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Satsuma/Citrus Tree Protection
Posted on 1/20/25 at 10:14 am
Posted on 1/20/25 at 10:14 am
How are you protecting your satsuma/citrus trees in the upcoming cold weather?
Mine are too large to cover.
Does running a sprinkler actually work?
Leave them alone?
Thanks for any tips.
Mine are too large to cover.
Does running a sprinkler actually work?
Leave them alone?
Thanks for any tips.
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Posted on 1/20/25 at 10:17 am to 23parker
My lemon tree is too big to cover as well. I wrapped the trunk and plan to water it deep this afternoon. Worked for the last hard multi day freeze we had.
Posted on 1/20/25 at 10:29 am to 23parker
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How are you protecting your satsuma/citrus trees in the upcoming cold weather?
Like this.
I have an extension cord run out to them with incandescent light bulbs under the covers next to the base of the trees to provide some heat.
As they get bigger this won’t be feasible, though. I’ll probably go the Christmas light route then.
Posted on 1/20/25 at 10:35 am to 23parker
I bought old fashioned Christmas lights either last year or the year before. Now have no idea what I did with them. I found a clamp light with an incandescent bulb, so I have that on under a large trash can over my little tree.
Posted on 1/20/25 at 1:06 pm to 23parker
Have a 2 year old lemon tree. Covered it with a can light last year. Wrapped in incandescent Christmas lights this year, with a thick moving blanket wrapped around the trunk. 1 year old apple trees are partying in this weather.
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 1/20/25 at 1:25 pm to jordan21210
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My lemon tree is too big to cover as well. I wrapped the trunk and plan to water it deep this afternoon. Worked for the last hard multi day freeze we had.
I have a new meyer lemon tree down here that I bought in September. I have it in a huge pot. I am new to them but it did not do well. It had 7 small lemons growing and it looked oK until we got some weather in the 40s. The leaves started to fall off. I brought it inside last week and all the leaves fell off.
The tree still look good and the lemons are still on there but there is not a leaf on it
Posted on 1/20/25 at 4:09 pm to LanierSpots
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quote:
My lemon tree is too big to cover as well. I wrapped the trunk and plan to water it deep this afternoon. Worked for the last hard multi day freeze we had.
I have a new meyer lemon tree down here that I bought in September. I have it in a huge pot. I am new to them but it did not do well. It had 7 small lemons growing and it looked oK until we got some weather in the 40s. The leaves started to fall off. I brought it inside last week and all the leaves fell off.
The tree still look good and the lemons are still on there but there is not a leaf on it
To be fair, it's not great to let a tree that young bear fruit in the first place. Instead of using its energy to build roots and establish itself it has to use it to grow the fruit. Should nip those lemons off and let it get strong for a year or two.
Mine shed most of its leaves about a month after I put it in the ground last year. Looked like it was due to shock. Came back with a vengence.
Posted on 1/20/25 at 4:55 pm to 23parker
Do you have a fire pit and anything to help circulate the warm air? That's more or less a home made version of what our growers out West do to protect the fruit.
Watering helps too.
Watering helps too.
Posted on 1/20/25 at 4:57 pm to TheBoo
Very interesting. Like I said, we are new to fruit trees. I will take them off. I dont think they will make it anyway.
Looks like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
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Looks like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
[/img] Posted on 1/20/25 at 5:04 pm to 23parker
I'm in BR and have a 20 year old tree that is about 15-18 feet tall....too big to cover
I have a couple of strings of incandescent Xmas bulbs (the bigger C9 style). I also have 2 clip on spot lights with halogen 120W bulbs clipped in the lower part just above where the branches split from the trunk as well as 2 more stuck in ground pointing straight up.
I also piled a lot of pine straw around the base and mounded up to the split, and then wrapped that tightly with movers pads secured with elastic straps
That's about all I can realistically do due to its size...this process has gotten me thru all the previous deep freezes here so I'm keeping my fingers crossed
I have a couple of strings of incandescent Xmas bulbs (the bigger C9 style). I also have 2 clip on spot lights with halogen 120W bulbs clipped in the lower part just above where the branches split from the trunk as well as 2 more stuck in ground pointing straight up.
I also piled a lot of pine straw around the base and mounded up to the split, and then wrapped that tightly with movers pads secured with elastic straps
That's about all I can realistically do due to its size...this process has gotten me thru all the previous deep freezes here so I'm keeping my fingers crossed
Posted on 1/21/25 at 8:05 am to jlsufan
Clamp lights with flood light bulbs.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 2:04 pm to Popths
Clamp lights with 250 watt, red heat lamp bulbs.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:56 pm to RockoRou
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Clamp lights with 250 watt, red heat lamp bulbs
Did that, but they didn't last very long once it started snowing. One shattered and the other two just went black with cracks. I guess they are not wet rated?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 7:14 am to LeGrosChat
I wrap my Satsumas in commercial grade plastic sheeting and put the heat lamps under the plastic, low and close to the trunk. The plastic sheeting can be reused, I'm on my third use of the plastic and the heat lamps. They're on now, round the clock for 2 days. The plastic sheeting is used by concrete and pollution contractors, its 6mil thickness, 8' wide and comes in a roll. Kinda pricey, but worth the price to save your citrus trees.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 7:28 am to RockoRou
how big is the tree you're wrapping?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 7:55 am to jlsufan
Trees are 8' high and 8' wide, 10 yrs old, producing for 3 or 4 years. Go all around the tree, if need be you can put a length of plastic and put it over the top and staple the 2 sheets together. Keep the heat lamps off the ground and close, but not touching the trunk.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 4:50 pm to RockoRou
yeah...that's what I figured....mine's 16-18' high and 20' diameter...too big to wrap
Posted on 1/23/25 at 10:20 pm to RockoRou
Thanks for the great tip. I don't think my trees will survive, but I know for the next freeze.
Do you not have problems with the plastic being burned by the lamps?
Do you not have problems with the plastic being burned by the lamps?
Posted on 1/24/25 at 12:01 pm to LeGrosChat
It’s probably time to unwrap my sweet orange trees today or tomorrow. I doubt they survived but I gave it my best shot
The snow is finally mostly off the ground cover portion of the wrap.
Low tonight (Friday night) is only supposed to get to 30.
The snow is finally mostly off the ground cover portion of the wrap.
Low tonight (Friday night) is only supposed to get to 30.
This post was edited on 1/24/25 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 1/24/25 at 11:42 pm to jennyjones
I have a large satsuma. To big to cover. I covered it anyway. The tarp wasn't wide enough to go all the way to the ground on one side. Put a electric space heater in there and ran the heater if it was below freezing. Fingers crossed.
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