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Citrus trees and the cold....

Posted on 1/6/14 at 6:47 pm
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28340 posts
Posted on 1/6/14 at 6:47 pm
I have lime, lemon, and satsuma trees, will wrapping the base help anything? Or will they be ok regardless? I've covered them in previous years and they've been ok, but they were much smaller then.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21438 posts
Posted on 1/6/14 at 6:50 pm to
ur probably going to lose a lot of limbs at the least. i have used light bulbs, at least it saved some of the tree. try everything, it is not only gonna b colded, its a substained cold.
Posted by lsushelly
Denham Springs
Member since Aug 2006
2860 posts
Posted on 1/6/14 at 6:51 pm to
I lost my small Satsuma tree a month or so ago during a hard freeze. I had it covered with blankets. I would think the younger trees are in trouble tonight no matter what you do.
Posted by CajunAlum Tiger Fan
The Great State of Louisiana
Member since Jan 2008
7873 posts
Posted on 1/6/14 at 7:05 pm to
Wrap the base on bigger trees. As long as it doesn't split, losing a few (or even many) branches shouldn't kill it.

I just pile up mulch as high as I can. Navel, satsuma, louisiana sweet, and Persian lime survived this way in Jan. of 2010 when it was below freezing for 9 nights here. The lime was hardest hit but fine a year later.
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