I'm in Texas, zone 8b. Satsuma, Meyer Lemon, lime trees and all other citrus were taken out by the 2021 freeze. I also lost my apples, peaches and it injured my plum and Apricots. The only thing that made it through without damage were my Bartlet pears.
I live in Houston and 2022 winter got colder than 2021 but it was only in short timeframes. I recorded it 14 degrees one night and all in-ground persian lime, young meyer & pink lemonade lemon, white guava & all peaches died and they were all covered. The moro blood, cara cara, rio grapefruit lost leaves and alive but the arctic frost and owari mandarin did not lose a single leaf.
Ok, I have a crazy idea, but just like our pipes in the winter we cover . Why can't we use those on our trees in the winter. When we first put small trees put in the yard I place a bright pool noodle around the so they don't get hit and their very noticeable
There are a few things more guaranteed to get me through a day of work than listening to the sounds of the birds in your garden as you drop some knowledge 😊
I’m in central Florida and my peach tree was hit the hardest. Thanks for the video, I was looking for reliable information and you provided it. God bless you and your family 🙏🏽💞
Yes that weather was crazy for a few nights, my citrus looks the same right now and are starting to bud out. It’s amazing what some of these plants can go through 💪🏾💪🏾
We are having some strange weather! Today here in Maryland it's 65 degrees, tomorrow it will be in the 70 ,and Thursday in the 80's. Friday and Saturday back in the 30's and 40 possible snow and rain! I enjoyed your video Mr. Lead and thanks for sharing. God Bless. 🙏❤
A most helpful video. I' m growing the ten degree tangerine ,the us942,,and the Browns Select Satsuma in ground here in eastern central Tenn.( Zone 7b). It got down to eight degrees F. last winter so I'll have to give my three citrus some protection( Frost covers and Christmas lights). My Meyers lemon will stay potted up for another year before I plant it out. I hear that the Dunstan citramelo and the new variety Sugarbelle will take temps down into the teens. Good luck with your growing citrus in S.C. Thanks again.
Appreciate you man. I had to move from Cyprus back to Scotland and left behind my citrus trees and dragon fruit. It's nice to know that all hope may not be lost and that I can try something new once I get my own place.
Without a greenhouse you won’t be able to grow any of these varieties in Scotland. It’s way too wet. Citrus aren’t merely hurt by low temps. In fact, it’s the combination for low temps with wet conditions that hurt them more. I’m in a zone 9 in the United States that’s usually an excellent zone for citrus. However, I’m a Pacific coast climate north or San Francisco and the lengthy rainy season (cloudy 80% of the days for 4 months makes citrus more difficult to grow than in colder sunnier climates). The one up side for you is that Scotland is relatively mild for the latitude so with a greenhouse you can grow all the cultivates this dude is growing.
Oregon zone 8b here, and we have a Meyer Lemon, Bearss Lime, and an Owari Satsuma that are growing next to the south side of our house, planted last Autumn. I put a PVC hoophouse over all of it, with a few strands of incandescent Christmas lights inside, and a black water barrel toward the middle as a backup. Survived last winter's 18° nights, and never dropped a leaf. We even got our first lemon a few weeks ago. They are so delicious! Looking forward to fruits off the other two. I also put a few citrus seedlings and pineapple plants under there to see if they'll all survive. Fingers crossed!
@@denissesheartyhomestead actually I got the idea from another RUclipsr called TheMillenialGardener. He has quite a few citrus trees and even an avocado tree in ground, and he's the same zone as I am. He has a few great videos showing his cold protection setups, which mostly consist of the Christmas lights and plant jackets. But he did make a PVC frame over his avocado tree too, and also some raised bed covers that are very similar. Definitely check it out!
Im here trying to figure out how to keep my Meyer lemon tree alive outside in zone 7b(Oklahoma). For 4 years I just bring to pot indoors during a freeze and it just doesn’t grow large. I’m scared to put it in ground but I might give it a try and cover it
Thankyou for this insight. I am attempting to grow some citrus in London, UK (8b) and have been struggling to find useful information on which citrus can deal with my erratic temperature fluctuations. That blood orange was epic looking btw, I need one in my life.
Wow. Thank you so much. I really want to grow citrus trees but was afraid because of the winters here in Southern Maryland zone 7a. Looking for it right now
I’m in zone 8 . My Improved Meyer lemon survives the cold under the patio roof . When the weather dropped very low, I used the anti frost to cover it . The lemons and leaves are ok . The Improved Meyer lemon can handle 20 degree F , but it needs to be covered .
Glad you made this video. I was wondering how your citrus did. My Meyer lemon (zone 8b) looks like yours but I’m hopeful. She’s been with me for over 6 years. Thanks for sharing 😊
I have the Owari , Shiranui and Meyer Lemon in ground here in South Georgia. I covered them and had some buckets of water with them . We got down to 17 degrees here but they didn’t loose any leaves at all . They are all only about 4 -5 feet tall . Probably won’t need any protection after they get bigger . I have 2 Meiwa Kumquats I’m gonna plant into the ground when they get a little bigger . I noticed that the fruit on mine doesn’t all get ripe until December thru March . I’m not sure if the fruit will survive though .
I’m so glad that you said that because I use to put buckets of water around mine when they were all a lot smaller too. I may have to start doing that again for a few years. At least until they bounce back from this crime scene 😂
Thank you Lead. Please share what you are doing to these trees and vegetables to strengthen and to grow stronger to produce fruit. In 10a California the weather is still colder at night {29 -40} and 50 - low 60 during the day. One of my blueberries , Meyer lemon, and fig tree are budding, since December. I cover them on the coldest nights like you show us. Oakland experiencing power outage right now. In your name Jesus, Speak Lord. Thank you Jesus, for showing us how to survive and escape. Let us see and hear and understand what to do with Your protection. 🙏❤
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge on this. I have been wanting citrus really bad and you gave a bunch of great examples for me. Thanks for always inspiring me to try something different
I saw recently on a "Deep South Homestead" yt channel video, where Miss Wanda freeze dried the peels of her satsuma oranges she made juice from. And she then bagged them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. She didn't grind them into a powder form. But said they're great for grinding and using in all kinds of recipes for some really tasty orange flavoring. She said she adds it to cakes, muffins, smoothies, yogurt, etc. And she said It's a great orange flavoring.
I live in North East Texas, I have all my citrus and avacado potted in mineral tubs. I bought a 10x20 Quictent built a 2x6 frame for the base and connected the greenhouse frame to it. The cover is one piece and slips over the frame. Has door on each end and 4 windows on each side. Put all my trees in thar right before the artic blast we got. Had a propane bottle top heater on low . Trees came through fine was very comfortable inside. I have prolific blooming now and also fruit on all the trees. So you might consider this. I potted the trees so I can move them around. During the extreme heat of the summer I moved them into a shady area.nput 4 to a pallet ( will take that down to 2 seeing how they've gotten bigger) and I mover around with my hay forks on my tractor loader..... Jeff
I am in coastal NC, i got down to 19 degrees. my owari's had no problems at that temp, very little leaf drop. my kumquat looks similar to yours, it dropped half of its leaves and has some burnt tips, but still looks pretty good. my avocado did ok too, burnt leaves but no major damage to any branches.
Them kumquats hit different. I'll buy a kumquat tree 1st, before I buy the others. Seems like those kumquats are a little more tougher. Especially if you keep it in a container and wait til the next year to put it in the ground. Love you guys!
The hunt is on 😅Thank you, I have my list. You suggested the Arkansas Black a couple of years ago and now I have two. I hope to get apples 🍎 this year 😊
Great to hear that so many of them survived the low temps! I'm still amazed by that Smiths Blood Orange 😲 I gotta have it! You got me when you said it tastes like Raspberry and Orange 😋 thanks for sharing
Late for the live....but I'm taking copious notes🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾. I'm in Marion Junction, Alabama, where we're in a 8a hardiness zone. Can you create a tent around them, using the same type of plastic on a green house to help them during these cold harsh freezes sir?
Great information Lead. Notes were definitely taken. I would still have to bring in during the coldest part of winter here in Ohio, but now that I have the room I can start buying trees once I am settled in.
Great info. Much that I've never knew was possible with the citrus type trees in cold weather. Unfortunately I live in NJ and although our winter has been the mildest I can remember in years for the most part I think it would decimate those trees if we had our normal winters. But its worth trying. Thanks
Mr. Lead I can’t find any seeded oranges in the stores for months now. I’m not sure if these oranges will grow in NY but I think I have to try. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Lead. Those 17 nighttime degrees with 70 degree days don't work for us in zone 6 where it's 17 degrees constantly for days. Very helpful info if I lived in your zone.
I agree they will live through a cold snap, but weeks of cold and winds. I have 7 citrus trees that I bring in after losing 3, leaving outside. Folks in 6A, Michigan had better HEAR you when you say 8A or they'll be disappointed! 😂😂
Hey Lead Farmer. Thank you for sharing with us. Question: what are you planning to do to help your hard- hit trees? I'm in NC with a struggling peach tree from that cold snap!
My Meyer lemon trees dropped all of their leaves and fruit in the Pee Dee during the artic blast in December. My 1st year Persian lime trees dropped all of their leaves but surprisingly they are beginning to leaf out (1 didn't survive though). Thanks for the pointers and I look forward to more tips.
I d love to know what rootstock they were grafted onto, it could be that the stock is very cold tolerant and so the top grafts sruvive, but wowee! Im so thrilled for you and yes, it has helped a lot, Id been thinking Id only be able to grow Japanese bitter orange - but now I will try a few of these !!! Thank you so much my Maaan! love your channel now!
Youve given me a huge boost. My citrus is in an unheated greenhouse. There was a huge freeze here and plenty of leaves turned grey and fell off. Im guessing theyll rebound. Love that you have so many
You are the citrus and banana god. I'm in 8a/b in Atlanta and I've lost about 4 meyer lemons, 2 key limes, and I just realized today that my 6 foot meiwa kumquat is all rootstock. Gonna try it again with a valencia orange. If this doesn't make it, I'm done. Lol
@@leadfarmer73 yes. They grew to 4-5 feet and died over the winter. I'm going to try keeping this orange tree in a pot this time and graft the kumquat.
Thanks so much for showing this. We had a cold couple days here in zone 8 and after seeing so much yellowing and leaf drop, I was getting extremely nervous
If I just had one more zone of heat I'd try those varieties. Prague Chimera from Stan Mckenzie is doing good in NJ, and of course some trifoliate hybrids. Do you have pineapple guava/ feijoa? Not a citrus but a good cold hardy fruit to try in your backyard it will definitely grow there
It is amazing how some citrus trees can take such low temps than they are otherwise rated to take, had a night where temps dropped from 45 degrees to -5 degrees at night and killed my fruit trees that I would store in my garage with the old school wood door that has the half inch gap at the bottom so lost my Mexican Sweet Lime, Guava, and a Kishu that almost made it but died a few weeks later and then there was my WA Navel that should have also died but all it did was lose all its foliage from them being basically freeze dried. The trunk and stems though were still green and it has recovered well.
@@flgtv4275 Here in Maryland we had a tough winter, I had it covered with a tree blanket but unfortunately I didn't protect it good enough.😢 I will do better with the next one!😊
@@crystalo.4929 I hate to hear that. It just sounds crazy to me that it didn't make it through the freeze. It be the young trees I be afraid for. Not the grown, well matured trees. Just keep planting and growing. We need our fruit, therefore we need our good health
Sell some rooted cuttings of your most cold hardy Citrus, You might actually have a cultivar thats more cold hardy than others of the same name. These cold spells are a blessing, you may be able to move some of these to zone 7 homesteaders
Sir, I lost track of you after viewing you in Ohio with your lemon trees. I bought a Meyer lemon tree and I'm keeping it barely alive. So, I am delighted to have found you again, quite by accident. I am within @150 miles of you, so your advice should be appropriate. So, now, my lemon tree is in a big pot and the leaves are YELLOW. Full sun. If you read your comments, will you advise re. What to do. Thank you.
Zone 7 in the upstate of SC. My food forest is three years old. I tried the arctic frost satsuma and it died when the temperatures got to 7 degrees last Christmas. I also lost all of the calamondin trees and my kumquats were slaughtered. I wish I could grow citrus in Greenville.
I sheltered my pepper plants, lemon and lime trees in the garage, even tried to heat it but it still got down to 20 degrees or so by morning. That appears to have killed many of the pepper plants. The lemon and lime trees did take some damage, lost about half their leaves and the lemon tree bloomed but dropped the buds. That was just one night in those temps and we brought everything into the house the next morning because we were not getting any warm ups at all. Maybe if my trees were a bit larger they might not have had that damage but mine are only about 18 inches tall.
I live near Columbia SC, closer to Pontiac on the North east side of town. I'm glad to see a SC RUclipsr doing his thing and giving lots of great info! Instantly subscribed.
Exactly, DRAMATIC and/or SUDDEN fluctuations are your main worries as you mentioned. That why sometimes even a "light" frost is "harmful" or even "deadly" to even "hardy" plants. While a "hard" frost on "sensitive" plants may thrive against ALL odds.
My Limes, Lemons and Mystery Citrus all look like they are burned out from the freeze we had here in TX. I hope the come back in Spring 🤷🏾♀ I have a Loquat that dried out but still looks alive.
In Washington D.C., and just starting out, I brought my Myer Lemon inside and it seem to flourish in the basement with heat. I wondered if she could be planted in ground
I’m in zone 7b. I’ve conditioned it for 4 years in the winter and brought it in when below freezing. I just planted it and plan on putting a large pile of compost blend(leaves and grass) at the base and covering it this winter. Wish me luck. I’ve became attached to this tree
I am in Michigan. I would like to do is close to organic as possible on some citrus trees. Can anyone suggest a spray? And do you automatically spray them or do you wait till you see signs of a pest or disease? Thank you friends! God bless your gardening this year
My Meyer lemon is still in the little pot. I plan to move it to a bucket this week. Question: did you you water your trees in the cold weather thank you for this post. I hear that you ha e a other rooster 😄
Mail declined on yahoo. Good afternoon, I live in 6A area Buffalo, and wondering if y selling grafting of your S orange tree? I didn’t want to ask that question online so you wouldn’t be bombarded if the answer is yes. Because of you and Ladylead, I’m gardening right now hydroponics🙏🏾 Many thanks Mechelle
'Kimbrough' Satsuma. Is supposed to be a little bit more cold hardy than 'Owari' Satsuma, and the taste is said to be significantly different than 'Owari' Satsuma.
Yeah so I’m gonna need cuttings from those that pulled through. The plant adapts to what it’s been through and adjusts accordingly. It’s real cold up here in NY
Great video! I'll look out for some of these. I'm doing cane borer resistant blackberries this year with Concorde grapes. My current blackberry plant has all the canes swollen out but it's still alive and the raspberries too
Here in Maine we don't have a choice but to use heated greenhouses. A few weeks back we had -46F wind chills. Nothing survives. I will definitely be adding citrus to my greenhouse.
I'm in Texas, zone 8b. Satsuma, Meyer Lemon, lime trees and all other citrus were taken out by the 2021 freeze. I also lost my apples, peaches and it injured my plum and Apricots. The only thing that made it through without damage were my Bartlet pears.
Thank you for your testimony Cindy ❤
Apple's and peaches? They survive in the Midwest just fine in sub freezing temperatures. But lemon and lime I can agree with
I live in 8b in Texas, too. Sorry to hear about ur fruit trees.
I live in Houston and 2022 winter got colder than 2021 but it was only in short timeframes. I recorded it 14 degrees one night and all in-ground persian lime, young meyer & pink lemonade lemon, white guava & all peaches died and they were all covered. The moro blood, cara cara, rio grapefruit lost leaves and alive but the arctic frost and owari mandarin did not lose a single leaf.
@@Silbaugh4liberty I can say tropical snow and tropical beauty peaches can take our Texas over 100 degree summer days well but don't like cold.
I can’t wait to see how all of your citrus 🍊 trees bounce back Uncle Lead! Those who have doubt will see soon enough. Stay blessed fam!
-Calvin
It’s going to be an amazing transformation. I can’t wait to show the progress
Ok, I have a crazy idea, but just like our pipes in the winter we cover . Why can't we use those on our trees in the winter. When we first put small trees put in the yard I place a bright pool noodle around the so they don't get hit and their very noticeable
There are a few things more guaranteed to get me through a day of work than listening to the sounds of the birds in your garden as you drop some knowledge 😊
A cool collection of cold hardier citrus trees. Thanks for the info, Brother Lead
I’m in central Florida and my peach tree was hit the hardest. Thanks for the video, I was looking for reliable information and you provided it. God bless you and your family 🙏🏽💞
Yes that weather was crazy for a few nights, my citrus looks the same right now and are starting to bud out. It’s amazing what some of these plants can go through 💪🏾💪🏾
Exactly. This weather is like a nightmare
Thank you sooooo much for this King. I live in NC and needed this!
Thank you Maria. I hope this helps a little❤
We are having some strange weather! Today here in Maryland it's 65 degrees, tomorrow it will be in the 70 ,and Thursday in the 80's. Friday and Saturday back in the 30's and 40 possible snow and rain! I enjoyed your video Mr. Lead and thanks for sharing. God Bless. 🙏❤
A most helpful video. I' m growing the ten degree tangerine ,the us942,,and the Browns Select Satsuma in ground here in eastern central Tenn.( Zone 7b). It got down to eight degrees F. last winter so I'll have to give my three citrus some protection( Frost covers and Christmas lights). My Meyers lemon will stay potted up for another year before I plant it out. I hear that the Dunstan citramelo and the new variety Sugarbelle will take temps down into the teens. Good luck with your growing citrus in S.C. Thanks again.
Good morning Lead and family thanks for sharing.❤️
You are so welcome
Appreciate you man. I had to move from Cyprus back to Scotland and left behind my citrus trees and dragon fruit. It's nice to know that all hope may not be lost and that I can try something new once I get my own place.
Without a greenhouse you won’t be able to grow any of these varieties in Scotland. It’s way too wet. Citrus aren’t merely hurt by low temps. In fact, it’s the combination for low temps with wet conditions that hurt them more. I’m in a zone 9 in the United States that’s usually an excellent zone for citrus. However, I’m a Pacific coast climate north or San Francisco and the lengthy rainy season (cloudy 80% of the days for 4 months makes citrus more difficult to grow than in colder sunnier climates). The one up side for you is that Scotland is relatively mild for the latitude so with a greenhouse you can grow all the cultivates this dude is growing.
Oregon zone 8b here, and we have a Meyer Lemon, Bearss Lime, and an Owari Satsuma that are growing next to the south side of our house, planted last Autumn. I put a PVC hoophouse over all of it, with a few strands of incandescent Christmas lights inside, and a black water barrel toward the middle as a backup. Survived last winter's 18° nights, and never dropped a leaf. We even got our first lemon a few weeks ago. They are so delicious! Looking forward to fruits off the other two. I also put a few citrus seedlings and pineapple plants under there to see if they'll all survive. Fingers crossed!
it would be awesome if you shared a video with us, showing the set up. thats a good idea.
@@denissesheartyhomestead actually I got the idea from another RUclipsr called TheMillenialGardener. He has quite a few citrus trees and even an avocado tree in ground, and he's the same zone as I am. He has a few great videos showing his cold protection setups, which mostly consist of the Christmas lights and plant jackets. But he did make a PVC frame over his avocado tree too, and also some raised bed covers that are very similar. Definitely check it out!
Here in the burbs of New Orleans we always cover our Meyers lemon. No leaves dropped. Simply love them!
That is awesome. The wrath is a bit more forgiving down that way compared to here. But this just lets me know just keep on covering them.
Im here trying to figure out how to keep my Meyer lemon tree alive outside in zone 7b(Oklahoma). For 4 years I just bring to pot indoors during a freeze and it just doesn’t grow large. I’m scared to put it in ground but I might give it a try and cover it
I'm in ky .... My trees are still babies ... I drag them in and out each winter ... I'm getting those trees ... Thanks unc
Thank you Mr. Lead, you gave me hope because i was worried about my Meyer lemon tree. I’m in A8 also in Mesquite Texas. I appreciate you so much. ❤
Blessings! This info is so helpful. Thank you so much and you explain so clearly.
I'm in Alabama zone 8A my myer lemon tree lost all it's leaves during the artic blast but it's still green. Thanks Mr. Lead I need this God bless 🙏❤️
I am in alabama also i am still hopeful my Meyer lemon survived
Wie kalt war es bei der Kälte Explosion?
I love making juice from blood oranges. Thanks for the info. Have a great day and happy gardening 🌿🌱
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Thankyou for this insight. I am attempting to grow some citrus in London, UK (8b) and have been struggling to find useful information on which citrus can deal with my erratic temperature fluctuations. That blood orange was epic looking btw, I need one in my life.
Thank you so much Lead!! This is very valuable information. It takes out the guessing game when purchasing citrus. Thanks again!!!
Wow. Thank you so much. I really want to grow citrus trees but was afraid because of the winters here in Southern Maryland zone 7a. Looking for it right now
I’m in zone 8 . My Improved Meyer lemon survives the cold under the patio roof . When the weather dropped very low, I used the anti frost to cover it . The lemons and leaves are ok . The Improved Meyer lemon can handle 20 degree F , but it needs to be covered .
Glad you made this video. I was wondering how your citrus did. My Meyer lemon (zone 8b) looks like yours but I’m hopeful. She’s been with me for over 6 years. Thanks for sharing 😊
I have the Owari , Shiranui and Meyer Lemon in ground here in South Georgia. I covered them and had some buckets of water with them . We got down to 17 degrees here but they didn’t loose any leaves at all . They are all only about 4 -5 feet tall . Probably won’t need any protection after they get bigger . I have 2 Meiwa Kumquats I’m gonna plant into the ground when they get a little bigger . I noticed that the fruit on mine doesn’t all get ripe until December thru March . I’m not sure if the fruit will survive though .
I’m so glad that you said that because I use to put buckets of water around mine when they were all a lot smaller too. I may have to start doing that again for a few years. At least until they bounce back from this crime scene 😂
You are a wealth of knowledge. The trees made it, but did you make fruit for the year?
Thank you Lead. Please share what you are doing to these trees and vegetables to strengthen and to grow stronger to produce fruit. In 10a California the weather is still colder at night {29 -40} and 50 - low 60 during the day. One of my blueberries , Meyer lemon, and fig tree are budding, since December. I cover them on the coldest nights like you show us. Oakland experiencing power outage right now.
In your name Jesus, Speak Lord. Thank you Jesus, for showing us how to survive and escape. Let us see and hear and understand what to do with Your protection.
🙏❤
Last month for my birthday my little brother surprised me with a peach tree! I am so happy
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge on this. I have been wanting citrus really bad and you gave a bunch of great examples for me. Thanks for always inspiring me to try something different
Thank you little sister. If you need me, I’m here.
I saw recently on a "Deep South Homestead" yt channel video, where Miss Wanda freeze dried the peels of her satsuma oranges she made juice from. And she then bagged them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. She didn't grind them into a powder form. But said they're great for grinding and using in all kinds of recipes for some really tasty orange flavoring. She said she adds it to cakes, muffins, smoothies, yogurt, etc. And she said It's a great orange flavoring.
I live in North East Texas, I have all my citrus and avacado potted in mineral tubs. I bought a 10x20 Quictent built a 2x6 frame for the base and connected the greenhouse frame to it. The cover is one piece and slips over the frame. Has door on each end and 4 windows on each side. Put all my trees in thar right before the artic blast we got. Had a propane bottle top heater on low . Trees came through fine was very comfortable inside. I have prolific blooming now and also fruit on all the trees. So you might consider this. I potted the trees so I can move them around. During the extreme heat of the summer I moved them into a shady area.nput 4 to a pallet ( will take that down to 2 seeing how they've gotten bigger) and I mover around with my hay forks on my tractor loader..... Jeff
GLad to see so many can withstand our crazy weather. I might try one inside.
This was an eye opening experience. It lets me know how drastically the weather is changing
Great information... Definitely taking notes. Thank you ✊🏿✊🏿
Glad it was helpful. We all need to share experiences so we all know better next year
That great imformation as always Leadfarmer73 God Bless l
I am waiting for my nursery to have a kumquat. I learned about this variety watching your channel.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏿 😊
I am in coastal NC, i got down to 19 degrees. my owari's had no problems at that temp, very little leaf drop. my kumquat looks similar to yours, it dropped half of its leaves and has some burnt tips, but still looks pretty good. my avocado did ok too, burnt leaves but no major damage to any branches.
Thank you for sharing your citrus experience. We all need to know how everyone is dealing with the crazy weather in their Grow zones
Them kumquats hit different. I'll buy a kumquat tree 1st, before I buy the others. Seems like those kumquats are a little more tougher. Especially if you keep it in a container and wait til the next year to put it in the ground. Love you guys!
@@leadfarmer73 then again looking at your owari tree, I have to try that
Love your transparency!!
Thank you for sharing this.
The hunt is on 😅Thank you, I have my list. You suggested the Arkansas Black a couple of years ago and now I have two. I hope to get apples 🍎 this year 😊
Great to hear that so many of them survived the low temps! I'm still amazed by that Smiths Blood Orange 😲 I gotta have it! You got me when you said it tastes like Raspberry and Orange 😋 thanks for sharing
Hey family 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Love your gardening videos Lead! Very educational 🙂
Thanks for sharing
Where did you put the names of your trees? I must be overlooking them. Thank you for your help!
Should make a combined community list to share. This is very valuable information. Another great video.
Late for the live....but I'm taking copious notes🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾. I'm in Marion Junction, Alabama, where we're in a 8a hardiness zone. Can you create a tent around them, using the same type of plastic on a green house to help them during these cold harsh freezes sir?
Great information Lead. Notes were definitely taken. I would still have to bring in during the coldest part of winter here in Ohio, but now that I have the room I can start buying trees once I am settled in.
I can’t wait to see what you go out and get😂😂😂
Great info. Much that I've never knew was possible with the citrus type trees in cold weather. Unfortunately I live in NJ and although our winter has been the mildest I can remember in years for the most part I think it would decimate those trees if we had our normal winters. But its worth trying. Thanks
My Southern Bell (MeyerLemon) suffering after blooming so well. Thanks for the info as ALWAYS!
Mr. Lead I can’t find any seeded oranges in the stores for months now. I’m not sure if these oranges will grow in NY but I think I have to try. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Lead. Those 17 nighttime degrees with 70 degree days don't work for us in zone 6 where it's 17 degrees constantly for days. Very helpful info if I lived in your zone.
Wrap a pool noodles or pipe cover till they get bigger
I agree they will live through a cold snap, but weeks of cold and winds. I have 7 citrus trees that I bring in after losing 3, leaving outside. Folks in 6A, Michigan had better HEAR you when you say 8A or they'll be disappointed! 😂😂
New plants for me to try! Thanks!!
Thank you small talk ❤
Hey Lead Farmer. Thank you for sharing with us. Question: what are you planning to do to help your hard- hit trees? I'm in NC with a struggling peach tree from that cold snap!
My Meyer lemon trees dropped all of their leaves and fruit in the Pee Dee during the artic blast in December. My 1st year Persian lime trees dropped all of their leaves but surprisingly they are beginning to leaf out (1 didn't survive though). Thanks for the pointers and I look forward to more tips.
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I d love to know what rootstock they were grafted onto, it could be that the stock is very cold tolerant and so the top grafts sruvive, but wowee! Im so thrilled for you and yes, it has helped a lot, Id been thinking Id only be able to grow Japanese bitter orange - but now I will try a few of these !!! Thank you so much my Maaan! love your channel now!
Jodi and I are in zone 9 a and Satuma and Myers Lemon made it through in northwest Florida.
Youve given me a huge boost. My citrus is in an unheated greenhouse. There was a huge freeze here and plenty of leaves turned grey and fell off. Im guessing theyll rebound.
Love that you have so many
You've grouped your trees for warmth 👍..
You are the citrus and banana god. I'm in 8a/b in Atlanta and I've lost about 4 meyer lemons, 2 key limes, and I just realized today that my 6 foot meiwa kumquat is all rootstock. Gonna try it again with a valencia orange. If this doesn't make it, I'm done. Lol
did you have them in ground?
@@leadfarmer73 yes. They grew to 4-5 feet and died over the winter. I'm going to try keeping this orange tree in a pot this time and graft the kumquat.
So are your trees able to ripen fruit within a season? From blossoms to fruit within a year?
Utcha,
Lead Farmer sending divine energy to you and your family.
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Thanks so much for showing this. We had a cold couple days here in zone 8 and after seeing so much yellowing and leaf drop, I was getting extremely nervous
Thank you
You're so very welcome❤
We have to be flexible with this global warming.
If I just had one more zone of heat I'd try those varieties. Prague Chimera from Stan Mckenzie is doing good in NJ, and of course some trifoliate hybrids. Do you have pineapple guava/ feijoa? Not a citrus but a good cold hardy fruit to try in your backyard it will definitely grow there
It is amazing how some citrus trees can take such low temps than they are otherwise rated to take, had a night where temps dropped from 45 degrees to -5 degrees at night and killed my fruit trees that I would store in my garage with the old school wood door that has the half inch gap at the bottom so lost my Mexican Sweet Lime, Guava, and a Kishu that almost made it but died a few weeks later and then there was my WA Navel that should have also died but all it did was lose all its foliage from them being basically freeze dried. The trunk and stems though were still green and it has recovered well.
Thank you!!!💕👏👏
Definitely need my own oranges up here in Maryland. 😀🍊 Unfortunately I did lose my 8 year old Myer lemon in 2021.
Sorry to hear that but you already know what I’m about to say. Get back on the horse and try it again Crystal 😂❤
@@leadfarmer73 Oh most definitely!!!😄😅 Thanks!
You would think since it's 8 years old, it would survive smh nature
@@flgtv4275 Here in Maryland we had a tough winter, I had it covered with a tree blanket but unfortunately I didn't protect it good enough.😢
I will do better with the next one!😊
@@crystalo.4929 I hate to hear that. It just sounds crazy to me that it didn't make it through the freeze. It be the young trees I be afraid for. Not the grown, well matured trees. Just keep planting and growing. We need our fruit, therefore we need our good health
Sell some rooted cuttings of your most cold hardy Citrus, You might actually have a cultivar thats more cold hardy than others of the same name. These cold spells are a blessing, you may be able to move some of these to zone 7 homesteaders
The laws have changed for that. Cuttings have to be certified now to stop the spread of certain citrus diseases
Thank you so much for all your help your information is wonderful.🙏
Oh, I've never heard of the Smith blood orange. But it looks delicious. I wish I had one now. Are you selling the seeds for that one?
😂😂 It’s so cool, you have both he and she in your garden. Hopefully, they gets along well 😇😂😂
Awesome!!! I'm glad you remembered the Smith's Red. I just purchased one this week from Logee's.
Sir, I lost track of you after viewing you in Ohio with your lemon trees. I bought a Meyer lemon tree and I'm keeping it barely alive. So, I am delighted to have found you again, quite by accident.
I am within @150 miles of you, so your advice should be appropriate.
So, now, my lemon tree is in a big pot and the leaves are YELLOW. Full sun. If you read your comments, will you advise re. What to do. Thank you.
Zone 7 in the upstate of SC. My food forest is three years old. I tried the arctic frost satsuma and it died when the temperatures got to 7 degrees last Christmas. I also lost all of the calamondin trees and my kumquats were slaughtered. I wish I could grow citrus in Greenville.
Great video, thanks for all the information!
I sheltered my pepper plants, lemon and lime trees in the garage, even tried to heat it but it still got down to 20 degrees or so by morning. That appears to have killed many of the pepper plants. The lemon and lime trees did take some damage, lost about half their leaves and the lemon tree bloomed but dropped the buds. That was just one night in those temps and we brought everything into the house the next morning because we were not getting any warm ups at all. Maybe if my trees were a bit larger they might not have had that damage but mine are only about 18 inches tall.
I live near Columbia SC, closer to Pontiac on the North east side of town. I'm glad to see a SC RUclipsr doing his thing and giving lots of great info! Instantly subscribed.
Exactly, DRAMATIC and/or SUDDEN fluctuations are your main worries as you mentioned. That why sometimes even a "light" frost is "harmful" or even "deadly" to even "hardy" plants. While a "hard" frost on "sensitive" plants may thrive against ALL odds.
My Limes, Lemons and Mystery Citrus all look like they are burned out from the freeze we had here in TX. I hope the come back in Spring 🤷🏾♀ I have a Loquat that dried out but still looks alive.
Cut a small slit in the trunk to check to see if it’s moist green. If so it may be ok
@@leadfarmer73 Ok Thanks!
Ya’ll gotta order your trees and plants from Minnesota. They bounce right back after the winter no problem.
I got grapefruit this year. Also added a nectaplum and a pineapple guava.
In Washington D.C., and just starting out, I brought my Myer Lemon inside and it seem to flourish in the basement with heat. I wondered if she could be planted in ground
I’m in zone 7b. I’ve conditioned it for 4 years in the winter and brought it in when below freezing. I just planted it and plan on putting a large pile of compost blend(leaves and grass) at the base and covering it this winter. Wish me luck. I’ve became attached to this tree
Where would you get your trees from
I'm in Clinton SC dude love the channel
I keep waiting to see if my lemon and kumquat come back from that hard freeze
Have you checked the trunk for a green moist cambium layer?
@@leadfarmer73 no, thanks for the tip. I will! 👍🏼
I am in Michigan. I would like to do is close to organic as possible on some citrus trees. Can anyone suggest a spray? And do you automatically spray them or do you wait till you see signs of a pest or disease? Thank you friends! God bless your gardening this year
Beautiful citrus, I’m in zone 5b so my citrus is in the house.
That’s a good cal. Y bringing them in the house for the winter In That zone
My Meyer lemon is still in the little pot. I plan to move it to a bucket this week. Question: did you you water your trees in the cold weather thank you for this post. I hear that you ha e a other rooster 😄
No I never water them in the cold
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Good afternoon, I live in 6A area Buffalo, and wondering if y selling grafting of your S orange tree? I didn’t want to ask that question online so you wouldn’t be bombarded if the answer is yes.
Because of you and Ladylead, I’m gardening right now hydroponics🙏🏾
Many thanks
Mechelle
No, sorry. citrus cuttings have become illegal to sale and ship unless it has been certified. I can sale or ship citrus out of my local area
Ok
Lemon Lane looking a little bleak... Come on springtime!!! 🤣👍❤️
Uncle lead where's the list of trees 👀
You could have taken the potted ones indoors during the winter😢 And covered the ones in the ground.
Lead, did your loquat trees make it?
Yes
Great video. I look forward to seeing them regrow.
'Kimbrough' Satsuma. Is supposed to be a little bit more cold hardy than 'Owari' Satsuma, and the taste is said to be significantly different than 'Owari' Satsuma.
Yeah so I’m gonna need cuttings from those that pulled through. The plant adapts to what it’s been through and adjusts accordingly.
It’s real cold up here in NY
Great video! I'll look out for some of these. I'm doing cane borer resistant blackberries this year with Concorde grapes. My current blackberry plant has all the canes swollen out but it's still alive and the raspberries too
Here in Maine we don't have a choice but to use heated greenhouses. A few weeks back we had -46F wind chills. Nothing survives. I will definitely be adding citrus to my greenhouse.
I'm building a greenhouse this year.
Hi Lead Farmer! How do you determine where to plant fruit trees on your land? Zone 8a here.