Hi Barb,
I'm going to go out on a limb here and offer this:

If you pulled that tree up from the 'wilds' of your backyard, I've got to
think it's been growing there a while. Yes? If so, as long as you didn't
to this recently, it should have developed the roots it need to survive your
winter (which it is used to doing) without much aid. Maybe mulch it in, but
remember, bonsai newbies kill more trees with kindness (they think) than any
other way. IMHO.
Regards,
Shelly Hurd Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9


"Barb" wrote:

Morning all,
I guess this has been disscused before, but here I go anyway, I got me
an
oak tree, about 6-7" tall, very nice speciaman, pulled it up in the wilds
of
my back yard..lol...It has very thin leaves and the adult trees limbs sort
of growout and then down like an umbrella effect, very interesting and the
bark is very rough and sort of knobby looking, put it into a 6" deep pot
and
it is growning very well, now what is the best way to winter it, as to
wartering it, I know to cover it on freezing nights, but the wartering
thing
I don't have a clue to. My Mother, who had a gardening show on TV locally,
long years ago always told me to water outside plants just before a
freeze,
this is supposed to protect them!?????
many and much thanks for any tips on this..
Barb