[NAFEX] heat tape

Ernest Plutko ernestplutko at wiktel.com
Thu Apr 2 16:28:23 EDT 2009


Keep a supply of sand or soil nearby and cover past graft with a
mound of sand or dirt if a freeze is coming.  Easy enough for a few
prized trees.  Harder if you have an orchard.

---- Original Message ----
From: holycow at frontiernet.net
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:58:31 -0500

>My parents live about 50 miles too far north to grow Key limes.  They
>had a 
>permanent 8x8x8' frame of pipe around their tree, and when it was
>going to 
>get really cold (for central Florida) they'd put a heater in there
>and tie 
>tarps on the frame.  They had good crops off that tree for about 15
>years, 
>till a bad freeze got it and it never really has recovered.  Usually
>with 
>citrus if you can keep the graft from freezing, the tree will grow
>back up 
>and be back in action in 2-3 years.  Donna 
>
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