Major comeback of winter damaged citrus
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Warning: Major Freeze Coming!
Comments (78)Xuan, Walnut Creek had a high of 52 yesterday and a low of 27. That's for Jan. 15th. Today, the 16th high is 52 and low will be 32. Good luck for your plants. You can check your weather easily at weather.com and some other places. I hit 21 again last night but I tried something different with the plants I couldn't cover, I water the bases of all the plants really heavy and they all look good this morning, no further damage. The spiderwort actually perked up a little and it had died back pretty much to the ground as crispy. I noticed on the north side of the house as I recovered bushes for the night that the grass never has thawed out there, it has so much frost in it that it almost looks like snow. I'm really glad that I went ahead and put frost blankets over the mini rose bed there then. Apparently it's not warming in that area at all....See Moremajor frost/freeze coming!!!
Comments (12)Forecast by NWS is for this coming morning. I'd better protect my plants when I get home tonight! "Special Weather Statementfrom the National Weather Service: SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 430 AM PST TUE FEB 14 2006 ...WINTER RETURNS WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... SPRINGTIME CONDITIONS WILL BE REPLACED BY SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A RETURN TO RAIN AND SNOW THIS WEEK. A COLD AIRMASS PUSHING SOUTHWARD OUT OF CANADA WILL BRING AN END TO THE MILDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPERIENCED RECENTLY WITH DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY EXPECTED TO BE 10 DEGREES OR MORE COOLER THAN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. EVEN COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CLIPS THE NORTH STATE AND THEN MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN. ONLY VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS DRY SYSTEM WITH MOST SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS BUT SNOW LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO BE QUITE LOW. WEDNESDAYS DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW THOSE OF SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MUCH COLDER AS WELL...WITH HIGHER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS WHILE 20S AND 30S WILL OCCUR IN THE FOOTHILLS AND CENTRAL VALLEY. A SECOND COLD SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY AND WILL KEEP CONDITIONS COLD AND UNSTABLE THROUGH THE PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION IS AGAIN FORECAST TO BE RELATIVELY LIGHT WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE LOW WITH SNOWFALL POSSIBLE TO THE LOWER FOOTHILLS. "...See MoreCitrus Trees-Brown Limbs, Major Booboo!
Comments (7)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...See MoreMango Trees Freeze Damage Update(Tons of Pictures)
Comments (29)or your responses so far. i apologise for posting update photoes so late. My nam doc mai, as you gentleman have previously said has started new growth. I decidede to transplant it from pot to garden soil. here it is how it looks. One problem though is that the pugged branches still look touched from some kind of athracnose. Can you guys be kind to help me deal with that or should i just leave it as new shoots are coming out? any reply is appreciated>...See MoreMeyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
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