Thanks very much for your help.
I will definitely buy some.
Do you suppose I could take mine outside during summer?
I am sure it would be fine. Mine gets really hot during the summer, and survives ok. I put in one a dolly, so that if I ever need to move it in on the patio, I can.
I’ve gotten several citrus trees. Some from Parks, a couple from Gurneys and a few other places. There are special citrus nurseries online that sell lots of exotic citrus. Mine are in giant pots and live in my garage in the winter. I have a couple plant lights out there for them and water them about once a month. They prefer to be dormant and don’t need as much water that way. I’d prefer for them to be inside as I have a sunny window but I have cats that would defoliate them and tinkle in the pots.
My dad has a calamondin tree that’s at least 30 years old. It’s in the biggest black nursery pot I’ve seen, probably 3ft tall and 3ft across. It’s on a special hand cart he had built for it. They pull it in the garage in the winter when temps are forcast to be under 40F. Dad picks 2 or 3 5gal buckets of calamondins every year. One of his neighbors makes marmalade with them and another just eats them whole. They’re ‘organic’ as daddy doesn’t use anything on the tree but DE and the soap spray stuff they sell at their co-op.
Citrus do fine this way. You don’t, of course, get as much production from them but anything you get is ‘free’ and you know what it was sprayed with. I’ve seen people with pools that have them out on the pool/patio during months when night temps are 45F or above. Very decorative and the blooms smell wonderful. I’ve been trying to convince my kid brother who’s working in south TX right now to bring me a grapefruit tree from one of the nurseries there. He doesn’t want to ‘deal’ with driving 1000 miles with one in his truck though.