Fruits and Nuts: Question about my fruit trees., 1 by pbyrley

pbyrley wrote:
I'd remind you that we are having pretty screwy weather and a zone rating may or may not help in a given Winter. For example, people are growing key limes in South Florida now but my mother's key lime froze to death one year (long ago) in Fort Lauderdale (30 miles North of Miami). That's why they call them key limes.

If you mulch and cover your citrus as jujube describes it will reduce the danger a lot. If you have a favorite citrus, you can cover it with a king size sheet and put a single 100 watt light bulb under it to add a little heat.

The hardening off effect of a slow drop in night time temps as I am having this Fall also helps a lot. My fig trees seem to be hardened off quite well this year. I am hoping for a missed late frost next Spring so I will get a lot of figs.

I don't know if keeping my fingers crossed has helped.

Paul