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Overwintering Above Ground
Last year I mentioned that I was leaving a one hundred fifty gallon
stock tank with lotuses out for the winter in zone 5/Chicago, and that I would report if it froze. I surrounded it with fiberlglass insulation on the sides and white foam board on top, sank a one hundred watt aquarium heater into it, and covered the whole thing with a tarp. when I opened it the Spring, it was perfect-- covered with duckweed and with the cattails and lotus pushing against the cover. So, it didn't freeze. In fact, I think the lotus went back into hibernation because the water cooled after I opened it in the end of March. Based on my experience, you don't have to dig or bring in for the winter. |
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