Victor Martinez wrote:
> On Oct 24, 3:28 pm, Wooly <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Should I built it a tent with a heating pad? Bring it in the house and
>> hope the cats don't treat it as a litterbox? Reduce water? Fertilize?
>
> Sorry, I meant to respond to this post, but I forgot. :)
No worry. I figured RR was on the rag again and refusing to update all
the austin* lists. Had the temps dropped into the 30s I would have
brought the grapefruit into the garage and tented it with a low-wattage
incandescent. I am still waiting for that swallowtail to pupate but I
suspect it is too late in the season at this point, unless those
critters will overwinter around here.
> We have a variegated meyer lemon and a key lime, both in pots. We
> build a tem****ary shelter for them, where we can protect them from the
> north winds. If you have a well-protected south-facing wall, just
> bring the pot next to the wall. If it's going to get very cold (<20),
> you would need to cover it with some row cover or something like
> that.
I do have a southern wall and surprisingly it gets a fair amount of sun
despite the neighboring house's close proximity. My husband needs to
rid the eave on that side of a rather sizeable wasp nest before I go
anywhere hear it. Pity the gas meter reader...
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