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Unread 11-19-2017, 06:47 PM   #3
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Well, I guess it is the warm spell we are in that is helping us be successful with the citrus. The Meyer's lemons Connie is growing as well as the Pomelo as not as cold hardy as the Satsumas and the Changshas, and you can tell they get a little bit of damage during the nights that drop down into the 20s. Year before last we had a sudden cold snap around this time of year that pretty much destroyed most of the nearly ripened citrus. We still have some young (small) trees that we would likely need to cover during a night below 25 degrees to keep them from suffering a lot of damage. But the older and larger trees should be able to weather below freezing temps pretty well with only some minor leaf damage.

This Spring we had a cold snap while a lot of the citrus was blooming, and that definitely kicked things back on us. It's those sudden cold snaps either too early in the Fall or later than normal in Spring that can be a real problem.

Of course, some of the apple trees and a pear tree have put out flowers recently, so no idea what time of year they think it might be right now. Plants seem to be just as confused about the weather patterns as we are.

Fortunately we haven't seen any problems with that "greening sickness". We have noticed that the citrus we see in the grocery stores has been pretty puny looking ever since last year. Our tangerines have been at least three times as large as the ones in the stores, and Connie's Myer lemons put any lemons we have seen in grocery stores to shame. So hopefully we are isolated enough that such plant ailments won't find us.
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