That is great to hear,thank you very much for your reply.

Indeed should not be a problem in your zone. But do keep in mind that while the tree/shrub will survive just fine (once established), the fruit will not. The fruit has a rather thin skin so will be damaged ~ 29F. I have a Eustis in Napa and all the fruit is ready now - and a freeze is coming this weekend. I will have to pick a couple of big buckets of fruit right away and deal with it.... or pick off the destroyed fruit next week / month. The Bearss/Persian is a better choice.

-George

Thanks ,well I can pick them green if the don't have the time to ripen.

kos_toni, I neglected to add/say that I can harvest / use the Bearss/Persian limes from late July-August until the first freeze. Although it seems they all ripen at once, the harvest window is actually several months wider than the rather narrow Eustis window of ~ 1 month.

The forecasts have moved to a early-next-week freeze so I will harvest all my Eustis, Bearss limes, Meyers, and Pink V.Lemons this weekend. I will be curious how the well the S. Kishus and the Owari fruits do through the freeze.

Good luck and update us with your decision and pictures!

- George

Thanks George,but sadly I can't even grow lemons here atleast not reliably let alone limes,good luck with the satsumas.

Kos_toni - Oops I did forget that you stated 9a/8b - sorry about that. Well, I am still up on the Bearss as long as you protect it well during the freezes. In my experience, the limequats are not much better, (if at all) than a Bearss (with respect to cold hardiness).

Below are some pics of them after a week of nightly dips into the low 20s with a few in the teens; one night hit 16F. Eustis - eventually died to just above the graft (this one replaced a Tavares that was completely killed the year before)

BTW: the containers of rocks are for thermal stability : - )

from January 16, 2014 - Eustis

Bearss lime

Satsuma (okitsu wase)

Pics from November 12, 2016

Eustis

Bearss Lime

Okitsu Wase Satsuma

Wow,we never get that cold maybe every 20 years.

That is a huge eustis how long did it take for it to get that big?

Anyway you have beautiful trees wish I could grow classic citrus varieties such as limes,lemons and oranges.

Hi kos_toni, Thanks!

All the braches / foliage you see just above the graft in the first Eustis pic - died. The re-growth is from the 2015 and 2016 season. You can see the Page mandarin just to the left of the Eustis in the first pic. It was reasonably undamaged from the freeze. However, the Eustis is now taller than the Page.... one can argue that this is because the page is carrying a very heavy fruit load and the branches are bent down (to the ground in some cases). I will most likely harvest it all this weekend if the forecasts point to a freeze lower than 28F.

One additional thought. the Eustis harvest takes much much longer due to the quantity of the (small) fruit. the Bearss (and Page) harvest will be far quicker. These will also keep is storage longer too.

Oh that is good to hear so it grows reasonably fast.

That doesn't really bother me harvesting is something I enjoy.