So hibernate your citrus trees properly!

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• So hibernate your citrus trees properly!
• Keep citrus fruits in a cool and bright place
• Check for pests and diseases before wintering
• Take care when casting
• Do not change the winter location
• Bring citrus fruit tree out of hibernation
• Tips & Tricks

So hibernate your citrus trees properly!

Orange tree, lemon tree, tangerine trees - the decorative citrus trees are at home in warm areas. In our cold winters, they would freeze in the open air immediately. For winter you have to bring the trees into the house or the conservatory.

Keep citrus fruits in a cool and bright place

Suitable winter locations are:

Unheated conservatory Corridor with large window Non-heated living rooms facing south Garden houses with window

It is important that the temperatures do not rise above a maximum of eight degrees, since the tree then awakens from hibernation and hardly bears fruit in summer.

In addition, the space for the tree must be as bright as possible. If you only have dark rooms available, install plant lamps so that the trees get at least ten hours of light.

Check for pests and diseases before wintering

If the citrus tree has spent the summer on the terrace, you should examine it closely for pest or disease symptoms.

Remove spiders and insects and also look for snails and their clutches. When hibernating in the house, pests spread quickly and not only harm the citrus fruits.

This also applies to sick trees. Cut affected branches and leaves before storing.

Take care when casting

Citrus fruits need little water in winter. Check with your fingers if the upper third of the earth is dry, and then pour with lukewarm, lime-free water.

Make sure that the water at the bottom of the roots does not build up. If the tree loses its leaves, you have given too much water or the root ball suffered from waterlogging.

Do not change the winter location

Think carefully about where to put your citrus tree. Once the tree is in a place for a few days, it should not be moved or turned. A change of location can lead to leaf loss.

Bring citrus fruit tree out of hibernation

Slowly get the citrus fruit back to life outdoors after the winter break.

First place it in a shady place, protected from the wind. Gradually you move the bucket more and more into direct sunlight.

Tips & Tricks

Put under the pot of the citrus tree a warming insulation. Styrofoam plates or coconut mats are well suited. As a result, the root ball does not cool so much when standing on a stone floor.

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