Thanks for all the great feedback everyone! I ventured out this morning and dug where I'm pretty sure I planted my seeds and didn't find anything, really. There was one seed that showed no change and easily crumbled in my hand. It may be too warm, with the days staying steady in the mid 70s and the nights in the 50s, but I think I'll try again and give the seeds a little water overnight before planting them out in the morning. We'll see what comes up, if anything.

I have seen where someone carved out the inside of the stump and made it into a planter by planting sweet potatoes vines and flowers. I just made a table top for a friend with a concrete disk and mosaic for a stump he had. The suggestion of carving it into something beautiful was a good one too. Jyn Here is a link that might be useful: Zeus tabletop

I won't remove all the fruit. Just don't see the need for that extreme a measure. Just thin a lot and early. This variety sets way too much fruit. Get the excess off early, that's a good idea every year. Also I'd support the tree for several years. It won't be stronger than ever next year. It might not even completely heal over. And the broken wood will not magically mend together. It's the wood that holds up the tree and it has to grow more structural wood.

Hey Jojo!!!!! I am so happy to see you back! As for the citrus, they shut down once the root temps in pots drop below the 55 degree mark. So If I want to keep them actively growing the best possible way, I MUST keep them above those temps to continue to produce healthy rich green leaves and avoid stressing them. They will survive, but will behave very badly as all citrus do up here in my region in pots exposed to temps that cold. That is why even the nurseries here refuse to let theirs sit out when temps drop that much. Once it gets way to cold to even keep them in my greenhouse, I will bring them in with room temps hovering around 50 but never above the 60;s and they are just put on hold. They stay green and keep the fruit. They may not grow much, but I also avoid leaf drop and many other stress related issues. If I want to keep them actively growing all winter, then I give them sun and artificial light well over 12 hours in room temps higher than the 60's and they thrive once again continually growing and taking up nutrients. If I lower the sunlight level to less than that in rooms that warm, they dramatically drop their leaves, loos their rich greeness and invite pests. If I provide sunlight levels to lets say just a south facing window through the winter or less, then they can handle regular house room temps without drawbacks, but if they are in windows that can not provide as much sun as a south facing one, then they MUST be in a much cooler room and stay that way until I am ready for active growth again come the spring. As you can tell, it took me many years to accomplish this and many years to understand my citrus trees react the way they do in CONTAINERS and how to avoid very stressful situations on them. So far so good! Yes I may not kill them, right away that is, but they will produce poorly and not live up to my standards. Now if they were in the ground, then that is a whole different story! I would care less if we had many frigid nights knowing that the ground temps will not coll off as fast as a mix in pots no matter what size. I have a friend that lives in Daytona Florida whom gets lots of freezes, and as much as he will loose some branches and leaves, he never looses the whole tree because the ground stays much warmer than his potted ones. Those have to go in for him. Ok, I am all breathed out..lol Jojo, WELCOME BACK! Maybe we can have a bit more fun around here. Mike