Protecting trees

I'm on my phone right now in the middle of the woods so it's might not be a very good post but I'm hoping I can get some advice I have 9 fruit trees I need to protect we've already had one freeze here and it's damaged the trees I had them covered with blankets but I didn't get them covered quite in time so my plan is tomorrow to cut down some 3 to 4 in diameter pine trees stick them in the ground stick three trees in the ground around my fruit trees my citrus trees 3 post per tree the citrus trees are no taller than 6 feet after the poster in the ground I plan to wrap around the post with Saran Wrap type material I forgot the name of it they we use it for packaging sings if they're on a pallet it's just a roll of Saran Wrap type material I was going to use this roll of Saran Wrap up to about maybe four feet up the tree and then on top of the post listen to buy forced to join the post and then my neighbor can come over and throw some blankets on top of the tree when the freeze is are going to come again I'm 2 hours away from these plants I'm trying to think of a way to save these things would this work and if not please tell me why

I'm sorry but my sight is going bad I do not have glasses with me I can't even read the post that I made above I talk into the phone and it types it out for me so if there are some errors then that is why thanks for your patience

I plan to leave this Saran Wrap type material around the tree until the freezes are gone sometime in February will probably get our last one tomorrow is supposed to be 80° we've only had one freeze this season so far I'm in Ocala Florida area zone 9A I think it is we don't get a lot of freezing temperatures so maybe there's going to be another six or eight nights to have to deal with I don't know but I was planning on leaving Saran wrap on their the sunlight can get through the Saran Wrap obviously and not have the blanket on the top that planting get plenty of air I'm holding this going to be okay

what kinds of trees? it’s okay for many things to have leaf damage in the winter - they’ll come back in spring...but you may have a bunch of less hardy tropical-ish stuff? i would worry about things getting cooked, wrapped in clear plastic when it’s hot between frosts.

Yeah, I was going to say the same about being afraid the trees might get much too hot inside the clear plastic on a warm or sunny day.  The pine trees along with the fruit trees inside the plastic might help moderate the overheating

Do the trees have green leaves through the winter or are they dormant? If they are dormant, it's probably easier and safer. If they don't have leaves, then raking up dry mulch and leaves and twigs inside the plastic wrapping might help moderate the the temperatures

Sorry 4 variegated kumquat

I decided not to proceed with my plan, I had 10 citrus trees that I knew when buying were going to give me a headache and they did give me a whopper. Ive pulled 3 large trees, gave them to neighbor and wished him the best, Im gonna pull 2 more next weekend that are still very small and bring them back down south with me for the time being.

The other 5 will stay put for now, my neighbor says he will cover them for me this season with blankets, if he does and they survive than great, if they do not survive than it wasnt meant to be.

Im done with Citrus in Central N Florida.

Plenty of other things to plant and life is too short.

If you have access to large, ideally dark rocks, they could be used as heat sinks around the trees left. I’ve also grown plants that need warmth on hugel beds, near the top of the south side, where it can be 5F+ warmer. You could also make some wind break compost or slash piles around them if you don’t want to move them. I don’t think I’d cut down healthy trees just for the purpose you described, so good call on not doing that. I am surprised they can’t handle your climate in Florida, we can keep quite a few citrus happy here on the NW California coast, very far north of you.

I found some of that pallet wrap laying around and I decided to put it to use, I know it offers no thermal protection but it does help block the wind. We had low twenties for several hours both Fri and Sat night, today was back up in the 60s.

Im guessing this is gonna help and hopefully next year the plants will only be stronger. I really like my 5 variegated kumquats.

if you looking for something that will produce a good crop there are some fantastic blueberry varieties that have been developed in the past 20 years that do extremely well.
you might take a trip out to the floral city area to get a look at some of the fantastic blueberry operations people have in that area of the state.
I was there when all the citrus died off in winter of, I want to say 1982 or 1983, somewhere about that time just about all the citrus died off north of just about Frostproof and traveled though the state documenting it for a school project.
there are a few here and there that still grow. I have a friend in Gainesville that has a couple citrus trees planted in like  kids pools that were still growing last time I was there a couple years ago, but, they are protected by HUGE ancient oak trees and other overgrowth.
pictures tell 1000 words and I see what your property looks like, no overgrowth protection, how many acres do you have there?