tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post3632018040145233074..comments2024-03-29T03:27:37.284-05:00Comments on Two Men and a Little Farm: FRUIT TREES FREEZE UPDATE1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-77976519582457905132021-01-24T23:34:09.147-06:002021-01-24T23:34:09.147-06:00Thanks for this info from your son in law. Good i...Thanks for this info from your son in law. Good idea, no cutting until Spring. Thanks!!!1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-20647737875524342272021-01-24T23:33:15.639-06:002021-01-24T23:33:15.639-06:00Aww, thanks for that. Aww, thanks for that. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-80213470085552290592021-01-24T23:33:00.234-06:002021-01-24T23:33:00.234-06:00Wow, I'd love it if we had a 6 foot high tree ...Wow, I'd love it if we had a 6 foot high tree with two dozen lemons, ha. That's a good sign though that it came back. We just need to get them grown enough to be able to withstand a little more and little more. Until we can get there and can do all those layers if we need to, ha. I hope the worst of this winter is over for this year. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-90634880312497712232021-01-24T23:28:23.942-06:002021-01-24T23:28:23.942-06:00Good, I'll work on that soon and get those tri...Good, I'll work on that soon and get those trimmed. I feel like we'll have leaves too. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-21965572747562821652021-01-19T16:43:07.788-06:002021-01-19T16:43:07.788-06:00My son in law has groves and told me not to cut an...My son in law has groves and told me not to cut anything back until spring. I always go by what he tells me for my trees since he has thousands of them to care for.ellie khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729353476036309006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-90465455375486091672021-01-18T20:35:53.502-06:002021-01-18T20:35:53.502-06:00I hope everything ends up coming through because y...I hope everything ends up coming through because you make the effort to do things right.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-17141665481898073022021-01-18T17:03:24.395-06:002021-01-18T17:03:24.395-06:00I am so glad that your orange and lemon trees made...I am so glad that your orange and lemon trees made it through the freeze. I think your lime tree will also make it since it still has green, live areas. <br />My nurseryman has always said that the more tart the fruit, the more vulnerable the tree is to freezing temperatures. That has seemed to be the case in my little orchard – my lemons and limes are the most freeze sensitive. <br />My lemon tree was way too big to cover and that bad freeze in the teens several years ago killed about 90% of it. Fortunately, there was enough left to try to save the tree. I pruned it back to the live, green areas and this year it is about 6 feet high and produced about 2 dozen lemons. <br />I have to cover my key limes with multiple layers of covering because one is not enough for the limes. I found this out the hard way. Texas Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547037404676565726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-85725756556965023772021-01-18T09:28:01.240-06:002021-01-18T09:28:01.240-06:00As long as they are still green they should be goo...As long as they are still green they should be good to go. Any branches that are brown and snap off easily, them I would trim; making a nice clean cut.<br />Watering them really, really well before a freeze moves in will also help.<br />All & All I say that they should leaf out when Spring comes around.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106960827480062745noreply@blogger.com