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Exotic Plant Frost Protection
Hi, This summer i dicided to have a change and bought a few exotic plants and was wondering how to protect them from frost they are planted in the garden at the moment.
The plants include a few species of Banana (African) and a few Olive Trees, also i would like to know how to protect my Gunnera Manicata plant from frost as this is to large for the house. I live in the North West in Lancashire if this helps. |
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Exotic Plant Frost Protection
Reptile1234 wrote:
Hi, This summer i dicided to have a change and bought a few exotic plants and was wondering how to protect them from frost they are planted in the garden at the moment. The plants include a few species of Banana (African) and a few Olive Trees, also i would like to know how to protect my Gunnera Manicata plant from frost as this is to large for the house. I live in the North West in Lancashire if this helps. Hi Reptile?? I put bananas in a cool greenhouse (not less than 0 C) as mine are in pots - if they're planted out you can either dig and pot them up and do the same or protect them in the ground. I think the 2 options are a) cut leaves off and protect the trunk or b)cut the trunk down to the ground and just protect the ?corm Someone will have more idea than me :-) For Gunnera, when the plant starts to die back, I cut the leaves off and cover the crown with them (weighted down with bricks to stop them blowing away). I'm in NE England so probably colder than where you are and it's survived 10 years now. Good luck, Jeff |
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Exotic Plant Frost Protection
"Reptile1234" wrote in message ... Hi, This summer i dicided to have a change and bought a few exotic plants and was wondering how to protect them from frost they are planted in the garden at the moment. The plants include a few species of Banana (African) and a few Olive Trees, also i would like to know how to protect my Gunnera Manicata plant from frost as this is to large for the house. I live in the North West in Lancashire if this helps. Reptile1234 Jeff's advice is spot on. I am not certain which particular variety of Banana you are growing but the two that stand a good chance of survival outside are Musa basjoo and M.sikkimensis. Apart from protecting with fleece you can add warming cables (if you are as daft as me). http://www.jungleseeds.co.uk/HardwareOrders/enter.html As far as Gunnera is concerned I use the leaf method but take them off occasionally to let the crown have a bit of air. If the crown receives frost you may end up with the first few leaves disfigured. Slugs can be a problem as the crown starts to emerge. BTW Living in Lancashire is of no help:-) |
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