I'm just wondering what everyone does to get their container citrus ready to come inside.
Water?
Fertilize?
Bug check?

I need to extend my greenhouse then cover it with plastic again, before I can move my trees in. I usually do that in late November though if we get an early winter like I suspect we will maybe mid November this year.

Last weekend I repotted or added new media to all of my container citrus. Did a bit of pruning and may do a bit more. Staked a few that have been having trouble due to thunderstorms blowing them around. Also fertilized them all. Had wanted to do an oil/copper spray as well, but ran out of time. Just as well I didn't get to it as we caught 2+ inches of rain from a "20% chance of isolated thunderstorms" that night which would have washed it all off. I'll try to get that done this coming weekend then at least once more in October. I always have trouble with greasy spot over the winter.

.....Alan.

Bug check definitely I have heard quite a few people cry out in despair when they bring their plants inside with little hitchers that then infect their other indoor plants.

In terms of watering and fertilizing, I think it depends how hot/cold it is where you are (I am in England so have no clue about zone temps in USA). If the soil temp is below 55F the roots will be dormant, so much less water is needed, and some people don't fertilize at all. There are mixed thoughts on fertilizing. Some people fertilizer normally, others at half strength, others not at all. Personally I am going to use half strength as the months get colder.

when I move them inside , I just keep them growing normly, but allow nighttime temperatures to drop to ripen the fruit,
i keep any from outside seperate from the inside trees for a couple of weeks to check nothings growing/living on them, but i spray with malathion and dipel regularly and copper fungicde once or twice a year generaly as i move them in and take them out

i keep the roots warm with heater mats, i use growlights to provide light, humidifyers to add moisture, heaters as a backup if the temp drops too much at night when the lights are off, fertilising as normal with the normal fertiliser every 2 waterings the ones inbetween i use a winter fertiliser that helps the fruit with different levels of npk

I thought I replied to this earlier, but I must have hit the back button instead of the submit button!

I leave my container seedlings out for most of the winter here on the border of zone 8/9. I do move them into my shop is temps are expected to drop below freezing. My key limes get moved in if it is predicted to drop below upper 30s. I keep my seedlings under a shade cloth that prevents WLD in winter and helps keep frost off the trees. Last winter, I continued to get flushes all winter, but no damage from cold.

Hi Susan, I do the same as in spring - sorta. Instead of weening them into full sun, I put them in some shade to get used to less sunlite. Then I do what Millet said we should do a few times a year...flush the pots with 3 times their volume to rid them of salt build up while they are still outside & hose off the branches. This will also help flush bugs out of soil.
Last year I stopped fertilizing in Sept. It was also the first winter I didn't use grow lites. The sunroom gets cool -sometimes dropping to 40's at night & up to low 60's daytime. I let them go semi dormant for awhile.
If you plan on keeping the soil temps above 55f, then give them a sunny spot &/or grow lites. Cooler temps = less sun.
My plants did better last winter than any other.
To keep bugs out of soil, I put pieces of screen in pots at drainage holes - (or pieces of old pantyhose) when I repot.