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I have a lemon and a lime trees in large pots. However, I’m not a snowbird. These trees in the summer take GALLONS of water weekly. I can’t imagine a drip system delivering enough water. I water mine with a hose every 3 days. About 5 gallons of water each watering. They are very healthy and my lime has been known to put out 50 limes in a season.
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Citrus in Pot
We are considering the same thing. Our landscaper said we should put in a pot in our outside landscaping and he could add a drip line to the irrigation line. Solves all problems and said he did that and has never had an issue with critters getting to plant
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Have a neighbor water it for you.
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Don’t do it. The patio citrus grow like bushes with thorns. I moved mine to the yard.
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I use a Rachio smart hose timer for my garden. I bought it mainly because I was too lazy to get up early to turn on/off the soaking hose. But I also use it because we travel a lot, and I can control it anywhere in the world through its app on my cell phone. The app tells me how much rain it thinks my house got and I can adjust the watering schedule accordingly. I think it would work for your citrus trees. However, I'm comfortable using it for a few weeks unattended but leaving a pressurized system for several months would be another story. Even when we are away, I ask my neighbor to occasionally look in our backyard to make sure we don't have a geyser going. If you have your TV house routinely monitored by somebody and/or cameras this might work.
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We are snowbirds. We planted our citrus trees in our yard. The lawn irrigation takes care of the rest.
I have grown citrus in pots semi-indoors before for yeara. It's not a tree that you can set on an irrigation schedule and forget as other issues will come up eventually like insects, fungus, etc. |
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Do you have a lawn irrigation system? Do you have an elevated nozzle head near your birdcage?
Them make a "tap" you simply unscrew the shrubbery head. Add the tee tap and then put the head back on... You now have a 1/8" line that you can run inside your bird cage... |
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Thank you'all for these insightful responses. Upon reviewing your insights and advice, I'm going to probably just plant them in the yard. If a pop-up sprinkler head (with extension) can't reach into the pot, I'll convert a head to drip tubes.
That bib-extension into the lanai is great. Not much use for it here in The Villages, but up north on my enclosed screened-in porch it would be great for getting a hose to the second floor for spring pressure washing purposes. Great idea! |
I 2nd using the Rachio smart hose controller. They work great and can be controlled from your smart phone using wi-fi.
https://rachio.com/products/smart-hose-timer |
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