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I took another look at the Loquat tree today. My opinion; it is taking space a better tree could have. Blooms are dead. No blooms, no fruit. Fruit would freeze anyway.

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You ain’t gonna believe this! The loquat tree is not only blooming, it is attracting bees! Bees in December!

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Nice! I love loquats.! We used to stuff ourselves on them when we were kids. Seemed like everyone grew loquats back then.
Where did you live then? We will have more hard freezes before the fruit will be ready. I'm thinking it won't make it.
 

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Loquat trees are very cold tolerant and may withstand temperatures down to 8° to 10°F. However, the flowers and fruit are killed by temperatures below 27°F. Temperatures above 95°F may negatively affect loquat tree growth.

Alot depends on the number of hrs of freezing or below temps it has to endure.....if it is more than a few hrs, ya can spray it with water to insulate the blooms because it will insulate them from the severe cold....ours look like yours....loaded with blooms...and it is just the way the loquat cycle is, we'll be picking in Feb to April....I would at least put something over the heavier blooming areas to try and save what ya can.....:fl

The tree will survive, but the fruit probably won't. CntryBoy777 is in Florida and is picking fruit in February! February is usually our coldest month, although last January we had snow and a week of below freezing weather.
 

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The verdict is in, all blooms are brown, dead, dead and dead. It is a pretty tree, but pretty isn’t good enough. So I offered it to someone on TEG that lives south of Houston, they go to Dallas, we are not that far from Dallas and they can take it home with them.

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