Hi... well, calamondin cannot live outdoors unless you're in the south (zone 8, 10, etc.) so you're going to have to keep it inside once there is any indication of frost overnight (needs to be inside well before frost, maybe once night temps go below 45-50 F). As far as dormancy then, all you need to do is water less often beginning now (if you haven't already done so), until early Nov... but please keep a very close eye on the tree as it's hard from here to judge whether you're doing it often enough or too often. Check for 'life' with a tiny scratch on the trunk (midway up) and if it's bright green all is fine, if not... too bad. It shouldn't drop leaves at all indoors. IF you do see signs of leaves curling, browning, etc. when you don't think they should, check very carefully for spider mites (tiny webs at branch and leaf angles), and use Safer's Insecticidal Soap Spray according to directions, weekly for a couple of weeks. Those develop if humidity is too low, so you want to keep the hum. up around the tree at all times, though of course not so much you induce mold, etc. And it's not 'evergreen' but semitropical... it's an orange, like they grow in Fla. and CA, just a mini version of them! At any time of year the tree should not be watered like a house plant, only when it needs it (that's the trick of course), when a lot of the soil is no longer damp, but when you do it, do it well so all roots get a drink.

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