Re: [gardeners] Re: Citrus in Zone 9
AMGarden@aol.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:20:13 EST
In a message dated 3/9/00 10:13:11 AM Central Standard Time,
Shantihhh@aol.com writes:
<< We're in zone 9B as well, SF Bay Area and we put those little clear
Christmas
lights on the citrus and avocados this year and they weren't harmed at all
by
the frosts! We have 20 citrus from the temperamental Variegated Pink Eureka
to the tender Kaffir Lime (Magroot). >>
Here in our zone 9b we also put those fairy lights into the citrus to keep
them frost free. We discovered it one Christmas that we strung them through
the tree out front for the holiday. Ours was the only tree in the
neighborhood that did not suffer frost damage. Most of the rest had to be
cut back severely or cut down. Now it is kind of fun to have the only
decorated back yard as this house has no citrus out front.
I am currently looking to get one of those tempermental Variegated Pink
Eureka trees. I found a supplier, but they are a 2.5 hour drive away. I am
hoping to get there this week during spring break. Plus one of my tangelo
trees is getting blossoms for the very first time! It was planted 3 years
ago and is finally at home enough to give fruit. The tree is now 5 years
old, should I let it fruit or pull them off as I did on the others for the
first few years?
Anne in FL
zone 9b, sunset 26
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