I don't know about Stan & Ned, but all my inground citrus is flushing out new growth. This is not good this time of year, but the last few weeks the temps have been in the 70's. All it's going to take is a quick drop into the 20's and they are going to get slammed...

Right now flushing:

Satsumas
Grapefruit
Cals
Limes
Navels
Mandarins

I noticed today that some of the potted trees were starting to flush growth. I haven't looked at the inground stuff yet, but I expect there may be some problems there too. A hard freeze now would not be good.

You guys need a greenhouse.

Up here in Canada we have sort of the same problem it was 50F which is warm for this time of year most of the lakes have not frozen(there may be no ice fishing this year ). A lot of plants are still dormant but if it stays like this some of them might wake up, also the weeds keep growing, and it is not stop rain. I would really like some snow it gives me comfort and it wouldn't be winter up here without snow.

We live in the real banana belt of Canada out here on the west coast And yes I do have bananas in the front of my house. My meyers are also starting to bud (they are up against my house) no signs of new life on the rest of my citrus crop - just old life - which works well for me. A couple of my my palms trees took a real beating in our November cold spell. Enjoying the forum!
Greg

After checking closer, I find that some of the ones in pots seem to be doing the flushing, but I am sure this warm weather is is setting us up for a lot of plant damage, should we get sudden hard freeze.

Yep! Laaz, My citrus are budding new growth, this on some branches that were burned by the cold snap in early December. I agree, this cant be good! We have two more months of possible freezes and our number is sure to roll up at sometime between now and then. I saw a peach tree today in full bloom. Bet there wont be any peaches on that tree!

new flush here : limes, medica and sour orange !

jjp do you get freezes in your area ? This is the problem with the southeast & northern California. We don't want our tree's flushing this time of year as a quick freeze will kill the new growth & flower buds.

Normally, temp may fall at -4°C (25° F ?) a few days in winter, but this year we have had only +3°C (37° F ?) for the moment . New flush would be killed, here too, if temp fall quickly.

SO FAR none of my orchard citrus have shown any signs of putting out flushes of new leaves yet though my Meyer lemon is covered in blossoms at the moment.

But we've had so much warm weather this winter and haven't yet had enough of a frost to even bite my peppers in the unprotected garden that I'm expecting to find new leaves any day.

....Alan.

One of my Owari's on Flying dragon now has hundreds if tiny flower buds,,, Not good this time of year

My Lisbon lemon is starting to flush all over--It won't matter on the branches that have grafts since they will be cut off anyway.

What temp does it take to kill tender new growth--just frost?

Skeet

Yes, just frost. When those tender limbs freezes they get injured, and they can freeze even if air temp is 37 deg F due to frost (calm, clear moonless nights and low dew point temperature).