My citrus trees in Cave Creek would be full grown by now. I love the smell of the valley in Feb/March.:pimpgrin:
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My citrus trees in Cave Creek would be full grown by now. I love the smell of the valley in Feb/March.:pimpgrin:
Not if you have allergies.... I die that time of year.
Our allergies come in Sept when everything smells like skunk :flip:
I’m guessing you get occasional hard freezes. How do you protect your citrus trees on those occasions? I had real problems at my farm north of Houston with the problem. We had one wonderful Blood Orange tree in particular I saved at all costs. Others grew just too big to cover and were lost. We had one curiosity, a Nine-Pound Lemon tree, that produced many lemons that weighed - you guessed it - nine pounds! They were nearly the size of soccer balls, and we had to prop up the limbs as they were bearing. And before I am asked, “yes” they tasted like lemons. My grandson carried one back to Massachusetts on an airplane, and the pilot asked him to the cockpit to show it to him.
I've never had an issue with the freezing. I live in the foot hills so I'm not in the valley where the cold air settles and creates an issue. When we get a cold snap I just flood the base of the trees and throw a sheet over the smaller lime tree.
Cold snaps are actually good around here. Thats what causes the fruit to ripen....
I worry more about my Ficus trees. They have been frozen so bad that they lost 70% of their foliage. Took them a couple years to come back.
Living in the Panhandle of Nebraska now, all I can say is farmers market. :)
Hows the new place treating you? Did you keep your trailer?