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17F, no days that stayed below freezing.

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Awesome!

Good luck!

Exactly. I hesitate to say it, but the big box stores should be carrying this instead of Meyer lemon and Key lime.

@@CitrusPalmsWithTom Couldn’t agree more, it’s such a productive, hardy tree!

Yes, the purple tinge is characteristic of lemon.

Thanks! Polyembryony is a two-edged sword: one one hand, it does make hybridization difficult except among the known monoembryonic types, but it also makes it possible for the average person to grow quality citrus from seed, something that you can’t to with apples, for example.

I think that myth has arisen somewhat from people’s experiences growing citrus in containers. I have a friend who grew a grapefruit from seed in a container and he would regularly prune it so he could get it in and out of his garage. The result was a tree that stayed in a state of arrested development. I told him that if he ever wanted it to bloom, he would have to let it grow. He did and it finally did, but by that point it was just unmanageable in a container - which is one reason why citrus are grafted!

@@CitrusPalmsWithTom I remember reading a story about a 50 or 60 year old potted grapefruit that never flowered. The owner mentioned pruning it to bring down the height every year so it would fit under their ceiling indoors, explains why it never flowered!

Yes, our winter weather in January averages about 34/55F. Of course, it’s a rare day that is exactly average, but we don’t often hit 80F in January, and we only rarely (5 years or so) have a day that stays below freezing.

It varies. Thomasville and mandarins take 4-5 years. Trifoliate hybrids usually take 5-7 years. Ichang lemon seedlings take more than 10 years, which is why grafted trees are the better option.

Last year on my Meyer lemon, I used a barrel of water, mini lights, and a frost blanket. I’ll make a video on that one soon.

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Oh, I have more than I can manage. This year I focused on the really hardy stuff: Morton, Troyer citranges; citrmeon, citrumelo, yuzu, Keraji, and several others.

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It sure is!

Agreed!

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That can be a challenge as you head north and inland, where winters are colder and wetter.

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This is zone 8. The new USDA map puts us in Zone 8b...let's just say a solid zone 8!

They begin ripening in early October and peak around mid-November to mid-December. If not frozen off, they will hang until February, but by the end of the season they do get puffy and dry.

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