Best Citrus Tree For Northern/ Container

[ninnymary]

@ninnymary how cold has your outside Meyers , lived though? @baymule wants to plant hers outside in TX, I read they can not take temps below 45, s that true?

We only have a couple of nights when it frosts. In winter, I'd say night temps are around 36-40. Even on nights when I know it will frost, I don't bother covering it. Our winters are pretty mild. My lime tree is in a hugh pot and is about 7 yrs. old and still going strong.

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

So it can take some light frosts, bet colder with protection.

 

[bobm]

@ninnymary how cold has your outside Meyers , lived though? @baymule wants to plant hers outside in TX, I read they can not take temps below 45, s that true?

NYboy ... There is a commercial 20 acre Meyer's Lemon orchard and several large acrage ( each from 20 to 100 + acres ) commercial Navel Orange orchards about a mile from our ranch in Cal. . The winter tempertures are normally down to 27* every year and sometimes as low as 17*. They have wind turbines and sprinkler systems that come on when the night temperatures are expected to be at the freezing point. Ice and air movement protect the trees. Sometimes they might turn on smudge pots as well as the wind turbines but with the no burn laws this practice is mostly out.

 

[ninnymary]

Meyer's can handle a few nights of below 32 degrees without covering them or doing anything else. But I suspect that your winters have more than a few nights of below 32.

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

wow Bob didn't realize they could take such low temps. Mary today hit almost 60 our normal early Feb about 20 and wind chill can make feel a lot colder.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Papeda crosses (like Yuzu's Kabosus, Sudachis and Ichang lemons) can go even lower. They have no problem taking prolonged temps of ten below celsius and occasional bouts below fifteen. That's why I want a good one up here (and it might be good for you too) at that range, you could theoretically treat it like a fig tree; put it directly in the ground and wrap it in the winter

BTW mom brought me some Yuzus back from Daido yesterday so I suppose those are in season now. Will be heading to Ninjiya tomorrow to see if they by some miracle have a few of the OTHER yuzu, the one I actually want a tree of.

 

[baymule]

My Meyer lemon, named Alex, is in the house. Later when I get the greenhouse up, I will put it in the greenhouse. We get extended cold weather of nights in the 20's and I wouldn't want to risk it without cover for my tree.