Hi, I'm new to this forum.

I've recently become interested in cold hardy citrus and am curious on their limits. Right now, I've planted 2 US 119, 1 Miewa Kumquat, 1 Kimbrough Satsuma (all from justfruitsandexotics), & 1 Thomasville Cintranquat (McKenzie farms).

I planted then in front of the south wall of my house this fall. I'm testing how cold hardy they are so am prepared for their demise. All I've done was heavily mulch (1 bag) for each citrus. So far I see some leaf death on the US 119 (the leaves in question were damaged in shipping anyway). The Meiwa Kumquat still looks fine (in fact had some small fruits now gone brown) but the Kimbrough shows some slight yellowing and leaf curl (too bad cause it's very impressive with its large leaves). The Thomasville has wilted at the top where there was new growth (had gotten that one this summer).

The cold has been severe this week dipping into the low 20's. My concern is I haven't given the citrus enough time to harden themselves off.

Also planted a jelly palm (no discernable damage). And about 3 Pineapple guava also no discernable damage. As a curiousity I planted a jaboticaba and a white sapote McDill. I know it sounds insane but I was just curious. The white sapote looks about dead at the top (it's between the deck and heatpump. The jaboticaba looks "haggard" but hanging tough. One orinoco banana killed back but maybe alive under its mound of mulch.

I also have a black sapote, bigger jaboticaba, sapodilla (alano) indoors. Hope to have a koi pond one day to help in making a better microclimate.

Anyway, sorry for the long post. Intresting forum.