Is it possible that your boss is just some sort of moron that doesn't know what lemons or their trees look like and also can't use the internet to check? Maybe somebody pranked him by taping lemons to some other kind of tree, sent him off into the world to look foolish and fail at growing lemons. That would be pretty funny.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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Yeah I don't think there's any citrus that can survive -15F.
apparently it can be done with significant proletarian effort but I WAS TOLD "yeah they're not doing anything to protect their trees 
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Do you throw a sheet / light blanket over them when it gets really cold out?
I got one of those bags that is supposed to be a cover that lets some light/water through but it didn't seem to help. But i also didn't know I guess you're supposed to take it off every day (wow that's a lot of work) or something when it warms up a little so i left it covered for like two weeks. But it was already severely fucked up, and then it was just SO dead when it dropped below 0F
I think the only way I'm keeping a lemon tree alive here is if I build a greenhouse and heat it