Is that Mylar paper on the wall to make it more bright?

They are going to be very happy there with that light. I'll bet you feel pretty good about that. No worries of winter die back, Just prevent pests and everything will be fine)

No mylar. Flat white latex paint. It just rained hard here for 2 days, I had previously sprayed trees with HO, Neem and IS. A nice deep rain water flush and change. Everybody is in a tray and all pots elevated in tray. Some resident teeny tiny spiders came in with trees. Hopefully starve to death.

We seem to have the same clock bklyn, I'm right on the queens nassau border and brought a bunch in today. I had the same idea as you with the heavy rain last few days played into my decision to bring them in too.

Do you routinely prune them to keep them that size? I would love to get mine to stay around that size

Last year I stretched mylar over picture frames to reflect more light at the bottom leaves. It worked well. This year I replaced mylar with a 12" sun blaster LED under each citrus and have had good results so far. Also, running lights from 6:00 am until 9:00 pm this year.

Love the white walls, great idea.

Brought mine in a little early.

I pruned down and did the roots of the satsumas, the small one was a severe root prune as well. I just have a lot of babies.

I have a Woodlanders seedling Citrangequat (on wine case pic 1) that is nearly at my capacity, maybe I can tweak another foot out of it indoors. As a seedling it has never bloomed. I plan to put it out again since its gotten bigger at some point with passive protection. Once I did the plastic enclosure over wood frame - no heat - glass roof, another time I did body bag of frost cloth then frost clothed the wood frame enclosure - glass roof. It seemed better using only the frostcloth and both times I pulled protection too early. I'll take top cuttings (even though I have a McKenzie grafted one) before I do. Although I have an 8 foot ceiling, there are limits in this hobby. I need them to max out at less than 5 foot tall.

Redneckgirl!! There you are and wow, you have quite a tall collection. You'll love walking around in there once the dead of winter arrives0))

Bkyln, what are you using for a potting mix? It looks very good. Love the holes drilled and how are the figs doing?

My in ground fig tree is great!! Way up here in New England

511 of course with reptibark. Just picked 3 today. My method of fig growing gets me small batches at a time. I pick them just as soon as that butthole opens and let it sit on the counter for a few hours for the latex to abate and soften up. I avoid the ants that crawl up the hole that way. Although I did miss a few and ate a few gooey ones right off the tree occasionally. If you have a good variety pinch and protect why not new England.

Meyermike, there will be no walking around! Only in and out. My little greenhouse is only 8 x 16. Most of my collection, pot and all are as tall or taller than me! 'Course I'm only five four, so....! Just enough room to go in to water an check for bugs. It has occurred to me that maybe, just maybe, I have too many citrus! But I also have a espaliered Avocado, and couple of olives, greek myrtles and other assorted small plants. We have a cold front moving in, so it's supposed to be down in the forties tonight. Finally starting to get cooler.

Bklyn citrus, looking good! Oh how I wish mine were still that small. But yours will be that large soon. I had to root prune a LARGE Key Lime this summer, it's pot was not draining, (due to too much rain), so it got some root damage, making it a must. I was afraid I had lost it, but it recovered well and didn't even lose all of it's fruit, (tho' I pruned off most of them).

So don't be afraid to root prune. Scary but in a good way. Good luck everyone!!

What gives with house on a cell phone? Trying to post a pic is like. ...

Looking good everybody, thanks for all the pictures!

Steve, why are you dragging in a fig?

It is small and I can triple its size by January before putting it to sleep.

Steve

Bklyn citrus, Is your room climate control?

what degrees is optimal for citrus plants indoors?

Climate control? Cellar in a 3 story 6 family brick. Uninsulated Steam heating main riser pipes pass through the area and will give up heat during heating season. There is no thermostatic control for heat as they are mains. I keep open windows even in winter and have a fan circulating. Ideally my Guess, if you could totally control it is about 74 degrees F

Ok good to know. And you keep those lights on the whole time?

I used to have a Meyer lemon tree that I brought inside without any lights and it not do well. Ended up getting too many insects so I had to give it up as I couldn’t have bugs in the house.

No, they are on timers, right now about 12-13 hours a day

I’m curious why my plant did so poorly inside. Is it because it was 73 degrees inside temp without lights/sun so it wasnt dormant but got confused?

I'm no expert, but I believe that citrus use temperature as a guide for their metabolism. Citrus don't go dormant like deciduous but they slow down in colder temps. If your plant continued to have warm temps but insufficient light, it might have continued at a higher activity level without the energy from light. In other words, I could see that as being a difficult situation for your tree.

High temperature + very low light = BAD (leaf drop)

Low temperature + low light = OK (some leaf drop)

High temperature + Very high light = GOOD!

Low temperature + high light = GOOD!

Low temp and high light is not good unless you keep the roots warm.

73 with no lights or sun is too hot, now if it was 45 to 50 degrees and an acclimated 45 to 50 before it was brought in, plus you mentioned bug issues, you may have had soil issues as well especially if you brought it in wet, plus Meyers are tempermental.

I watered yesterday, and fertlized half dose with liquid a few select, added mosquito bits to every pot for fungus gnats, hung yellow stickies and gave every tree a insecticidal soap spray in the sink. Look at them with a critical unhappy eye.......