Theo Asir wrote:
Shiva you are right.
Compost/Soil is just the
thing to cover the graft from cold.

Mulch does not really help there.
Mulch does help keep the cold
in during unseasonable warmth.


Mulch works just fine. Anything I put under ceder chips this winter was
nice and green in the spring when I unburied it. The big problem in the
winter isn't cold, it's dehydration. How else could one explain why
covering with mulch would help anything? If you were to put a
thermometer at various points of the pile you would be unlike to see
much of a temperature gradient compared to the air temp.

The plastic pot was what did it in though.

I agree.

J.