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Frosthardiness experience with citrusvarieties in zone 7, down to 3,2 F

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tedburn:
Unusual harsh freeze down to -8 °C this night
forced me to harvest most of my inground
Citrus fruits.

This year first bloomsweet fruits - didn't expect so good fruits in my climate,
even in this early time


Nice surprise, one Yuzu x Citrumelofruit detected when checking
for winter protection fleece


Different fruitvarieties
first row from left: Bloomsweet (Italy Piemont), Bloomsweet Germany Mühlacker, Newhall Orange from pot ( unusual small this year)
2. row : 5* Citrumelo, Orange slava micurina, Nippon Orangequat, Keraji, Sandord Curafora mandarin. Clemyuz 22


 big harvest of Keraji mandarins (in bowls)

Skandiberg:
Wow, your Keraji is performing well this season!

tedburn:
When harvesting before the freeze, some fruits I still let hang on the plants to see
how hard frost will hit them or if they perhaps can
still ripe after the freeze ( we had two days freeze mid November
with -10 and -11°C - very unusual for November).
The result is no matter if it was Bloomsweet,
Nippon Orangequat, Keraji or Sanford Curafora, the fruits
outside look unharmed, but inside they get drier
and more bitter.
Here as example the Sanford fruits how they look outside
on the plant and if they are cut open.

Americ:
How was the taste of your Keraji mandarins that you harvested before the freeze? That freeze came as a surprise to me too. Here in Bonn it was much milder, though.

tedburn:
The taste was already pretty good, sour/ sweet, but not too sour.
Last year I harvestet in December, there was very few sourness.
Kearaji is really a very thankful citrus for cold climates.

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