Welcome! I think your climate and mine in Annapolis, MD are quite similar. I check the two week forecast and will start moving mine in when lows are expected below 40. So far, I’m ok for another two weeks. Make sure you spray your trees a few times with HO and neem before bringing them inside to finish off any unwanted pests. What brought you to Nashville? I ask because my son is looking at schools there - Belmont and MTSU for music production. We plan to visit this spring ;-)

Thanks for the advice! I started my PhD at Vanderbilt this semester, so that's my reason for being in Nashville. I'm not sure where MTSU is, but I'm not too far from Belmont. Is your son a musician? What does he play? I ask because my research interest is music in it's historical context, I've been studying classical voice for about eleven years, and taught beginning voice and piano for six-ish years during undergrad and while working on grad school applications. All this to say, I'm always interested to hear about other musicians.

Anyway, I've only been here since August, so I'm not extremely familiar with the area, but if you have questions when the time to visit comes closer, feel free to send me a message and I'll answer as best as I can! One of the nice things is it's super easy to get most of what you need without a car. I drive to the grocery store because it's a little on the far side and I'd rather avoid the hassle of walking or taking the bus with my arms full of groceries.

When you visit, I highly recommend checking out the zoo. It's one of the few places I go that I need to drive to, but it isn't terribly far, so if you don't have a car you can get there with an Uber without it being too expensive.

Were you there in time for the eclipse. My wife and I drove from Cincinnati to see it in Cookeville TN. I leave my trees out as long as possible before bringing them in for winter. When temps dropped into the mid 30's KI brought them in and took them out the next morning. I bagged the trees so the temperature change took about 1/2 hour to prevent leaf drop.

I’m glad your trees are safe inside Steve! Ánges - thanks for the insights. If my son ends up there, I have no doubt we will visit the zoo with my other kids. I wish you luck and perseverance on your doctoral studies. I have a doctorate (not in music ;-) and it is a long road. To answer your question (sorry if we are getting off topic guys), yes, my son is a musician although his strengths do not lie in his instrument virtuosity. He is very good at songwriting and producing. He would go study music production either at Belmont or MTSU (which is about 40 miles south of Nashville in Murfreesboro). Both have excellent programs. He has produced, mixed and mastered songs he has written for his band. I hope I am not breaking any citrus forum rules here, but you can hear some of their songs here: www.larosaband.com ;-). As a voice teacher, listen to the vocalist (my daughter), who was 12 when these were recorded. She turned 13 a month ago. Anyways, I don’t want to clog up the forum so I can PM you after this.

About my citrus....it is going down to 47 tonight here and 48 tomorrow night. I will not bring them in yet. After that, our lows will be in the 50s for the foreseeable future and I like to leave them out as long as possible. Additionally, my blood oranges need the cold temps to turn color.

Yeah, my orientation was actually on the day of the eclipse, so the university made it an orientation event and gave everyone glasses and set is up to watch on one of the lawns. It was pretty cool!

Thanks for the advice about the trees. It definitely hasn't dipped below 40 yet, I don't even think it will get to 50 in the next couple weeks so I guess I'm good for awhile. I didn't know blood oranges needed cool temperatures to turn color. I'll have to keep that in mind for when I'm inevitably unable to resist the temptation to get another tree.

One more off topic question, Laura! What's your doctorate in? Mine (if I make it to the end!) will be I'm history.

It’s in environmental health sciences - health effects and air pollution in a nutshell ;-)

Agne, don't forget . up way way in the north, it can take almost all day for us to get out of the cold temps because our sun is so weak, and yet your duration of cold temps is much less than I..

I still keep mine outside even into the 30;s because I know that I will bring them into an area I can keep that cool anyway away from frost. They stop growing, may blossom, but at least they do not die...

Mike, did you get the lights? So out into 30s? I think when it’s just below 40 or thereabouts, I’ll bring the limes and lemons...the rest I’ll play by ear.

Perhaps someone can comment on meyer lemon care, specifically. I thought they were a bit different for overwintering?