I'm hoping that someone here can help me with this. I live in Oklahoma right now, but there is a good chance that I will be moving to Greenville Texas within the next 6-8 weeks. I have 3 small citrus trees that are potted in planters that I want to keep. Is it illegal for me to move these plants? I plan on renting a small uhaul to move all of my plants and I think that these 3 are the only ones that can not be shipped to Texas. Thanks for all your help Tina
Moving Citrus to Texas
Welcome to Texas soon!
Looks like the answer is don't do it, it is illegal to transport. This article doesn't specify a species, it says all citrus.
http://www.txfb.org/NewsManager/templates/TXFBTemplate.aspx?articleid=3910&zoneid=1
Give them to a friend and buy some more when you get here. All the citrus will be on BLOWOUT prices in the winter anyway. They had 5 foot tall Satsumas, Oranges and Grapefruit at Lowes for 16 bucks the other day.
The one good thing about buying citrus from Lowes or Home Depot is that you know it is locally Texas grown and that you are supporting the state economy and not China.
This message was edited Nov 11, 2009 9:57 AM
Thanks for checking! It seems like such a little thing, one person's three potted plants, but then something bad sneeks in and just rampages through an entire agricultural sector. I've got relatives in center Florida, indian river grapefruit country, and they're seriously looking at losing every tree there from greening, which apparently slipped in through Miami just a few years ago.
Thanks everyone