Hey folks...o.k...so now these freezing temps in the northeast
are beginning
to worry me ! mostly I am worried about my training
bed...its a raised
one, about a foot deep...waited too long and never mulched it
in this year
!...not too concerned about the larch or junipers in there but
i've got one
japanese white pine graft that is in there for its first
winter. Temps
have been consistently below freezing for weeks now...although
the bed does
have about a foot and a half of snow on it and that must help?
any thoughts
? also concerned about a couple trees in the cold
frame...japanese
flowering cherry-variety unknown and an olive...they did fine
the last few
years but this is a new cold frame, much bigger( to accomodate
collected
material) and they used to be mulched in peat,actually buried.
Now they are
only loosely packed in straw. any real need for concern ?
temps in cold
frame have been steadily between 10 and 30 degrees. above the
mulch.
thanks very much.....sincerely...BobO western Ma. -ccccooold
!

If it has been in that kind of cold for that long, it's a bit
late for worry. At this point, what survives, will survive; what
won't, won't. Doing anything now -- like bringing them inside
(as I will be doing with 5 azaleas, a Podocarpus, and a boxwood
tonight when temps drop to 8 degrees here in north FLORIDA!) --
won't do anything, as the damage has been done (IF there is
damage, and you won't know that 'till spring). Worrying about it
will only give you ulcers.

Good luck.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Who will be
letting all of his outside water pipes flow freely tonight.

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