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Winter citrus prep
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| This is my first winter with a citrus tree - a grapefruit, to be
precise. It currently is hosting a swallowtail caterpillar (hopefully
THAT will pupate soon and subsequently fly south!). I presume that at
some point I need to winterproof the grapefruit, but how?
Should I built it a tent with a heating pad? Bring it in the house and
hope the cats don't treat it as a litterbox? Reduce water? Fertilize?
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| Victor Martinez 2007-10-30, 5:25 pm |
| On Oct 24, 3:28 pm, Wooly <nobody@nunya> wrote:
> Should I built it a tent with a heating pad? Bring it in the house and
> hope the cats don't treat it as a litterbox? Reduce water? Fertilize?
Sorry, I meant to respond to this post, but I forgot. 
We have a variegated meyer lemon and a key lime, both in pots. We
build a temporary shelter for them, where we can protect them from the
north winds. If you have a well-protected south-facing wall, just
bring the pot next to the wall. If it's going to get very cold (<20),
you would need to cover it with some row cover or something like
that.
Hope this helps.
Victor
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| Victor Martinez wrote:
> On Oct 24, 3:28 pm, Wooly <nobody@nunya> wrote:
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> Sorry, I meant to respond to this post, but I forgot.
No worry. I figured RR was on the rag again and refusing to update all
the austin* lists. Had the temps dropped into the 30s I would have
brought the grapefruit into the garage and tented it with a low-wattage
incandescent. I am still waiting for that swallowtail to pupate but I
suspect it is too late in the season at this point, unless those
critters will overwinter around here.
> We have a variegated meyer lemon and a key lime, both in pots. We
> build a temporary shelter for them, where we can protect them from the
> north winds. If you have a well-protected south-facing wall, just
> bring the pot next to the wall. If it's going to get very cold (<20),
> you would need to cover it with some row cover or something like
> that.
I do have a southern wall and surprisingly it gets a fair amount of sun
despite the neighboring house's close proximity. My husband needs to
rid the eave on that side of a rather sizeable wasp nest before I go
anywhere hear it. Pity the gas meter reader...
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