Re: Re: Burr....it's getting cold out!

Your lemon would probably be happier with that than with other alternatives possible in your area. The trees are pretty hardy--when we worry about freezes and citrus, we worry because of the fruit. Most citrus comes ripe in mid to late winter.

On Sep 22, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

We get down into the 20s on winter nights. I've wondered if I could
plant my dwarf lemon in the ground, pop a portable greenhouse over it
and plug in some Christmas lights for heat at night. It's never below
freezing during the day.
Maybe someday I'll try it.

Cyndi

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Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 5:30 AM
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Subject: [CHAT] Re: Burr....it's getting cold out!

Daryl, People do that all along the Gulf Coast, even with just regular
Xmas lights. I leave mine up after Xmas through January, just in case.
It really does help. Probably not up north, but for us down here in
the south, it does.
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 9/20/2006 11:02:31 PM Central Standard Time,
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

I have a friend who used to live in New Orleans. She used old-fashioned
C-sized Christmas lights strung around/among the plants for the very
few cold nights they had. I wonder if that would be an option for those
of you who have one or two cold nights followed by several weeks of
better weather?

By the time we usually have frost, the daylight hours are so few that
most of the tender stuff has stopped blooming anyway.

Daryl (in Georgia, where it's finally delightfully cool and my Ginger
Lilies have started to bloom...)

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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