My Christmas tree this year...I have an idea.

But before I go buy it, I need advice from anyone who knows anything about plants.

Lowes here has a mixed citrus tree. It has BEAUTIFUL lime green foliage, and it already has some immature fruits on it. It's about 12' tall, container to tip of the top branch. Plus, with it being at Lowes, it has a year-long guarantee on it, so if I screw it up, I can get my money back.

I have a 22' ceiling in my living room--so I have room for it. My Christmas tree that we have used the past 5 years is artificial and pre-lit, but it's a bitch to get all the lights to work each year. Never fails, one or two bulbs are out on a strand, and I have to replace every damned bulb to get the whole tree to light up--and it has 1000 bulbs on it.

So, to avoid THAT pain in the ass, I'm thinking about buying the citrus tree, setting it up in my living room, wrapping the ugly black pot with pretty fabric (maybe a deep red velvet), stringing it with colored lights, and twisting gold silky fabric through the branches, and voila! that's our tree this year. Then when Christmas is over, we can plant it in the yard and have citrus fruits as a bonus.

But I have two questions, before I do this, and hopefully someone can give me an answer or two. First, will a citrus tree be able to survive inside the house, with very little natural light, for a month until I can set it out? And could I put a plant light in a nearby fixture to boost the light it needs? Second, is now the time to set out a citrus tree? (I live in south Mississippi--we hardly ever get freezes in the winter.)

Thanks for any info you can provide. :hi:

gives more room below and makes people comment.

Or celebrate the Germanic pagan thing that it is for your christian brothers.

"Or celebrate the Germanic pagan thing that it is for your christian brothers."

My christian brothers? What are you talking about?

so take a tree, not plastic, that's real

and do what you want with it but let it live.

the tree was not celebrated in this country it is a german
pagan belief on the end of winter

Nothing to do with jesus,
his birth
which did not happen at this time of year.

I don't care, what ever makes them familiar and happy
but just don't let them think too much.

Bring out the plastic, it fits the occasion. Hang it from the ceiling for something different.
or the fruit tree, put it out and let it live.
or just exchange gifts.

But thanks for the unsolicited lecture.

:hi:

I am allergic to those.

I've never seen a citrus Christmas tree. I want to do something out of the norm this year.

Maybe you can search ebay for suggestions? Me I am going to put a festivus poll this year.

colored light stand. LOL. I asked my dad if I could borrow it, and he said NO. It's like some relic of a golden (or silver :eyes: ) era long gone, and he doesn't want the tree unpacked.

Go figure.

What is a festivus pole? Sounds interesting.

But I think this is an absolutely delightful idea. :yourock:

I thought it would be funky/fun. Might just start a tradition in our home, of a different fruit or nut tree each year. :shrug:

:hi:

is you have a tree that does what trees are supposed to do — fruit trees, anyway.

I mean, do people forget that trees are living things with a purpose? They're not supposed to be disposable.

I really don't understand Christmas at all...

a lemon.

:rofl:

Sorry.

Carry on.

:D

This tree is megacool. It produces lemons, limes, oranges. You can fill your whole fruitbowl with the various fruits. It has big, nasty thorns on it...so far, that's the only drawback I can see, beside the price. :scared: