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

It is an Improved Meyer. It probably does get a lot of abuse from me! I
had it in too much shade for a couple years because I wanted it on my
patio; then I moved it into full sun in the veggie garden. Harder to
keep the watering consistent there and it gets a lot of wind, but it has
definitely filled out. The terra cotta pot it's in is starting to
disintegrate too, but I just know if I try to re-pot it I will set it
back again. Well...when the pot actually falls apart I'll have to do
something. 
This is my third lemon tree (or is it fourth?). I killed one with too
much water and the next one, who knows, maybe too little. I've had this
one for a number of years now but still no lemons, however I am
determined to succeed. Everything else I have in pots gets so big I'm
hacking on them continually, but the lemon, which I really really want,
is resisting. 

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 9:55 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Burr....it's getting cold out!

What variety is it, Cyndi? The Improved Meyer takes more abuse than any
of the others. It also sets fruit like crazy--even in a pot, I'm told. 
I tried to grow one hydroponically once; big failure. It likes its feet
moist but not wet.

On Sep 22, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

> Yeah...I definitely struggle with it in a pot. It does bloom in the 
> greenhouse during the winter, I pollinate with a little brush and I 
> get fruit set, but most of them fall off when I move it out in April. 
> This year I had one decent sized baby lemon hanging on but a $*&# 
> ground squirrel bit it off. I've seen the occasional potted citrus 
> here but have never managed to talk to the owners about tactics. Never

> ever seen one in the ground.
> However over the past 15 years the winters are get milder every year, 
> probably due to the incredible number of heat-producing houses 
> covering the landscape, so you never know, maybe my zone will change
over time.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:30 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On

>> Behalf Of TeichFlora@aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 5:30 AM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> 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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Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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