I am! I am not super-experienced with citrus though. I am only in my second year of growing. I have been putting mine out for 4-6 hours a day during the warmest parts of the day, usually 10ish am - 3:30ish. They have sprouted new growth and are have started growing flower buds! The flower buds are small, just poking themselves up from the stems. Though I am having an issue with my calamondin but I think it is a magnesium deficiency. Otherwise the sunshine and fresh air have been great for trees!

Dave, you are way too funny...lol I am and it's only February up here when it should be high 30's..

I have had them out several times thus far but for 3 days in a row last week up until Saturday..They loved it. Mine are use to staying kept cool so leaving them outside even if temps drop to the mid forties is nothing for them. So much easier to care for. Then too I will treat them with Horticultural oil while they are out..I am with you.

Amanda, lots of fun I tell you when you only have a couple..Try over 50 at a time of various plants...I burn quite a few calories doing the citrus dance.

Oh that is the dream! I would love to have more but mine have taken over my kitchen. I need a green house! Haha. My jade plant is my littlest and easiest to move, my largest is my huge palm tree. Hauling him outside is back breaking! I couldn't imagine moving 50 trees!

I am. In fact, some trees I've been doing the in-out routine all winter long down here in NC. Trees loving it. No bug problems. I've been getting growth, blooms and fruit this winter. It's trouble moving them, but the tress are noticeably happier outside than in.

I wish I could, but with so many I just can't do it until I am comfortable I won't have to drag them back in. I was thinking that maybe after Sunday I would just take mine out here in Annapolis. I don't know....I wish I had a crystal ball for weather.

Me too. I took most in yesterday. My calamondins stayed outside, but will come in for Friday when it's supposed to be 26. A good hard freeze will be good, since bugs had started to come out already when i was working compost into the garden. But once this cold front cruises through, I want it to stay above the mid thirties so all the pots can go out for the growing season.

Fruity, I just posted about this....so after Sat/Sun when it is going down to upper 20s, it looks like the lows will be in the upper 30s for a few days and highs in the 50s -even 60s....do will you take your trees out then? I was thinking of taking out the cold hardiest ones on Sunday but leaving the key limes and lemons inside a bit longer....thoughts?

Laura, I'm comfortable with them being out to predicted 35 lows. That gives me a 3 degree buffer to freeze, so for me, yeah, all the babies will go back outside. Last year, i had everything out and they got a bit of frost, but and came through ok. Sometimes, if it's a single night freeze (but not a hard freeze), I'll throw over plastic tarp or move them beside the house or stuff them into my big azaleas, rather than haul them in.

All my trees are going out side and I am considering taking down the greenhouse soon. The dormant kumquat trees can go down to 15F.

6b Steve

I have been doing the in-and-out frequently too! If only I had a little real In-N-Out...

Careful Steve, the pattern still has plenty of time to change! It is still -30°F up by the Hudson Bay ;)

-Tom

Well, right now at 10am we have +3c, but the forecast for the next two weeks says it will colder, around -10c.

Its first at the early may I'll be able to do In-and-Out training for my plants.

The permanent transfer does take place somewhere from mid may to early june. Last years we've got quit a big differences from spring to spring.

Two years ago we had like +15c at midsummer, rainy and gray. That was a bad summer for all plants, tomatoes grew really bad and we got only couple of ripe tomatoes. The rest needed to ripen indoors off the bushes.

Last year we got really warm summer and I'm hoping for the same this year.

Right now, we have less snow than usual, even if we've got almost a full meter last week. So I really hope its going to warm up early.

I like snow and winter, but for plants its a no-no ;)