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Uncovering Covered Citrus Trees
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:23 am
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:23 am
I’ve been covering my younger citrus trees during this cold snap and so far only have 2 that have shriveled leaves.
Question 1- will the shriveled trees come back?
Question 2 - I will be out of town today and won’t be able to uncover them and recover them for tonight. Will they be OK covered until Sunday later morning or should I ask my brother/neighbor to uncover and recover for me?
TIA
Question 1- will the shriveled trees come back?
Question 2 - I will be out of town today and won’t be able to uncover them and recover them for tonight. Will they be OK covered until Sunday later morning or should I ask my brother/neighbor to uncover and recover for me?
TIA
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:48 am to nated14
Mine are covered and will be wilted when I uncover them tomorrow. They should be fine.
Posted on 1/20/24 at 3:49 pm to nated14
Are you uncovering them every day then covering again at night? Just curious if it's harmful to leave it covered for a few days.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 12:26 am to LEASTBAY
I think there has been times I have left my trees covered for as much as a week, and did not see any harm to the trees.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:19 pm to LEASTBAY
I left mine covered for the duration and only uncovered Sunday due to the forecast. On the less cold nights during this stretch, I turned off the Christmas lights.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 3:31 pm to AlxTgr
Uncovered mine today. It looks ok. Not sure if there is a limit. Used some sort of zip up covers I bought on Amazon. Worked pretty well.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:06 pm to LEASTBAY
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Uncovered mine today. It looks ok. Not sure if there is a limit. Used some sort of zip up covers I bought on Amazon. Worked pretty well
I use these as well along with a heat lamp. Just uncovered them today after about 2 weeks. They look fine. Did the same thing last year.
Posted on 1/22/24 at 7:20 pm to LEASTBAY
Uncovered mine and they are wilted and look terrible. I had them wrapped with beach towels and drop cloths. I’ll order some of the covers in amazon for next year. Unless the trees are just taking a break, I’ll be replanting soon. They were all planted last year so they were young. My 10 yo satsuma was not covered but seems to be OK.
Posted on 1/23/24 at 8:43 am to nated14
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I had them wrapped with beach towels and drop cloths.
quote:Mine was small enough that a large trash can fit over it. I then covered the trash can with an outdoor chair cover that's pretty heavy. I think the leaves not touching much inside there was pretty important, as my little tree looks no different now than before the freeze.
They were all planted last year so they were young
Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:47 am to nated14
My meyer lemon was planted 4 months ago. Covered it with a tarp with a can light and 150w light bulb for 3 days when temps got down to 19. Took the tarp off and it lost some leaves, and the rest of the leaves look like they took a hit. It looks like where I lost leaves is where they were touching the tarp. Should bounce back.
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