I really hope we don't get a arctic blast for the rest of the winter. Even my satsumas are getting growth flushes. Way too early for this.

Exactly what I am most afraid of. Most of your citrus is too large to protect I think ?
How much cold how quickly scares you ? Tom

Everything that is in the ground is tool large to protect. All I can do is hope that it will not take too much damage in a hard freeze.

I also have about 100 container trees that get moved into the garage when we get a freeze.

So after a flush you try to protect anything you can if temps are going below 32* F ? That makes perfect sense . Tom

Nope, anything in the ground is on it's own. Only my container stuff is moved into the garage, mostly the rare & variegated stuff.

Me, too, Laaz. My Tahitian pummelo seedling not only is flushing, it is past-tense, has flushed. I was shocked when I walked up to the top of my slope. This is my only seedling tree, and it is very interesting to see how it grows, compared to all my grafted trees. So, do I fertilize, do I wait? We are having a gentle, soaking rain right now. So, perfect time to drop fertilizer. Do I? Should I? Ugh. We had a week's worth of temps in the high 70's after that freakish week of temps with lows in the mid to high 20's, and everything is waking up early. My Desert Delight nectarine had broken bud, and is starting to bloom. THAT happened in 2 days. Again, shocked. It only got one spraying for PLC, so that's really, really unfortunate. The upside, I've had a stellar year for chill hours, pushing 400 ch easy, so I should have an excellent stone fruit year. Have to always look on the bright side with this bizarre weather year we've had.

I would not fertilize yet.

I absolutely agree, I would not fertilizer until 90% sure freezing weather is finished.

Laaz , I meant only potted citrus because you said everything in ground is too big to protect. So potted citrus gets special treatment after flush or obvious break of dormantcy anytime temps are predicted to go below freezing. ....

Tom

Yes, I try to bring my potted stuff into the garage any time the temps are 32F or below.

100 container trees is a lot! Maybe you should bring the garage to them.

Yeah, but I only have to do it a couple times a year. A greenhouse would be nice.

I would fertilie the seedling and anything in pots that flushs ...

When my Lane Late (in ground) first began to flush out we had a freeze and some of the tips got crispy and have since crumbled away. The funny part is that it just continued to flush out in other spots and is flushing out still. It worked out to be just a natural tip snipping adventure.

Here in the Appalachian mountains, so far we have had a very mild winter, instead of zone "7B" its been more like "9A", but then, last year was about the same.

Daffodils are blooming, Oaks are flowering,etc. but my in ground citrus still seems to be dormant.

All of my trees are busting out new growth and buds. My Navel, Meyer, Hamlin, and Cara Cara are actually blooming. Its been a real struggle for me to restrain myself and not feed them. I can protect all of my trees with blankets and lights no problem if I need to. The little devil on my shoulder keeps telling me that "you're already past the point of no return dude. You're going to cover them anyway if it get's cold, might as well go ahead and feed them"...

Best,

Skinn30a