RE: Requiem for a lemon tree

Hmmm. Well, if I could find a spot...it's worth a try, I've wasted
enough money on other less interesting things that's for sure. I would
still want to protect it with something. I'll have to think about that.

Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:35 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Requiem for a lemon tree

The gospel I use for citrus is Lance Walheim's "Citrus." This is
essentially a book for California and Arizona although it claims to
also cover "Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida." It says this about
hardiness of the Meyer/Improved Meyer: "It is hardier than true lemons
and can withstand temperatures into the low 20sF."

Of course, true lemons are not very cold hardy at all--they're damaged
at 30F.



On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Theresa W wrote:

> Ahh-  Jim would know better than I about Meyer lemon hardiness.  We
> have gotten into the 20s here- especially last winter.  Mine is
> planted right next to the house though, so likely protects is some and

> I threw a blanket over it a couple of times.  Actually, my lemon has
> done better this summer than the last couple of years, so I guess the
> cold didn't phase it much.
> So Jim- how hardy is the Meyer???
>
> Theresa
>
> on Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>> Well, it gets into the low twenties most winters at my house. I'm
>> thinking it would freeze.
>> Cyndi
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> Behalf Of Theresa W
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:16 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Requiem for a lemon tree
>> Cyndi- Why do have your lemon in a pot?  Why not just plant one?  I
>> couldn't keep one alive in a pot either- but in the ground it's
pretty
>> easy.
>> Theresa
>> Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>>> I killed my lemon tree. This was #3 in my quest to have my own
lemons
>>> and I've failed again. I'm not entirely certain what happened to it
>> this
>>> time. I had decided not to move its pot out into the veggie garden
>> area
>>> because last year squirrels bit off the lemons. So I moved it into
>>> the
>>> front yard, where I have a little hose attached to the sprinklers
>>> that
>>> could water it directly and I could just leave it. Well we were
>>> pretty
>>> busy this summer, the front garden is totally overgrown, and because
>> it
>>> wasn't directly in my path every day I only took a look at it now
and
>>> again. It wasn't exactly thriving but I was so busy I kept telling
>>> myself I would move it in a few days, didn't have time right now.
>>> Last
>>> time I saw it was really waterlogged so I moved the little
irrigation
>>> hose away from it figuring the regular sprinklers would keep it
moist
>>> enough but let it dry out some. Saturday I looked and it's dead. So
I
>>> don't know if it was too much water, or whether I moved the hose
just
>>> before that awful heat wave we had around Labor Day and it didn't
get
>>> any water at all.
>>> I'm not sure if I'll try it again. I keep remembering the Meyer
>>> lemons
>>> from the dwarf tree my mom had and how good they were. But it's been
>>> YEARS and I haven't managed one lemon, not one. Hmmm.
>>>
>>> Cyndi
>>>
>>>
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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.1 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Sunset Zone 25
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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