Post #769730 by AceExplorer on Thu, Oct 27, 2016 12:49 PM

On 2016-10-27 11:27, mikehooker wrote:
And for what it's worth, the tree is in a pot, not in the ground, We did that so we could bring it in during the winter but now I'm thinking the cold we get in Austin is probably not intense enough to kill the tree and perhaps we should go ahead and plant it...

Mike, another bit of info on what I do with my citrus in winter. We also get brief periods of very cold nights, and we can never be sure if it will harm our citrus here in Northeast Florida. So what I do is cover young trees with a canvas painter's tarp from Home Depot or Lowe's, then set out a kerosene lantern under the tree overnight. The lamp will burn for up to 11 hours before it needs to be refueled. My larger citrus trees get two lanterns and no tarp cuz they are too big for tarps. I use the Texsport brand lanterns because they are higher quality than the cheapie lanterns at WalMart and they cost very close to about the same price as WalMart. Last time I ordered these from Hardware World LLC.

We go to great lengths to protect our cocktail craziness, and it's totally worth it.