Leave snow on stasuma tree?

At 11 or 12 degrees, you need to wrap them with plastic and use a heat lamp underneath to save them. 4 to 6 hours at 11 degrees will kill them.

I covered mine and did the incandescent C7 bulbs but I'm nervous it will be too cold. Kind of pissed I might lose 4 lemons, 2 satsumas, 2 other orange varieties, 1 persimmon, and 1 loquat.

How well do Fig trees handle this type of cold?

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persimmon, and 1 loquat.

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Not sure what type persimmon but I bet it will be fine. I've had as low as 7 and loquat was fine but this years fruit is toast. Fig is iffy depending on age and type but I'd make a small bet that it will be OK.


I feel bad for all the citrus that won't make it though. Good time to be in the citrus tree business come this spring. If had one too big to cover I'd get the saw out and start chopping. Better to have a small tree than no tree.

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow because there is going to be a palm and citrus apocalypse when this all melts.

Even stuff like wrapping or putting Christmas lights on trees only buys a few degrees.

When it gets to the teens and stays there stuff is going to die unfortunately.

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I hope everyone enjoyed the snow because there is going to be a palm and citrus apocalypse when this all melts.

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Big sago palms covered in snow? Knock it off now? Leave it be till it melts? Or are they just toast either way?

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I mean the snow might be insulating trees if it’s in the teens where you are honestly.

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That’s sort of my thinking at this point. I was just wondering if anyone could give me a good reason to dissuade me otherwise.

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Hope it worked out. I buy all my citrus on dwarf rootstock and keep them no taller than 7-8 feet. Cover them with a heavy duty tarp and a heat lamp.

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thanks....yep...after the big freeze a couple of years ago, when mine took some damage, I bought a dwarf variety and have it in a big pot I can roll into garage when necessary...been keeping it in the "bullpen" in case I need to replace my big one in the ground, I'll have one already fruiting and a little more cold tolerant due to age

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Big sago palms covered in snow?

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Best thing to do with sagos is shovel more snow on top of them to make sure they die.