Managing Freeze Damaged Citrus?
Ike Stewart
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Comments (1)the diagnosis is leaf scorch from transplant hastened by wind .... plus maybe a frost/freeze in there ... so many variables .... water ONLY WHEN IT NEEDS IT .... insert finger.. let it almost dry between waterings ... it should be fine .... when is arbor day? ken...See MoreHard freeze - trees damaged?
Comments (5)hi btbeme, you must live down the road from me. i also live in the outskirts of chandler (cooper and riggs) and it froze pretty hard here last night/early this morning. so i share your pain. our fountain was, and still is as i write this, filled with ice cycles! all my sisso trees were hit hard. the smallest one had a heat lamp on it last night, and it still suffered some damage. the others are too big to cover and almost all the leaves are browning. my ficus seems to have done ok, it is larger and it looks like only the leaves on the tops got some damage. i remember a hard freeze like this about 3 years ago. the ficus got a lot of damage during that freeze, along with some other plants in the yard, but they eventually recovered. just be patient and don't remove any of the damaged limbs until the weather warms up in spring. by then, you should be able to see new growth as well. i would go ahead and still cover any plants that you can again for tonight and keep your fingers crossed. i don't think that it is going to be as cold tonight as it was last night, but it still will be cold. good luck....See MorePost-freeze lemon tree damage
Comments (2)Typically lemon trees produce 3-4 crops per year. I would assume that this one will try again soon. If the tree is under stress, whether it is cold or heat or anything else, it will many times abort its crop because it is too weak to support additional stress. It would be a really good idea to begin a fertilizer program using citrus specific fertilizer....See MoreNeed advice for freeze damaged key lime tree??
Comments (3)I would not prune anything off at all until you are sure that the branch or part of the branch is dead. Post photos, please. It is much easier to advise you with photos. Citrus will push out new growth at leaf nodes, and drop off any frozen or seriously damaged leaves, so wait until warmer weather an a serious leaf flush before making any pruning decisions. You're only going to be pruning out dead branches, not live branches. Be sure to fertilize so the tree has the nutrients it needs to recover. And lastly, cover your little Mexican Lime next winter. The Mexican Lime is probably one of the least tolerant citrus cultivars to dips in temps. Patty S....See Morecarolstropicals
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