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Citrus and cold - Oh Nooo!

Just a week ago we had snow on the ground! Yes snow in Fort Bend County! After the snow a lot of questions came in about the citrus and how was the cold going to affect it. Basically, your citrus trees are hardy plants, even they can take a little colder weather and survive. The trees themselves should be fine.

With the snow and freeze coming in December, most of the citrus should be close to ripe. For those of you who have citrus here in Fort Bend county - let us know how the fruit and trees survived the cold. Did the fruit on the tree make it through? Is the flavor still good?

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4 Responses to “Citrus and cold - Oh Nooo!”

  1. Robert says:
    22 December 2009 at 09:39

    OK. Maybe my question isn’t about citrus but ….

    I planted an LSU Purple fig last spring and since the snow and cold, it is completely brown-leafed. Have I lost this one or will it come back? This is the first time I’ve planted a fig.

  2. txmg says:
    9 January 2010 at 17:45

    My citrus survived the December cold snap just fine, but it was only 29 at our house. As of this week’s cold spell, the only citrus remaining on trees now would be some unripened Meiwa kumquats. I think they’ll be OK, too, since I covered the bush with a heavy moving quilt. As to the survival of the other citrus trees, only time will tell. 22 degrees was pretty cold and we were below freezing for many hours with more to come tonight.

    Robert, I don’t know the survival temperature limit of fig trees, but I’d be optimistic. Don’t they all lose their leaves this time of year anyway?

  3. carolgaas says:
    28 January 2010 at 21:49

    I don’t know about my citrus trees. They were newly planted last year before I knew anything about how to properly grow them. I let them bear fruit this year. I covered them the last freeze, but failed to take off the sheets after a couple of days. THe foliage is brown and crispy. Do you think they are dead???

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