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Jack on HHI
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Joined: 18 Sep 2006
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Location: HiltonHead Island, SC

Posted: Sun 18 Jan, 2009 12:09 pm

Only got down to 26F Saturday morning, and I imagine it wasn't there for too long. I had 5 gallon buckets underneath some of my trees hoping it might make a tiny difference or at least let me know how hard the freeze actually was. The buckets in the back yard had no ice layer, while the ones in the front had a very thin ice layer.

Citrus - should be fine. only concerned about the new growth and buds on the key lime

Bananas - got zapped, only a few green leaves left

Avocadoes - frost blanket and Christmas light wrapped, new buds look ok, but sometimes the limbs turn black after a cold spell. not sure why

Peaches - were in bloom before the cold. I didn't wrap them, but I don't imagine they were too hurt by the cold?

Papayas - look to have survived unwrapped, not sure how

Looks like a mixed bag. Only problem now is that I have two washtubs full of citrus that I picked before the cold snap. Time to make some ambrosia I guess?
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Laaz
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Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Dorchester County, South Carolina

Posted: Sun 18 Jan, 2009 12:35 pm

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Papayas - look to have survived unwrapped, not sure how


Papayas can take a few days to a week to show damage. Mine got wacked a few weeks ago, but now I have new shoots emerging from the base.

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jsvand5
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Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Posts: 66
Location: FL

Posted: Mon 19 Jan, 2009 3:10 am

Only problem I saw after a 26 degree hard freeze was a few leaves of emerging growth on my red naval were burned. All of the blooms seem fine. All of my tropicals did fine but they are pretty well protected in an unheated portable greenhouse.
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