at one to two year old they are so small that there would be a space in the apartment??? It does not need to have a window spot if you put it under lights???

I would not leave them outside.

I have put my trees in my attached unheated garage but it has some natural light in it. Not much though and I take my trees out periodically when it's above 40F. What are your typical lows there?

My mother in law would make a lean-to green house on her concrete patio with really thick plastic in Sacramento for her tender jade and Birds of Paradise plants. I don't see why you couldn't do something similar and be ok. You have other options like putting old style Christmas lights on your trees. When it's 32F, you couldn't find space somewhere for your young trees even for the night?

I am pretty sure we DO have space, this is more my husband putting his foot down and not wanting them in the house. I would like some form of pop up greenhouse on the porch because I know all three could definitely fit under a 3 foot x 3 foot one but he thinks it would be unsightly. I'm thinking I'll just do it anyway because that sounds like (and I had a feeling it would be) the better option.

The average lows are around 25 degrees in Dec-Jan. We do usually have one cold week where we get into the teens or single digits. I was thinking for those I'd do a frost blanket inside the mini greenhouse.

Ugh I know it isn't ideal. We want to move and have a lean-to greenhouse on the side of our house eventually but that won't be for years so I'm just going to have to chance it until then.

Thank you so much for replying!

If you put them under pop up greenhouse, they have to have source of heat at night and during cold days.

I think your idea to cover them is risky and problematic as far as temp, not to mention all the wear and tear on the foliage/branches.

Hopefully you can find a way to keep them in the house (apartment).

As I don't know what the specific reason(s) for not doing so, I can't make any suggestions on how to address that. What's more unsightly, a pop up structure, or a beautiful green plant in your house? And hey, plants improve indoor air quality, too.

Kelly you poor thing. Your husband needs to hang out with a few the the husbands that come here in support of their wives...He might actually get the citrus bug...I.'m thinking a small pop up greenhouse out from the winds and snow would do you fine..

Hello fellow Oregonian! I am north of you but my trees went into my windowless unheated garage last year with floor lamps and cfls, I had the lights plugged into a power strip on a timer and the pots on a makeshift bench so they wouldn't be touching the cold floor directly. They didn't die but they didn't do well either, the Meyer dropped most of its leaves and the Bearss did better only dropping 1/4 of its leaves. You can deal with the colder garage temps but I don't think you could get by without light. I went crazy and expanded my collection from 2 to 20 in 2017 :O and this year they have to come in the house because they garage is going to be full of my other plants. My boyfriend is kind enough to let me use a spare bedroom (previously my craft room) but he definitely sighs and rolls his eyes at me when I talk about more trees, the gardening addiction is something you understand or you don't ;P

Hehe, I especially like the part expanded to..... I did too from 9 to 30ish. Just make sure you have enoght light. I think you can have them kinda coolish but still lots of light. My trees are for a week now and my jungle lost about a handfull of leafs. Still waiting for the transition shock from outside to inside. Right now I think I lost more trees from squeezing through then anything else. Put more lights in and a fan. Discovered if I want to, could get in at least two more trees.

Try to get them elevated off the cold concrete floor, too.

You've seen remote thermometers, right? The distance may be too far for you, though.

Snap a pic for us of your plants and/or setup.

I'm getting ready to overwinter my grapefruit tree in my family room. Haven't brought it in yet, but will soon. I bought a pole then put one of those LED clamp on lights on the pole. I'll open up the blinds after I bring the tree in.

Lol Kelly! I wondered when the police were going to come knocking on my door last winter. Luckily there were lots of lemons on the trees so it would be obvious from peeking through my windows...;-)

Great idea Patti.

Patti, post a picture of your grapefruit tree, we love pictures of citrus trees :)

I brought my tree in a few days early. Here is a picture of it. The leaves have some spots on them. I'll put an old picture of the leaves here. I didn't know about this forum, and didn't get a response about them from the regular tree forum. An email to another place said it might be caused by an insect, but I don't see any bugs on it. Does anyone know what might be causing it? It looks like it's gotten worse in the last couple of months.

Patti, I’m not sure what’s wrong, but I highly suggest starting a new post so others can see it and reply.

ok, thank you.