Thank you Alan for the advice. We are not that far from eachother, I live in Keystone. Small world. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I tested one of the branches and it doesn't snap like a dead branch would. It bends and I had to use a bit of effort to actually snap it in two. It looks dead and dried up inside, but it's still alive and I can smell the lemon, quite strong too. I knew that the Key lime was the most cold sensitive, although didn't find out about it until a few days after I planted it in the ground, when I went back to the nursery for another non-citrus fruit tree that I have. Believe it or not, even though it is quite small, it is sprouting new growth quicker than my Meyer is. The first year it gave very small limes, that were close to ripening, but fell. It hasn't flowered since then, just new foliage. Should I dig up the Key Lime and put it in a pot? Or leave it until fall arrives and pot it and leave it? We did have a few very cold nights for N. Fl and I did cover them. Just wondering if that would do the lime good for wintertime and to help it grow without worries. If it would be better off in a pot year round instead of in the ground. I also have been clearing an area around all of my trees, so they do not have to compete with the grass and weeds, that may help them out quite a bit with nutrients. I left it alone during winter to help keep roots a bit warmer. I will leave the branches alone until at least April to see what happens. I checked on my Valencia yesterday as well and on two of the branches at the very tips to approx. 3-4" down, it appears to be burned, and the rest of the branch is brown and looks to be dead. Could this be sunburn due to lack of water? They were like that before I applied fertilizer, so it is not due to that. Thank you all so much for the help! Christine

No pruning because the plant hormones in the growing tips help grow new roots. No root stimulator because growing new roots takes time. When you water, make certain you apply it to the region of the original rootball. And you may have to do so daily. It may also help to rig temporary shade.

I asked as similar question somewhere else a few weeks ago and someone suggested some additional shade. Definitely not sugar. Very dilute fertilizer. Don't abandon it. In spring it may suddenly come alive.

You are a lot more tolerant than I :-) Unless it had a strong emotional attachment, I would not bother with the time and effort involved in getting this plant into a healthy condition. Growth is very slow in winter and root rot is hard to come back from. And I do believe the appearance is due primarily to root rot, not the repotting. Just don't have room for ugly, half dead plants in my life :-) FWIW, I grow an epiphyllum that is not an attractive plant. In fact, my sister seldom fails to comment on its appearance every time she visits. It produces long and lanky growth and forms odd looking protrusions. But that is just the nature of the plant itself and the flowers, when produced, make up for it. OTOH, the pachira should be very full and lush looking.