How To Protect CITRUS Trees From FROST - The EASY WAY!!

If you dont want to spend a ton of money on frost covers or even row covers, this is the easiest way to cover your young citrus and other plants from frost. Tough citrus are tough regardless, but wont hurt to give these young citrus some lovin too. When you dont want to make a big deal about a night or 2 of frost in the spring when most days are now in the 60s in the 70s, grab some boxes and stake them down for a night and let them out the next day if its warm and sunny. Cheap and easy way to cover plants from frost, free cardboard from walmart. Visit us @toughcitrus
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[@gebobs]

Great for seedlings but my tree is 3 meters tall. A cold snap last year killed three and the lone survivor was injured badly and had no fruit this year.
Last night, well below freezing so I made scaffolding and covered with sheets. Put a lamp with a 60W bulb under which wasn’t keeping up so put a parabolic heater under too on low. Kept it safely above freezing.
Pain in the butt though. Took me several hours to erect.

[@plantabundance]

Great tip! Awesome intro! Cardboard ftw!

[@athatcher85]

Thanks brother!!! Was gonna make a bunch of mini greenhouse and then saw the carts full of cardboard

[@athatcher85]

When it works, and anyone can get it for free

[@calvindrego]

Hi. How hardy is the Keraji? And are the fruit from it edible or is it a more lime like substitute ?
I’m in zone 7a and recently got a thomasville too

[@athatcher85]

Thomasville is the way to go, zone 7 you will need a little trifoliate in there. Thomasville is actually my favorite citrus for so many reasons infill have to do a whole video on them. It was until I tried the fruit for my first time, that I fell in love. Growth wise and hardiness, it's tough as nails and delicious fruit. Keraji is also called a sweet lemon. When yiu have ancient types like these with unique flavors they are not really a substitute but more, why have I never had this before. I never tasted the keraji but I good fried of mine, his Keraji sailed though 8 degree frost, but it is also well established and grafted in a lower branch of a trifoliate that has a canopy above it for little protection. Imagine a mandarin with skin that peels off like a zipper, and little slices of what you think is mandarin but taste like a sweet lemon. Not a substitute but something better and totally different usually

[@calvindrego]

Thanks. I might need to be on the lookout for one of those keraji plants too. I could probably get it to grow in 7a with some protection if it can tolerate up to 8f. For my thomasvillle, I plant to plant it in ground in a year or two. Letting it toughen up a bit.

[@stephanhaeke589]

they are blooming winter time?

[@athatcher85]

Yeah Thomasville citrangequat is everbearing. I actually have flowers and a few small fruits on a few I have outside next to my house, even though it still gets down into the 30s at night still

[@stephanhaeke589]

What temperatures do you have during the day in February? Were I live (east -side Belgium) we have temp. like - 8°C and +12°C .This year has been almost sunless. _3°C is possible until the mid's of may. @@athatcher85

[@NomadicMedhunter]

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