I would hardly call it stinking. I do live near a stinking female Ginko tree.

I thought it was Brooklyn New York. bklyn is in New Your. I am curious to.

Steve

7B, Brooklyn new york, by the upper bay near liberty island, highest point in Brooklyn, high ground

The easternmost tip of long island where land meets Hudson and east rivers and 2 rivers flow out to Atlantic, the upper bay, natural shipping lanes

Bklyn, doesnt the ground where you are freeze solid too? I thought your area got below 0 and snow storms like we do?

I cant see anything making it through a winter there without some sort of Protection. If your a lot warmer than me good for you ))!

My grandmother in Manhattan used to have a tall skinny "orange tree" in her courtyard, stretching up to the light. I don't think it produced oranges, but she didn't do anything special to keep it warm in winter. Maybe it was one of these.

Below zero is rare.....we get snow, already had snow. 2 years ago I put out that same quat in that same spot in a similar enclosure with plastic covering, it lived, pulled it and repotted it. I had no business doing that. I intend to frostcloth it over the 2 pipes over the quat and put plastic around the enclosure. You have to click on pics to enlarge, see glass roof and door. But thats it passive protection. I'm waiting to make sure quat is totally dormant. Door will let me water.

Ah there goes the seaguills and fog horns now, from my roof I see Jersey, manhatttan etc. See old enclosure

My quat setup last year

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out for spring

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This years setup. The north wall is reflective and has insulation from the house to the cold frame.

The bottom level gets light on the east window only. The other sides are leaf bag insulated.

The top level's north side is leaf bag insulated. The other 3 sides get good sunlight. This are of my yard is not visible to anyone else. You will want to use something much nicer looking.

You will be amazed at how well your tree grows once it settle in. I heat mine with a 23 watt CFL when temps drop below 25F.

Steve

I am amazed at what lengths you northern in ground citrus growers go to. People here think I am crazy for covering and heating my in ground citrus when we have temperatures in the low 20's a time or two about every 3rd or 4th year here on the 8b/9a line in Louisiana, (last winter we hit 12F one night which was the lowest temperature here in the last 40+ years)

Well I started, frostcloth cloche for now over posts, still have to wrap structure

Do you have a picture of your Citrangequat this end of year.

Steve

I pruned the quat hoping it would get bushy and all it did was send up a four foot leader off the main

That is normal for Citrangequats. Leave it grow its own way and it will bush out in the next few years.

Steve

leaf node count problems. When the leaf nodes get to far apart I

Bend over the top where the leaf node spread is too big.