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LBurford:
My Thomasville Citrangequat is absolutely loaded with fruit. They are still green, but the largest ones have a very faint sign of turning yellow. Next Monday the weather forecast says we may get down to 32 degrees then the lows are back on the low 40's and high 30's after that. Will this one night of possible 30 to 32 degrees ruin the fruit? What should I do.

Mulberry0126:
Don't quote me on this but I've heard the fruit themselves are good down to the mid-20s (25F maybe?)
You could harvest some now and see how they are if you give them more time to color up. Our little outdoor tree has 1 maybe 2 fruit doing the same and I've been curious about trying them at this stage as well as after a freeze.

LBurford:
Thanks. I was not sure in a night at freezing would hurt them. 

bussone:

--- Quote from: LBurford on November 05, 2025, 12:25:30 PM ---My Thomasville Citrangequat is absolutely loaded with fruit. They are still green, but the largest ones have a very faint sign of turning yellow. Next Monday the weather forecast says we may get down to 32 degrees then the lows are back on the low 40's and high 30's after that. Will this one night of possible 30 to 32 degrees ruin the fruit? What should I do.

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If you are concerned, a frost net might keep your tree above 32 F.

LBurford:
The tree is too large to get any kind of covering over it, but I may could cover some of the lower limbs with fruit on them.

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