass he grew that way? Lots of fun! ;D These new thermal imaging cameras can reveal a lot about the temperature of things at night-time.
That’s encouraging! Thank you.
Love these vids
Thank you so much for the thorough information 🙏🙏🙏
R. D. Tjandra your welcome.
Hi Mate, I live in Tasmania which has similar weather to the UK, you mentioned bubble wrap, do you cover the whole tree and leave it on for ......How long? Cheers for your advice.
How is your lemon tree? I live in Victoria in cool temperate climate too and it’s pretty cold in winter here. We are not much warmer than Tasmania and lemons grow well here.
Thanks for another interesting video for us citrus lover's here in the uk 👍 much appreciated sir. Looks like they all had a good summer. Inspired by you I shall be leaving all my citrus outside this winter apart from my kaffir lime, along with my baby three year old grafted pomelo as I don't think it is old enough to be put through it, plus if anything happens to it - it's too difficult to get another 😫
Mark Ansell thanks mark. It’s been a good summer, although we could have done with a bit more rain, but hey it is what it is. I’m gonna do a video showing how to protect young citrus trees from frost soon, so hopefully that will be of use to you as well! Regards Chris
that was very good information thanks
mango3586 your welcome!
Came across your videos. I was wondering how are you're citrus are doing outside
Great advice.
Hello
How are your plants.
My orange tree has 2 leaves, all brugmansias in the garden are looking all dead. After-8 and snow
Will leave to see what grows back, but they don't look good. How are yours
Thanks Vic
Gloucester
Most of the trees are looking ok… i uploaded some recent shorts which show how they were looking a week after the freeze.
The fact that your orange has dropped its leaves is a good thing… if they branches hold dead leaves, then it’s very likely that the branch is dead as well. Once the weather warms up in spring, it will start flushing out new growth.
My lime has lost a lot of its leaves, but the branches are all fine, so will recover.👍🏻
Hello
Here in Gloucester we had 2" of snow and all last week - 4 at night and - 7 tonight. Its been a hard time for my plants. Orange tree in garden is covered up but not sure if the cold will get it. All my big brugmansia plants in the garden has thick trunks. But think ice lost then all all leaves and small branches are dropped.
I think whole garden has all died. All I hope is the orange tree survives.
How are all yours
we’ve not had snow… but have had some pretty cold over night temps… young citrus and those with fruit have some frost covering, but will have to see how things look next week when it turns milder… been a hard week or so….😬❄️🥶
My lemon tree has been outdoors for 5 years and bares fruit every year without protection I'm based on East london
Well how? and what are the temps in the winter? Any protection? But london is also quite a good climate near the edge for citrus.
Akram Salman is your lemon tree planted near the house against a brick wall or near a fence in the open?
Not surprising, parts of East London are in 10a growing zone.
Looks like you got that mild winter you were looking for 👌
Oh, 2018... oops
I'd love to see an update on your citrus in 2021. I have 2 citrus naval orange outside in containers, they dropped all their immature fruit last year. I would love to know what fertiliser to use and can I plant them in the ground?
Thanks for the advice! It's Got my tree through the winter. I'm in Christchurch, Dorset in my second year of growing citrus. I bought a 4 seasons lemon last year from cross common nurseries and it's survived the winter very well on your advice 😉. I've just bought a bigger tree this week, Eureka standing about 170cms so hopefully will be even more hardier than my current 80cm tree. I'm Thinking of getting a blood orange tree next. Do you feed the foliage on your trees or just feed the tree via the roots with a granular feed dissolved in water? Nice Brugmansia btw too 😎.
The only thing I do with my citrus is throw some chicken pellets under neath in the spring, and keep a good mulch under the tree. Mulches break down and feed the soil, which in turn feeds the tree.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 Thanks for the reply 👍. Ok 👌 I'll do that this week if it's not too late to do so? I've got some roughly year old mulch made from garden trimmings to put in if that would suffice? Unfortunately river levels came up near 9ft on normal level this winter and took most of the mulch pile with it, I'm just left with the further decomposed stuff now. I did pick up an orange and grapefruit today from the nursery, keen to give them a try upon taking advice from your videos, so Looking forward to working with them 💪
I live in Kent, UK. I've got 4 lemons trees that I started from seed 2020. I'm aware of the issues growing from seed but will give them a fighting chance. When lockdown ends I plan to visit nurseries and purchase a few root stock varieties. I will leave all in containers, so is there any issue in moving them into my greenhouse which has bubble wrap over winter and potentially heating?
Hi my sister has given me her little lemon tree in a pot. It was grown by our father from his own lemon tree, he died in August last year. Her puppy dug into pot and she popped it outside while she cleaned up the mess and forgot to bring it in. The temp dropped and frost got to it. It is looking dried and sad. I will follow your advice and leave it alone until spring. In the mean time is there anything I can do to help the poor little tree? I am reluctant to water just in case I over water at a time when it is resting. Help! Advice please. The tree means a great deal to my sister and I want to revive it.
It doesn’t need any water this time of year… With no leaves (due to frost damage) and cool temperatures it will not be drawing any moisture up, so over watering will more likely cause root rot and kill the tree. Obviously if it is bone dry then yes give it some.
If it’s in a container try to keep it somewhere cool but with as much light as possible.
While temperatures remain above freezing it will be fine outside… just give it some protection if we have any further freeze blasts. I’m sure come spring it will flush out lots of new growth and will recover just fine.👍🏻
So you don't fleece the lemon then, do they drop their leaves? I fussy friend gave me her lemon which was potted in a yard and not doing well it is outdoors in the ground now; when she visits she will have a fit if i haven't fussed over it! We are in S France but it's very cold here just the same.
I will protect the lemon if we are expecting temps below -4… as the trees gets older i haven’t had to protect it.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 thanks, perhaps i wasn't listening to the video!
@@janicealderson4329 😂👍🏻
Hello
Your weather will be - 2
- 4 tomorrow and every night this week.
Will you cover the orange tree.
I am in Gloucester and here is a bit colder same code area
I have covered my orange tree that's in the ground. I bought it back from Spain, trunk is 4" dia
What do you think
Thanks
I would try and protect a young citrus tree on a -4 night… with my larger citrus, lemon and lime at the moment I’m unsure whether i will… I will see nearer the time, it depends on the type of cold weather we get… but yeah it’s looking like a cold few days…🥶
@@gotropicaluk8362
Yes it going to be cold here, my orange tree I bought back from Spain
I think its quite old trunck is quite thick. I've covered mine as first time in the ground here. When it was in Spain had about 30 large oranges on it.
Now as I had in a pot. Then I've put in ground twice here pot again then ground again now. Iam not moving it again, it will stay in ground. Fingers crossed
Do you think a Meyer Lemon is able to survive outside in Northern Ireland as it is milder but more humid in winter?
Hello, where did you get your Satsuma Owari from please?
It was from a local citrus nursery... I also got “okitsu” satsuma from there as well. It’s called “scarletts” in west bergolt.👍🏻
Thanks for another helpful video. I wonder if you would consider a video on the hardening off of recently purchased citrus (I presume they are mostly grown in greenhouses before sale). Also - is it madness to think I can have my owari satsuma hardened off in time for winter. I've been taking it in at night for a week and it seems fine so far. I'm in hardiness zone 9.
Sunny Freya I’m in zone 8b so you shouldn’t have any issues with citrus outside in zone 9. Trees are sensitive to any sudden change of environment, and can respond by dropping leaves, whether that’s in the spring or winter. I would probably wait until spring to plant your owari outside, as that will enable it to have a good growing season to get established before next winter. I would still protect a satsuma if freezing temps are predicted while it is young, as the cold tolerance for them is much greater the older and larger the tree. All the best. Chris
How is you're arabica coffea plant doing?
Hello
After last night - 4 my brugmansia in the ground the leaves are all down.
I didn't cover as too big and trunks are thick
Did you cover yours and has your brugmansia gone the same. They are saying - 10 coming next week
A couple of smaller ones out in the open have floppy leaves… but the brugmansia near the house still looks fine. We only got down to -2 last night.
Citrus all fine so far without protection… but keeping a close eye on the forecast. 👀
I’m not sure where i the UK is getting -10… but -3 is the coldest we’ve been forecast here in suffolk… which is plenty cold enough for us!🥶
Hello
Thanks for reply
I have 4 large Brugmansias in the garden. All leaves are floppy
Do you think they will be okay still after the winter. I am not going to cover them at all.
I was told today snow next week and temps are going down to the - 10
The news today says - 5 in Gloucester tonight colder than last night.
@@vicmills7702 Depends on how winter is… burgansias may come back from the roots if the trunks are killed off by any hard freezes…
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All my orange trees and brugmansias died. After last years winter so nothing left.
Hi Chris, do you recommend that I feed my citrus trees during the winter? They are outside in pots. Happy New Year!
Paul B Hi Paul, i wouldn’t feed them until spring, when the weather starts to warm up. Citrus in pots can start to get yellow leaves by this time in winter, but once they start growing again they will green up.👍🏻
18 degrees at the end of October... No wonder you can grow citrus in the ground.
It's March 2020. Are the trees still outside and doing well? I,m sprouting some pips of lemons.
Trees are all doing well. Although the garden has had some work going on and things have been moved about to now their final place! Will be doing a fruit tree update in the spring. 👍🏻
Hi Chris , thanks for the video, I have bought a lemon tree from a Asda . It’s almost as big as your one. Can I plant this outside or not . If not can I keep it outside under a porch. What soil do I use to repot. I live in Slough Berks. Can I email you.
Xaxa ali citrus are not really to fussy about their soil as long as it’s well draining. The lemon tree in this video has been planted outside for 3 years, and although it survives outside I wouldn’t say it totally thrives. So I have recently moved it into a large container to a more sheltered location, and have replaced its location with a yuzu. Which is a much hardier citrus. You could try planting it outside if you have a sheltered position. Apart from the lemon tree all my citrus are planted in the ground, and came through last winter fine. Planting in ground does run the risk of loosing some in a hard winter... although they all survived the beast from the east we had a couple winters back. So it’s all a learning curve for me still.
GoTropicalUK thank so much. Advice taken.
i hate how long it takes for citrus and persimmon and loqout to wake up its scary.. so much time and so many hot days for them to die in b4 waking up lol
Thanks for awesome videos Chris. How can i contact you.
Suraj Kumar you can email me at chrisanamz@live.co.uk.
@@gotropicaluk8362 Hi Chris, I mailed you. Waiting for reply. Thanks.
Waiting for reply chris ...Long time ..
Suraj Kumar sorry! Been hectic! I didn’t save enough seeds to be able to post out this time. But if you’d like some at the end of the summer I can make sure to save enough for you of these varieties and post them to you.
What size doe a small orange tree need to be before planting out?
I’ll keep it in a pot easy to move about give it at least 5 +years
Are you watering your orange trees in the ground
Thank you for the very usefull video, I'm growing some oranges and lemons in pots, havent got the courage to leave them outside ;-)
I've tried growing kunquats but have lost two trees to an initial full leaf fall and then gummosis and blackening branches. I try not to overwater but it's tough to know how much water to give, any ideas what i'm going wrong? Many thanks, Steve
Steve Maxwell gummosis is a problem where soils are heavy and don’t drain well, also areas that receive a lot of rainfall. Not sure of your location, but if your planting citrus they want a good draining soil. That should reduced a lot of your problems. Also when it comes to watering you want the top few inches to dry out before you add more. All the best. Chris
Thanks for the reply Chris, the tree was in clay soil in a pot from a nursery in Essex, I kept it in a greenhouse, I must have overwatered. That's two Kumquats i've killed :-( Many thanks, Steve
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