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It might be hard to grow a decent size orange tree, but I think a decent orange is possible.
Looking at the stats over the last 10 years, there have been 5 years where the absolute low was -5C or warmer. Given the cheap cost of citrus plants, it would be worth growing them for just a year or to.
Hasn't been colder than -9C in the last 10 years, so there might be some mature citrus around somewhere.
NZ at 40S and sea level looks almost like a tropical jungle in winter compared to central Louisiana lol.
My grandfather has an orange tree that is maybe around 10 years old that produces some oranges. I need to take a picture. It survived temperatures down to 16F (-9C) in 2010 and 2014. I remember helping my grandfather cover some of his citrus trees in 2010, but I don't think they were covered in 2014.
Satsuma and lemon trees are fairly common here.
Here's a picture I took of a satsuma tree in the snow in January 2014.
Don't think you can grow a decent orange there so I'd say a D given it is supposed to be subtropical. And it looks way too dead in the winter with all the deciduous trees around. Looks more like PA than it does a subtropical climate.
Look at this, you've been saying idiotic stuff for years on here, yes various citrus can grow in Alexandria, la just fine(someone esle mentioned sugar plantations too).
Here in Augusta, ga meyor lemons, satsumas, grapefruit, myrtle-leaf orange, kumquat, ect grows fine and is similar to Alexandria's climate.
I'm sure the tall washingonia robustas and live oaks that Alexandria has is growing in PA too right.
Anyways I'd rate Alexandria, la B-/C+, moderate, comfortable short winters with summers too hot and humid lasting too long,
It has changeable weather throughout the year which makes it interesting but seems more tornado prone.
My grandfather has an orange tree that is maybe around 10 years old that produces some oranges. I need to take a picture. It survived temperatures down to 16F (-9C) in 2010 and 2014. I remember helping my grandfather cover some of his citrus trees in 2010, but I don't think they were covered in 2014.
Satsuma and lemon trees are fairly common here.
Here's a picture I took of a satsuma tree in the snow in January 2014.
Beautiful citrus tree but they just ignore any photographic evidence.
Look at this, you've been saying idiotic stuff for years on here, yes various citrus can grow in Alexandria, la just fine(someone esle mentioned sugar plantations too).
Here in Augusta, ga meyor lemons, satsumas, grapefruit, myrtle-leaf orange, kumquat, ect grows fine and is similar to Alexandria's climate.
I'm sure the tall washingonia robustas and live oaks that Alexandria has is growing in PA too right.
Anyways I'd rate Alexandria, la B-/C+, moderate, comfortable short winters with summers too hot and humid lasting too long,
It has changeable weather throughout the year which makes it interesting but seems more tornado prone.
Aren't kumquats hardier than satsumas? Would they be able to grow in VA for that matter? or even NYC?
Yep, it's very annoying to see thunderstorms coming up from the Gulf only to be decimated by high pressure dominant over inland portions of the state.
At least it's better than Shreveport in the NW part of the state. They only get 2.73 inches of rain on average in August and have 6.4 days of precip that month and even hotter temperatures.
That upper air pattern is strange. Both in how extensively it diminishes rain, as well as its existence in the first place. This is assuming that the high pressure in question is a subtropical ridge just like the Bermuda High.
I don't think they'd grow planted in the ground long term in most of VA or NYC.
Probably true, especially when it will be 6 degrees in my home region in VA in the forecast, but what if one wrapped some heat coils around a satsuma near the roots and then piled up leaves and mulch to hide the cord, would that help to keep the roots at a minimum of 15-20 or so?
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, yes various citrus can grow in Alexandria, la just fine(someone esle mentioned sugar plantations too).
