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Protecting from frost?

14 years ago

Planting a small orchard on my farm on about 1/4 of an acre and have already put in some citrus. I did a grapefruit, a lemon, a mandarin and a Valencia.

Just worried about freezing now - we don't get snow here, and the days are warm enough to be outside planting trees and building barns (or what have you...) but the night does bring a light frost by and everything is lightly frosted until the sun is up. It isn't cold enough to freeze a 3 gallon bucket of water, but it does occasionally cause a little bit of ice to form on top.

Will my citrus trees be okay here? There were grown locally, so I can only assume they would be okay with the cold, but I am in Mt Diablo area the temperatures can vary substantially around here.

What can I do to protect them? Should I wrap the trunks/stems? Get something to place over the foliage at night? Any help/suggestions much appreciated. All are evergreen and dwarves.

Thanks!!

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